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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 May 19;130:107234. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107234

Table 2.

ROC+ and CBT topics during the 5-month intervention period.

Session ROC+ CBT
1 Introduction Introduction
2 Hunger, calories, and tracking h Tracking food intake
3 Ignoring fullness and physical activity h Dieting and overeating
Physical activity
4 Ignoring hunger and stimulus control h Cues and triggers of overeating
5 Eating for entertainment
Increasing fruits and vegetables and healthy substitutions h
Reinforcement and consequences of overeating
6 Eating due to stress and sadness h Thinking styles
7 Eating too fast, mindless eating, high-risk situations h Examining and restructuring thoughts
8 Motivation and review h Understanding cues and chains of behaviors
9 Cravings and Exposures Strategies for eating wisely and reducing food intake
10 Eating because it’s there
How context affects cravings
Goal setting e
Identifying high-risk foods and situations
11 Eating due to anticipation
Prediction error & revising predictions
Restaurants and dining out successfully e
Understanding the link between emotions and overeating
12 Habituation and extinction
Urge surfing e
Problem solving to prevent overeating
13 Acceptance and tolerance of cravings e Thoughts and beliefs related to self-esteem
14 Eating due to social cues
Behavioral chains e
Improving body image
15 Eating due to habit
Habit learning & habit reversal e
Difference between a “lapse” and a “relapse”
16 All-or-nothing eating
Awareness of dichotomous thinking e
Factors that can lead to relapse
17 Lapse vs relapse h, e
Relapse prevention planning
Recognizing and maintaining progress
18 Review and wrap up h, e Review and wrap up
h=

hunger monitoring in session while eating a meal

e=

exposure session with highly craved foods