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Training App for Inhibitory Control Towards Food
Led by University of Padova · Updated on 2025-12-30
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
73 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Padova
Lead Sponsor
U
University of Exeter
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The aim of this project is to test the feasibility, acceptability and clinical impact of a mobile app-based intervention (FoodTraining) to strengthen food-related inhibitory control over 4 weeks, in a sample of people with eating or weight disorders (i.e. obesity, binge-eating disorder (BED), or bulimia nervosa (BN)) receiving standard outpatient treatment (i.e., treatment as usual (TAU) encompassing guided self-help or psychotherapy, pharmacological therapy or diet). The training will be offered in addition to TAU (experimental group) and compared to TAU alone (control group). Participants will complete questionnaires to measure eating behaviour, eating disorder psychopathology, symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress, social functioning and quality of life at baseline, 4 and 8 weeks. They will also complete momentary assessments using a mobile application (FoodTracker) to report on food intake along with related thoughts, emotions, and behaviours and will wear small, non-invasive sensors to track real-time fluctuations in glucose levels for 15 days. Participants will also perform a food-related go-no go task and a food-related temporal discounting task at baseline, 4 and 8 weeks. Finally, this study will pilot the use of a semi-structured interview to characterise the history of weight, the appetite system, eating-related habits in the family and learning of eating behaviours and attitudes in people with eating or weight disorders.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Training App for Inhibitory Control Towards Food
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- BMI in the obesity range (>30) or a clinician-formulated diagnosis of binge eating disorder or bulimia nervosa
- Knowledge of Italian or English
- Access to a mobile device (e.g., smartphone, tablet)
You will not qualify if you...
- Visual impairment not corrected by glasses
- Diagnosis of psychosis
- Intellectual disability
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Psychiatry Unit, University Hospital, Padova and Bariatric Unit, University Hospital, Padova
Padova, Padova, Italy, 35121
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Research Team
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Valentina Cardi, PhD
CONTACT
E
Enrico Collantoni, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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