Can I join the EDIT Collaboration?

If your study meets the below eligibility criteria and you have not yet heard from the EDIT Collaboration, please contact us via our Contact Us form. We look forward to hearing from you.

Eligibility criteria

1.      Participants who are adults (> 19 years of age) or adolescents (aged 10-19 years, average age of the sample > 10 years of age) with overweight or obesity defined as BMI ≥25 kg/m2 in adults and BMI z-score >1 in adolescents or the population being reported as having overweight, obesity or severe obesity

2.      Any intervention of any length aiming to reduce weight-related outcome OR improve cardiometabolic health conducted in any setting (community, inpatient, outpatient, online, schools)

3.      Pre and post intervention/follow-up assessment using a tool validated for identifying eating disorder risk. Outcomes include:

·       Eating disorder diagnosis (based on a diagnostic interview or clinician assessment)

·       Global eating disorder risk score

·       Binge eating score or engagement in binge eating

·       Loss of control eating

·       Bulimic symptoms/ compensatory behaviours

When will results be publicly available?

The EDIT Collaboration is currently commencing work on the protocol for this project. It is anticipated that the main results will be available in 2024. Please contact us if you would like to be kept up to date on the EDIT Collaboration.

Where is the EDIT Collaboration based?

The EDIT Collaboration is based at the University of Sydney. However, clinicians, researchers and individuals with lived experience from all over the world are contributing to this collaboration.

I am not a triallist, can I receive updates?

Please feel free to contact the EDIT Collaboration to receive updates such as newsletters, events, publications and presentations. Click here to contact us.

How is the EDIT Collaboration funded?

The EDIT Collaboration is funded by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Ideas Grant (Grant #2002310).

I am a member of the press and am interested in writing a story on the EDIT Collaboration. How can I get in contact with you?

Please get in touch using the Contact Us link and a member of the Collaboration will get back to you as soon as possible.