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Mindfulness‐based interventions for obesity‐related eating behaviours: a literature review
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Summary: Mindfulness‐based interventions ( MBIs ) targeting eating behaviours have gained popularity in recent years. A literature review was conducted to determine the effectiveness of MBIs for treating obesity‐related eating behaviours, such as binge eating, emotional eating and external eating. A search protocol was conducted using the online databases G oogle S cholar, P ub M ed, PsycINFO and O vid H ealthstar. Papers were required to meet the following criteria to be included in this review: (i) describe a MBI or the use of mindfulness exercises as part of an intervention; (ii) include at least one obesity‐related eating behaviour as an outcome; (iii) include quantitative outcomes; and (iv) be published in English in a peer‐reviewed journal. A total of N = 21 papers were included in this review. Interventions used a variety of approaches to implement mindfulness training, including combined mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapies, mindfulness‐based stress reduction, acceptance‐based therapies, mindful eating programmes, and combinations of mindfulness exercises. Targeted eating behaviour outcomes included binge eating, emotional eating, external eating and dietary intake. Eighteen (86%) of the reviewed studies reported improvements in the targeted eating behaviours. Overall, the results of this first review on the topic support the efficacy of MBIs for changing obesity‐related eating behaviours, specifically binge eating, emotional eating and external eating.
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“Mindfulness‐based interventions have been shown to reduce body weight (O'Reilly 2014), stress (Chiesa 2009), symptoms of depression (Klainin‐Yobas 2012) and anxiety (Treanor 2011), and improve general psychological health (Hofmann 2011), although trials were not specifically conducted in people with T2D.”
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“A growing literature suggests mindful eating interventions reduce emotional (O’Reilly et al., 2014) and binge eating (Godfrey et al., 2015)”
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“In particular, MBIs were found to be effective in improving insomnia [12,13], pain [14-16], binge eating, and emotional eating [17,18].”
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“Previous systematic reviews and meta‐analyses primarily focused on mindfulness‐ and/or acceptance‐based interventions.11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18”
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Metadata
- Authors
- O'Reilly, G. A., Cook, L., Spruijt‐Metz, D., & Black, D. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Southern California (US)
- Corresponding author
- O'Reilly, G. A.
- Venue
- Obesity Reviews
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-03-18
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 453-461
- ISSN
- 1467-7881 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-789X
- PMC
- PMC4046117
- OpenAlex
- W2160354924
- Cited by
- 547
- References
- 87
- Citations by year
- 2026: 35 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 46 · 2020: 92 · 2019: 43 · 2018: 53 · 2017: 53 · 2016: 36 · 2015: 36 · 2014: 6
- FWCI
- 6.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Obesity Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (T32CA009492)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Keywords
- mindfulness-based interventions, obesity, eating behaviour, binge eating, emotional eating, external eating, mindful eating, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness-based stress reduction, acceptance-based therapy, dietary intake
- MeSH terms
- Feeding and Eating Disorders, Behavior Therapy, Bulimia, Emotions, Feeding Behavior, Humans, Obesity, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Binge-Eating Disorder, Mindfulness
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