Development and Feasibility of Psycho-Educational Weight Reduction Program for Young Adults

Health Education Research Foundation (HERF)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Emotional Eating

Obesity

Treatments

Behavioral: Psycho-educational weight reduction program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06081023

2020(fall).MPhil(Psy)-009

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main aim of the study was to assess the efficacy of psycho-educational weight reduction program for reducing emotional eating and obesity

Full description

All participants who provide written informed consent will go through a screening process to evaluate their eligibility for study entrance after being briefed about the study and any potential risks. Individuals who met the eligibility requirements will then be randomly assigned to the control group and the experimental group.

Enrollment

14 patients

Sex

All

Ages

19 to 35 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Individuals must be enrolled at a university.
Based on World Health Organizations age range young adults were selected for the current study i-e 19 years to 35 years (WHO; 2019).

Exclusion criteria

The young adults who diagnosed with any chronic health concern, either psychological or physical must not be included in the current study.
The individuals who joined any kind of weight loss program or gym were also not included in the study.
Individuals older than 35 were not included in the current study either.