Diabetes Body Project 2

Conditions studied

Eating Disorders, Type 2 Diabetes

About this study

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of an eating disorder prevention program specifically targeted for women with type 2 diabetes (T2D) called the Diabetes Body Project 2 (DBP2). The Diabetes Body Project 2 (DBP2) will be adapted from the Diabetes Body Project, which is an eating disorder prevention program developed to improve satisfaction with body image and diabetes management for young women with type 1 diabetes (DBP). The study is looking to see if the DBP is effective in improving body image concerns, reducing disordered eating behaviors and improving glycemic control in women with T2D.

Interventions

• Behavioral: Body Project Type 2 — This program consists of weekly 1-hour sessions for 6 weeks, co-led by 2 facilitators. Each session has home exercises. Home exercises are discussed at each session. session 1, collectively define the thin appearance ideal, discuss costs of pursuing this ideal. session 2 dissuade facilitators from pursuing the thin ideal in role-plays. session 3, conduct role-plays challenging thin-ideal statements, discuss personal body image concerns. session 4, the negative effects of social comparison, the advantages and costs of social media. session 5, strategies of living well with diabetes and maintaining good self-care, as well as the physiological and psychological advantages of insulin. session 6 discuss the benefits of the group and what was learned and how to continue some of the exercises introduced in the Diabetes Body Project; participants are encouraged to engage in at least one more self-affirmation exercise and email the facilitators to tell them how it went.

Primary outcomes

• Intervention refinement (6 months)

Eligibility information

Study locations

• Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 United States