Effectiveness of a 10-week Multicomponent Intervention Combined With Parent Education on Binge Eating Behavior in Children and Adolescents

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

A 10-week multicomponent camp intervention for children: A 10-week multicomponent camp intervention for participating children only, focusing on social and physical activities, healthy meals, and daily physical activities.

A BED intervention for parents: An add-on virtual parent-based intervention providing knowledge about BED and tools to support their child's eating after the multicomponent camp intervention.

Study summary

The main purpose is to investigate the effectiveness of a 10-week multicomponent camp intervention to reduce BE behavior in children and adolescents and explore in a randomized controlled setting if a parent-based BED-intervention has any add-on effect, attenuating the development of BE behavior in this sample. The study will include an initial follow-up assessment scheduled 10-12 weeks after camp completion and plans for long-term follow-up assessments one, three and five years after inclusion.

Overall, we hypothesize that the multicomponent camp intervention will effectively reduce BE behavior in children and adolescents. Furthermore, we hypothesize that participants whose parents are randomized to receive the parental BED intervention will show a lower prevalence of BE behavior one year after the camp intervention compared with children whose parents receive standard care.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Changes in Binge eating behavior using the STOB-screening tool — Baseline, 10-weeks (post-intervention), 10-12 weeks after the intervention, and 1, 3 and 5 years after the intervention.
  The STOB-screening tool consist of five yes/no questions + one question about number of overeating episodes
• Changes in prevalence of Binge eating disorder (BED) using the ChEDE — Baseline, and 10-weeks (post-intervention).
  Binge eating disorder will be assessed using the Child Eating Disorder Examination interview

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