BABE(Body Appreciation and Better Eating), Add Some Self-compassion

NCT05786560 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: Pro00120545
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 13
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Body dissatisfaction is most common among girls in their teenage years and young adulthood, this is also around the time where the risk of developing binge eating disorder is the highest. Black/African American girls are more likely to engage in binge eating behaviors compared to their White American counterparts; however, they receive less help for eating issues. Further, increase rates of obesity in the Black/African American population may indicate that binge eating may be a bigger problem for this population than discussed. Therefore, the primary purpose of this randomized controlled pilot is to assess the feasibility of this pilot study to be used in a large scale fully-powered study. The secondary purpose of this study is to assess if two different nutrition and body image programs elicit positive outcomes among Black/African American teenage girls who indicate a desire to improve body image.

Conditions

Body Image; Eating Behavior; Binge Eating; Nutrition, Healthy; Disordered Eating

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Feasibility of the BABE program (sample size)

  The feasibility of this randomized controlled pilot will consider sample size. Feasibility will be measured by the length of time required to complete participant recruitment (=20-24).

  12 weeks

• Feasibility of the BABE program (retention)

  The feasibility of this randomized controlled pilot will consider retention. Feasibility will be measured by the retention rate/response rate (100 %) at 1-month follow-up.

  12 weeks

• Feasibility of the BABE program (randomization)

  The feasibility of this randomized controlled pilot will consider randomization. Feasibility will be measured by the ability to randomize participants (if researcher needs to add additional class options to accommodate teen girls).

  12 weeks

• Participants' acceptability of the program

  Program acceptability will be measured by focus groups conducted post-intervention and a credibility scale which will be given after classes. The Credibility scale measures the degree to which participants believe their intervention is credible and effective in improving outcomes (body image and nutrition). Some of the question items included, "How logical is this program in helping you improving eating habits? How logical is this program in helping you improve body image? Responses are indicated on a 9-point Likert scale of 0 (not at all) to 9 (very). Higher scores mean better outcomes.

  12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Self-compassion for youth scale

  12 weeks

• Body Appreciation Scale-2

  12 weeks

• Mindful eating questionnaire

  12 weeks

• Childrens Brief Binge Eating Questionnaire

  12 weeks

• Motivations for Electronic Interaction Scale (MEIS)

  12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Body image + nutrition education +self-compassion

EXPERIMENTAL

For the treatment arm, girls will participate in the Body Project for about 30 minutes, then will be given about a 30 minute self-compassion-based nutrition education lesson. The nutrition topics will cover the basic biochemistry of nutrition, nutrition needs for teenage girls, and ways to find balance in eating, framed in the constructs of self-compassion. The three self-compassion constructs will be targeted in the following ways: (1) Mindfulness will involve bringing awareness to feelings and emotions about a time during the week where participants ate a food lower in nutritional value. (2) Common Humanity involves finding ways in which their experience connects to others and acknowledging that being human comes with imperfections. (3) Self-Kindness will involve having girls speak kind and understanding words to themselves as it relates to their eating-related downfall of the week.

Behavioral: BABE (Body Appreciation and Better Eating)

Body image + nutrition education

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

For the control arm, participants will receive the same 30-minute Body Project class, then participants will be given a 30-minute nutrition education lesson. The nutrition lesson plans will have no components of self-compassion intertwined within the lesson, but the nutrition content will be the same as the treatment group.

Behavioral: BABE (Body Appreciation and Better Eating)

Interventions

BABE (Body Appreciation and Better Eating) BEHAVIORAL

The participants will be randomized into either a treatment or control group. For the treatment arm, girls will participate in the Body Project for 30 minutes, then will be given a 30-minute self-compassion-based nutrition education lesson. Nutrition topics will cover the basic biochemistry of nutrition, nutrition needs for teenage girls, and ways to find balance in eating, framed in the constructs of self-compassion. The control group will receive the same 30-minute Body Project class and the same 30-minute nutrition education class; however, there will be no incorporation of self-compassion.

Body image + nutrition education; Body image + nutrition education +self-compassion

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 18 Years
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Female
• Black (Afro-Latina)/African American teenage girls
• Age 13 to 18 years old
• Attend high school in the United States
• Interest in nutrition

You may not qualify if:

• Eating disorder diagnosis
• Pregnancy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of South Carolina: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina, 29201, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding Behavior; Bulimia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior, Animal; Behavior; Hyperphagia; Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Nkechi Okpara, MS, RDN

  University of South Carolina

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 29, 2022
• First Posted: March 27, 2023
• Study Start: June 9, 2022
• Primary Completion: April 15, 2023
• Study Completion: August 15, 2023
• Last Updated: May 9, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL

Locations

US (1)