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The Effects of Mindfulness Training on Eating Behaviors and Food Intake

NCT01616368 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2014-11-20

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Summary

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.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindful Eating and Living Course

An eight week course designed to teach mindfulness skills with an emphasis on mindful eating.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American College of Gastroenterology

    collaborator OTHER

  • Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David Kearney, MD · Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-01-31
Completion
2013-01-31

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