Changing Eating Behaviors of Healthy Adults Through Hypnosis

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Eating Behavior - Choice or Reconstruction of Past Experience? Changing Eating Behaviors of Healthy Adults Through Hypnotic Suggestions

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04178486
• Other study ID #: Phd Study
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 20, 2019
• Est. completion date: September 17, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: November 2019
• Source: Babes-Bolyai University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

There is a lot of research on weight loss. In spite of the research on the subject, obesity is a growing disease all through the world. The results of recent reviews and meta-analyzes show that psychological interventions had small effect on weight loss. The investigators propose a different approach to changing eating behaviors with relevance to weight management and hypothesize that participants in the active interventions will significantly improve their eating behaviors than the ones in the control group. The results will improve the psychological interventions for weight loss.

Description:

This is a randomized clinical trial consisting of four groups. According to the concept of Free Will, the decision of action is taken before being acknowledged and is made following the reconstruction of previous experiences. It can be inhibited immediately (max 100ms) after awareness. The investigators want to intervene based on this model using hypnotic suggestions to change eating behaviors. Participants were found through social media announcements. Three groups receive one session of hypnosis with induction and different suggestions and the control group receives only induction. The eating behavior is measured through computer tasks in which participants have the option to choose pictures of food. The task is performed before, during and after hypnosis and the measurements of eating behavior are taken at all three times.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 89
• Est. completion date: September 17, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: September 17, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Both gender Healthy Adults who want to change their eating behavior

Exclusion Criteria:

Severe mental illness <18 years A diagnosed eating disorder

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity
• Overweight

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Hypnosis with amnesia suggestions
Participants received hypnotic induction with hypnotic suggestions for their eating behaviors.
• Hypnosis with cognitive rehearsal suggestions
Participants received hypnotic induction with hypnotic suggestions for their eating behaviors.
• Hypnosis with memory substitution suggestions
Participants received hypnotic induction with hypnotic suggestions for their eating behaviors.
• Hypnosis with induction only
Participants received only hypnotic induction.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Romania	Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy	Cluj-Napoca	Cluj

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Babes-Bolyai University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Romania, 

References & Publications (13)

Gravitz, Melvin A.

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Libet, Benjamin.

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Eating Behavior	The number of food pictures chosen by the participant in this single session intervention. The outcome is a measure assessing a change between three time points.	The intervention is delivered in one session. The outcome is measured: immediately pre intervention (0-2 min), during intervention and immediately post intervention (0-2 min).