Changing Eating Behavior Using Cognitive Training
Obesity, Overweight, Weight Loss
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Obesity focused on measuring Obesity, Overweight, Weight loss, Hypnosis, Food Inhibition Training, Go No Go Task
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults
- Persons who like high-calorie foods (self-report food preferences)
- Persons who have a medium to high score at the self-report daily snacking
- BMI>25
Exclusion Criteria:
- Enrolled in a weight loss program
- Under 18 years
- Health problems that can affect weight loss
- Persons with clinical problems such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, mental problems, persons who take medicines that can affect weight loss
Sites / Locations
- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
- Departement of Clinical Psychology and and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Hypnosis
Food Inhibition Training
Control
Hypnosis formed from hypnotic induction (an adapted version from Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility) together with hypnotic suggestions about a future where they will control their eating behaviors by choosing the low-calorie food instead of dense calorie one.
Participants will perform an online computer go-no-go task. They will be shown pictures of dense and low-calorie food together with neutral pictures, followed by the instruction to press or not a button when the pictures are framed in a bold frame (dense calorie food).
Participants will perform an online computer go-no-go task. They will be shown pictures of dense and low-calorie food together with neutral pictures, followed by the instruction to press the button to indicate the position of the picture - left or right.