Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in Black Emergent Adult Women At-Risk for Binge-Eating Disorder
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Summary
Black Americans are disproportionately affected by diabetes, with nearly double the rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), compared to non-Hispanic White adults. Though numerous factors affect these disparities, one modifiable risk factor may be that of binge eating (BE), which increases risk for binge-eating disorder (BED), which is associated with severe obesity, and often precedes a T2DM diagnosis, beginning in childhood or adolescence. Nearly 30% of Black women with obesity report binge eating episodes. Furthermore, given that binge and overeating may disparately increase the odds of obesity in Black adults (15-fold increase vs. 6-fold increase in White adults), reducing this behavior will be critical to prevent continued disparities in T2DM diagnosis. Given that Black women have the highest rates of obesity in the nation (57%), report disparate rates of weight gain between young adulthood and mid adulthood, and report disparate rates of emotional eating in adolescence, which is a risk factor for BE, one pathway to reducing disparities in T2DM risk in Black women may be to reduce binge eating and prevent weight gain in emerging adulthood (ages 18-25).
Description
Aim 1. Use formative research to gather recommendations to Tailor AAT+DPP to Black Emergent Adult (EA) Women (Year 1). Aim 2. Utilize community-engaged and user-centered design methods to adapt a mobile intervention to prevent T2DM in Black women at risk for BED (Year 2). Aim 3. Conduct a pilot randomized trial to examine the feasibility and acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the adapted AAT+ DPP intervention (Years 3-4; Analysis Year 5).
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–25 years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Black women * between 18-25 years of age * BMI ≥ 25 kg/m\^2 * At least one binge eating episode weekly * Prediabetic * Have access to a smartphone Exclusion Criteria: * Have no internet access * Currently type 2 diabetic * Currently pregnant * Are in substance use treatment * Have received prior or planned bariatric surgery
Interventions
- BehavioralAppetite Awareness Training (AAT)
Partcipants will receive the AAT delivered as 16 core sessions over six months as well as six maintenance sessions over the course of 12 months.
- BehavioralDiabetes Prevention Program (DPP)
Partcipants will receive the DPP delivered as 16 core sessions over six months as well as six maintenance sessions over the course of 12 months.
Location
- UNC-Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina