Mindful Motivation for Reducing Binge Eating

Summary

The aim of this study is to test how acceptable and feasible a new eating intervention is in people with overweight and binge eating. This intervention combines mindful eating with motivational interviewing to target binge eating. The main questions this clinical trial aims to answer are:

How well do participants accept the new intervention (acceptability)? Is the intervention practical and easy to implement (feasibility)?

In this trial researchers will compare the new eating intervention (motivational interviewing for mindful eating + digital meditation) to an active control (digital meditation) to see if the intervention can help reduce binge eating.

Participants will:

1. Take online questionnaires at four different time points
2. Provide body composition and samples to measure glucose levels
3. Meditate for at least 10 minutes a day
4. If assigned to the Mindful Motivation group, 8 weeks of brief counseling

Conditions

• Binge Eating
• Psychological
• Health Behavior
• Weight, Body

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Meditation

10 minute per day, 8 week digital meditation

BEHAVIORAL

Mindful Motivation

A single 50 minute counseling session focused on eating behaviors, and three 10-minute follow-up phone calls to check-in on eating goals

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Headspace Meditation Limited

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

  collaborator NIH

• DexCom, Inc.

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• University of California, San Francisco

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Rachel Radin, PhD · University of California, San Francisco

• Elissa Epel, PhD · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-08-01

Primary Completion

2026-06-30

Completion

2026-09-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations