Inhibitory Control Training for the Treatment of Excess Weight: Behavioural, Cognitive and Anthropometric Changes (InhibeT)

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

People with excess weight (EW) are characterized by high impulsivity, high levels of craving for high-calorie foods, deficits in inhibitory control, and maladaptive decision-making. The proposed intervention seeks to target these issues. Thus, the present study aims to determine the effectiveness of combining inhibitory control training with usual treatment (diet and physical exercise) in treating people with EW to produce cognitive, behavioral and anthropometric changes. Participants will be randomly allocated to one of two groups: 1) the experimental group that would receive active inhibitory control training and (2) the active control group that will receive placebo inhibitory control training. Both groups will receive individualized diet and physical exercise guidelines. Training requires to inhibit responding to certain foods presented during computerized tasks. Using a food Go/No-Go paradigm, individuals are asked to press a button when a Go cue is presented next to an image and to refrain from pressing a button when a No-Go cue (e.g., a bold frame) is presented. In the experimental group, pictures of healthy and unhealthy foods are always paired with the Go and the No-Go signal, respectively whereas in the control group healthy and unhealthy foods are paired 50% of the time with the Go and 50% with the No-Go signal. It is hypothesized that the experimental intervention would be effective improving (i) Body Mass Index (BMI), (ii) food craving, (iii) anthropometric measures (waist circumference and waist-to-hip and waist-to-height ratios), (iv) eating and physical exercise behaviors (decreased caloric intake and increased frequency and time of physical activity), (v) emotional symptoms and emotional eating (depression, anxiety, emotional regulation, emotional eating, reward-related eating, non-homeostatic eating), and (vi) cognitive abilities (motor and cognitive inhibition, delay of gratification, impulsivity, working memory, cognitive flexibility and decision making).

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 60
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• BMI between 25 and 39.9

• Age between 18 and 60 years

• Proficiency in the Spanish language

• Internet access

• Computer and smartphone

Locations
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Spain
Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center at University of Granada (CIMCYC)
RECRUITING
Granada
Contact Information
Primary
Raquel Vilar López, Ph.D
rvilar@ugr.es
+34699407282
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-11-30
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 54
Treatments
Experimental: Inhibitory control training
Inhibitory control training using the active version of the FoodT App. An experimental group will receive: i) an informative session; ii) 3 pre-treatment sessions (one assessment with questionnaires and two counselling sessions: one on diet and one on physical exercise); iii) A psychology session in which the investigator will explain the task to participants and the procedure for the next two weeks. A daily reminder will be sent by WhatsApp to the participants' phone to train for 10 minutes a day from Monday to Friday for two weeks; iv) a session of post treatment assessment (questionnaires); v) one follow-up session three months after completing the intervention to repeat the evaluation
Placebo_comparator: Placebo inhibitory control training
Placebo inhibitory control training using the placebo version of the FoodT App. The placebo group will receive: i) an informative session; ii) 3 pre-treatment sessions (one assessment with questionnaires and two counselling sessions: one on diet and one on physical exercise); iii) A psychology session in which the investigator will explain the task to participants and the procedure for the next two weeks. It won't be necessary to meet every day; A daily reminder will be sent by WhatsApp to the participants' phone to train for 10 minutes a day from Monday to Friday for two weeks; iv) a session of post treatment assessment (questionnaires); v) one follow-up session three months after completing the intervention to repeat the evaluation
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Raquel Vilar López
Collaborators: Government of Spain

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