Dealing with problematic eating behaviour. The effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on eating behaviour, food cravings, dichotomous thinking and body image concern

Alberts, Hugo J. E. M.; Thewissen, Roy; Raes, L.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2012.01.009

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“…The most frequent strategies are based on the regulatory skills and correspond to new approaches within the cognitivebehavioural psychological therapies. So, mindfulness therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, self-compassion therapy (loving-kindness therapy), emotionally focused therapy and dialectical behaviour therapy lead to less psychological distress (130)(131)(132)(133)(134) , fewer binge eating episodes (130,131,135) , less emotional eating (136) , fewer food cravings (136)(137)(138) , healthier eating patterns (131,139) , weight loss (131,132,134,138) , fewer personal barriers to physical activity (140) , and improved self-efficacy to weight loss (141) . Despite a few non-significant findings (142) , these strategies are a promising approach for obesity treatment and prevention.…”

Section: Interventions In Adultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of emotion regulation in childhood obesity: implications for prevention and treatment

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Stress and negative emotions pose a major threat to public health, by increasing the risk of obesity. Since the management process for emotions (emotion regulation; ER) is developed in childhood, we present a novel conceptual framework model for the role of ER in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity. A narrative review of the literature by electronic database search (MEDLINE, Web of Knowledge and Scopus) was conducted of observational and interventional/experimental literature on ER and obesity and the underlying concepts. We also present an overview of ER intervention techniques. Our model indicates that childhood ER is a link between stress and obesity. Stress along with ineffective ER leads to abnormal cortisol patterns, emotional eating, sedentary lifestyle, reduction of physical activity, and sleep problems. Simultaneously, a healthy lifestyle could show benefits on ER and in developing adaptive ER strategies. In the development of obesity and ER, parents also play a role. By contrast, effective ER skills decrease obesity-related unhealthy behaviour and enhance protective factors, which boost health. The literature contains some observational studies of children but very few intervention studies, most of which are pilot or on-going studies. In conclusion, encouraging effective ER could be a useful new approach for combating and treating childhood obesity. Future ER intervention studies are needed to confirm the validity of this model in children.

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confidence: 99%

The role of emotion regulation in childhood obesity: implications for prevention and treatment

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“…They have also shown significant reduction of eating disorder and Binge Eating Disorder. 8,[10][11][12][13] (Table 2) Following courses of yoga and meditation reduction in outcomes under study viz. alcohol use, craving for alcohol and dependence on alcohol, was reported.…”

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“…The criteria for exclusion were:  studies other than Randomized Controlled Trial  multiple interventions given simultaneously to study group 339  control groups receiving some other intervention Finally 15 articles were eligible to be included for review. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Data was extracted from the selected articles and sorted according to outcomes studied and arranged in tables in chronological sequence. Though inclusion criteria were kept as publications in past 50 years, only 2 studies published in the last millennium were eligible to be included.…”

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“…[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Eating disorders including Binge Eating Disorder, abnormal eating behaviour, emotional eating and overeating were all shown to have improved. 8,[10][11][12][13] Alcohol use and relapse of alcohol addiction were also reported to have decreased significantly. 9,[14][15][16][17] Reduction of obesity and overweight too was achieved by several researchers.…”

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Role of Yoga and Meditation in Prevention of Obesity.

Banerjee¹,

Banerjee²

2017

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Non communicable diseases (NCDs) kill 40 million people annually, 82% of which is contributed by four groups of diseasescardiovascular diseases (17.7 million), cancers (8.8 million), respiratory diseases (3.9 million), and diabetes (1.6 million). Several behavioural risk factors -tobacco use, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol and unhealthy diets -increase the risk of dying from NCDs. These risk factors, in turn precipitate some physiologic/metabolic risk factors -obesity, raised blood pressure, raised blood glucose, dyslipidemia. Obesity, a major contributor to mortality and morbidity, has more than doubled in the world since 1980. In 2014, 39% of adults aged 18 years and over, were overweight and 13% were obese. Stress is a single major parameter that is individually related to all the risk factors as well as to the major NCDs. Stress is also intimately related to obesity through release of glucocorticoids and catecholamines which alter appetite regulation and metabolism, and through increased intake and unhealthy diet, and harmful use of alcohol. Yoga and meditation trace their origin to India, the first references of these having been found in scriptures as far back as the sixth century BC. Since then these have been cultivated over centuries and have gained popularity to develop a more positive attitude and thus reduce stress. Role of healthy diet and increased physical activity in weight management has been established since long. Present review throws light upon the role of yoga and meditation in both primary and secondary prevention of obesity, through regulation of release of stress hormones and reduction of harmful behavioral risk factors.

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“…26,27 Alberts et al found a significant reduction in food cravings, dichotomous thinking, body image concerns, emotional eating and external eating in an 8-week randomized control trial (N=26). 28 Additionally, in a small RCT (N=10), obese individuals who participated in a 6-week mindful eating intervention, titled Mindful Eating and Living (MEAL), showed significant improvements in mental and physical health behaviors, such as increased mindfulness measures and significant decreases in weight, depression, stress, binge eating and C-reactive protein. 29 Unlike intuitive eating, mindfulness is not a model, and mindfulness interventions often fail to encompass additional constructs of intuitive eating which discourage disordered eating behaviors and encourage honoring hunger and body acceptance.…”

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confidence: 99%