CHARGE: Controlling Hunger and ReGulating Eating

You may be eligible if

• 1. All participants will be Veterans between the ages of 18-65 meeting criteria for overweight, with a 45≥ BMI ≥25.
• 2. Participants will meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5 (DSM-5) criteria for BED or subclinical BED
• 3. Participants will be willing and able to participate in assessment visits and treatment sessions at University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
• 4. Participants will be able to provide data in English through interviews and questionnaires and understand treatment materials in English.
• 5. Participants will be willing to maintain contact with the investigators for 11 months.
• 6. Participants will be free of serious or unstable medical (current symptoms of angina, stroke, heart disease or other serious medical condition that would make physical activity unsafe or impossible at a moderate level) or psychiatric illness (i.e., active suicidal ideation, history of suicide attempt within 1 year, current unmanaged psychosis, manic episode, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or substance abuse within the past year) or psychosocial instability (e.g., homelessness) that could compromise study participation.
• 7. Participants will be free from conditions in which exercise or weight loss will be detrimental to the participant's health (e.g., pregnancy); pharmacotherapy for obesity or binge eating disorder (e.g., Orlistat or Meridia) or bariatric surgery within the past 6 months or planning to start such treatments in the next 11 months.
• 8. Participants will not be moving out of the San Diego area for the duration of their study enrollment (11 months).
• 9. Participants will not be pregnant, planning to get pregnant in the 11-month study period or lactating.
• 10. Participants will not be participating in group or individual psychotherapy for binge eating or weight management.
• 11. Participants with medical or psychological problems or taking medications that could make adherence with the study protocol difficult or dangerous will not be included.