Published online February 29, 2008
PEDIATRICS Vol. 121 No. 3 March 2008, pp. 453-462 (doi:10.1542/peds.2007-1173)
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Randomized, Controlled Trial of an Internet-Facilitated Intervention for Reducing Binge Eating and Overweight in Adolescents

Megan Jones, MSa, Kristine H. Luce, PhDb, Megan I. Osborne, PhDb, Katherine Taylor, BSc, Darby Cunning, MAb, Angela Celio Doyle, PhDd, Denise E. Wilfley, PhDe and C. Barr Taylor, MDb

a Pacific Graduate School of Psychology-Stanford Doctor of Psychology Consortium, Palo Alto, California
b Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California
c Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California
d Department of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
e Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri

OBJECTIVE. This study examined the efficacy of an Internet-facilitated intervention for weight maintenance and binge eating in adolescents.

METHODS. A total of 105 adolescent male and female high school students at risk for overweight (mean age: 15.1 ± 1.0 years) were randomly assigned to a 16-week online intervention, StudentBodies2-BED (n = 52), or the wait-list control group (n = 53).

RESULTS. Participants in the StudentBodies2-BED group had significantly lower BMI z scores and BMI from baseline assessment to follow-up assessment, compared with the wait-list control group. In addition, significant reductions in objective binge episodes and subjective binge episodes from baseline assessment to posttreatment assessment and from baseline assessment to follow-up assessment were observed among StudentBodies2-BED participants. The StudentBodies2-BED group also reported significantly reduced weight and shape concerns from posttreatment assessment to follow-up assessment and from baseline assessment to follow-up assessment. Participants in the StudentBodies2-BED group who engaged in objective overeating or binge eating episodes at baseline assessment experienced a significantly greater reduction in BMI at follow-up assessment, compared with the wait-list control group.

CONCLUSIONS. Results suggest that an Internet-facilitated intervention is moderately effective in short-term weight loss and weight maintenance and yields a large reduction in binge eating. This study also demonstrates that weight management and reduction of eating disorder psychopathological features can be achieved simultaneously by using an easily disseminated, Internet-facilitated program.

Key Words: adolescents • overweight • disordered eating • eating disorders • weight management

Abbreviations: SB2-BED—StudentBodies2-BED • WLC—wait-list control • OBE—objective binge episode • SBE—subjective binge episode • OOE—objective overeating episode • EBI—Eating Behaviors Inventory • BED—binge eating disorder

Accepted Aug 2, 2007.




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