OMA Reading Room | Phenotype Tailor-made Lifestyle Intervention for Weight Administration in Individuals With Emotional Eating: A Secondary Evaluation of the PHENO-Weight-reduction plan Trial

Background

In a proof-of-concept trial, a phenotype tailor-made way of life intervention (PLI) led to higher weight reduction than a standardized way of life intervention (SLI). This secondary evaluation evaluated the impact of the PLI for people with an emotional consuming phenotype (EE) on weight reduction outcomes, consuming behaviors, and temper.

Methods

This authentic scientific analysis article is a secondary evaluation of a 12-week, non-randomized, date-of-treatment trial during which adults with weight problems underwent phenotyping and had been assigned sequentially to both a PLI (n = 84) or an SLI (n = 81). The EE phenotype was outlined as a HADS-A (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for Anxiety) rating ≥7. Weight loss end result and modifications in consuming behaviors and temper had been evaluated amongst members with EE assigned to an SLI (n = 19) or a PLI (n = 26).

Results

Participants with EE assigned to the PLI achieved higher weight reduction at 12 weeks in contrast with these assigned to the SLI (−5.9% ± 4.4 vs −2.6% ± 4.8, P = 0.02). Participants with EE assigned to the PLI demonstrated decreased HADS-A and HADS-D scores, and the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire Emotional Eating subscale (TFEQ-EE), whereas these assigned to the SLI had minimal or no enhancements after 12-weeks. Among members with EE assigned to the PLI, increased HADS-A scores and decrease scores within the Weight Efficacy Lifestyle questionnaire (WEL) damaging feelings subscale and TFEQ-EE at baseline had been related to higher weight reduction at 12 weeks. (NCT04073394).

Conclusion

These findings help tailoring behavioral weight-loss interventions for adults with weight problems and EE. Larger randomized research with longer follow-up are wanted to additional refine phenotype-based approaches.

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