An exploratory study of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for emotional eating

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• 作者：Emily Levoy^a ; Asimina Lazaridou^a ; Judson Brewer^a ; ^b ; Carl Fulwiler^a ; ^b ; ^{carl.fulwiler@umassmed.edu}
• 关键词：Mindfulness ; Weight loss ; Behavior change
• 刊名：Appetite
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：109
• 期：Complete
• 页码：124-130
• 全文大小：1023 K
• 卷排序：109

文摘

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.