Evaluation of a Mindfulness-Based Mobile App Aimed at Promoting Awareness of Weight-Related Behaviors in Adolescents: A Pilot Study

Turner, Tami; Hingle, Melanie

doi:10.2196/resprot.6695

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“…Adolescents reported increased awareness of eating behaviors (4.1); however, only sometimes found themselves adhering to mindful eating with real foods (3.1). The app was positively rated (3.8) by participants and maintained daily usage rates between 55 and 73%, highlighting its feasibility and acceptability [44].…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Turner and Hingle [44] evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and utility of a mindfulness-based mobile app designed to improve awareness of eating behaviors, physical activity, and sleep in adolescents between the ages 14-18 years. Participants (N = 15) were prompted to watch mindfulness-based videos within the app once a day, every day for 6 weeks.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Three studies utilized standard laboratory tasks to measure eating behaviors, while one study used a mindfulness-based mobile app as an intervention [44]. Furthermore, four studies utilized DBT-based interventions [52][53][54][55].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Overall, 13 of the 15 studies reported mild positive effects of mindfulness [43][44][45][46][47][48][50][51][52][53][54][55]61,62]. Two of these studies [43,51] found mindfulness was associated with reduced weight/shape concerns and dietary restraint among adolescent girls, while others found it to be associated with decreased BMI [48], EAH [46], and binge eating [47].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Ten of the studies included in this review reported on the acceptability of the mindfulness-related interventions [41][42][43][44][48][49][50][51][52]54]. While most of the interventions were reported to be moderately acceptable, overall acceptability was quite low.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Review of Mindfulness-Related Interventions to Modify Eating Behaviors in Adolescents

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There are few well-established treatments for adolescent eating disorders, and for those that do exist, remission rates are reported to be between 30 and 40%. There is a need for the development and implementation of novel treatment approaches. Mindfulness approaches have shown improvements in eating disorder-related psychopathology in adults and have been suggested for adolescents. The present review identifies and summarizes studies that have used mindfulness approaches to modify eating behaviors and to treat eating disorders in adolescents. Focused searches were conducted in Embase, Medline, and PsycINFO, and identified articles were checked for relevance. A small number of studies (n = 15) were designated as appropriate for inclusion in the review. These studies were divided into those that focused on the promotion of healthy eating/the prevention of disordered eating (n = 5), those that concentrated on targeted prevention among high risk adolescents (n = 5), and those that focused on clinical eating disordered adolescents (n = 5). Thirteen of the 15 studies reviewed reported at least one positive association between mindfulness treatment techniques and reduced weight/shape concerns, dietary restraint, decreased body mass index (BMI), eating in the absence of hunger (EAH), binge eating, increased willingness to eat novel healthy foods, and reduced eating disorder psychopathology. In summary, incorporating mindfulness to modify eating behaviors in adolescent non-clinical and clinical samples is still in the early stages, with a lack of data showing clear evidence of acceptability and efficacy. Further studies and preferably controlled conditions are warranted.

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confidence: 92%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%