FRESH-TEEN: Families Responsibility Education Support Health for Teens

The study will compare the efficacy of BWL + ER and BWL. Investigators will provide 6 months
of treatment (BWL + ER or BWL) and will follow participants at 12-months post-treatment
(total time = 18 months). Investigators will recruit adolescents with overweight and obesity
and their parents. Dyads will be assessed at 5 timepoints: baseline (2 visits), mid-treatment
(1 visit), post-treatment (2 visits), 6-month follow-up (2 visits), and 12-month follow-up (2
visits). Assessments will include the following for the adolescent and parent: anthropometry,
emotion regulation, emotional inhibition, emotional eating, and adolescent-parent
relationship measures. This program of research has the potential to advance the standard of
practice for adolescents who are overweight or obese by providing alternative interventions.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adolescent age 13-16 years

- Under 40.05 BMI

- Ability to read English at a minimum 6th grade level (both adolescent and parent); and
willing to participate in a 6-month treatment and all assessments (both adolescent and
parent)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Current enrollment in a weight management program (Child and Parent);

2. Medication that is specifically prescribed for weight loss (Child and Parent);

3. Medical or psychiatric condition that may interfere with treatment participation
(Child and Parent);

4. Regular use of compensatory behavior for weight loss (e.g., purging) during the past
six months (Child and Parent);

5. Current pregnancy or lactating (Child and Parent);

6. Change in psychotropic medication during the previous three months (Child and Parent).