An exploratory study of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for emotional eating.
Emotional eating is an important predictor of weight loss and weight regain after weight loss. This two part study's primary aim was to explore changes in emotional eating in a general population of individuals taking the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, with a secondary aim to explore whether changes in mindfulness predicted changes in emotional eating. Self-reported survey data exploring these questions were collected before and after the intervention for two sequential studies (Study 1 and Study 2). While there were no control groups for either study, in both studies emotional eating scores following the MBSR were significantly lower than scores prior to taking the MBSR (p < 0.001; p < 0.001) In Study 2, changes in mindfulness were correlated with changes in emotional eating (r = 0.317, p = 0.004). These results suggest that MBSR may be an effective intervention for emotional eating, and that further research is warranted to examine effects on weight loss and maintenance.
['Levoy|Emily|E|', 'Lazaridou|Asimina|A|', 'Brewer|Judson|J|', 'Fulwiler|Carl|C|']
D000328:Adult D000342:Affective Symptoms D004435:Eating D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders D005260:Female D006801:Humans D008297:Male D008875:Middle Aged D064866:Mindfulness D013315:Stress, Psychological D016896:Treatment Outcome
Mindfulness Weight loss Behavior change