The Effects of Mindfulness Training on Eating Behaviors and Food Intake

Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Feeding Behavior; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindful Eating and Living Course

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01616368

MIRB 00458

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators propose to study the effect of mindfulness training on the eating behaviors and dietary intake of overweight or obese persons. Mindfulness skills training involves bringing non-judgmental attention to thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations - including hunger and satiety cues. It is hypothesized that as subjects advance through the 8-week class series, developing their capacity for mindfulness and in effect learn to pay attention to the sensations, assumptions, cognitions, and beliefs that underlie their eating behaviors, that their eating behaviors will improve. Specifically, the investigators hypothesize that 1) there will be significant improvements in the areas of uncontrolled and emotional eating, 2) there will be significant decreases in total caloric intake and significant increases in fruits and vegetables, and 3) there will be a positive significant relationship between the frequency/consistency of mindfulness practice and improvements from baseline to follow-up measures.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Body Mass Index (BMI) > 26

Exclusion criteria

• Psychotic disorders
• Poorly controlled bipolar disorder
• Borderline or antisocial personality disorder
• A diagnosed eating disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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19 participants in 1 patient group

MEAL

Experimental group

Description:

Participation in an 8-week mindful eating course

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindful Eating and Living Course