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Mindfulness Intervention for Stress Eating to Reduce Cortisol and Abdominal Fat among Overweight and Obese Women: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Study
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Psychological distress and elevated cortisol secretion promote abdominal fat, a feature of the Metabolic Syndrome. Effects of stress reduction interventions on abdominal fat are unknown. Forty-seven overweight/obese women (mean BMI=31.2) were randomly assigned to a 4-month intervention or waitlist group to explore effects of a mindfulness program for stress eating. We assessed mindfulness, psychological distress, eating behavior, weight, cortisol awakening response (CAR), and abdominal fat (by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) pre- and posttreatment. Treatment participants improved in mindfulness, anxiety, and external-based eating compared to control participants. Groups did not differ on average CAR, weight, or abdominal fat over time. However, obese treatment participants showed significant reductions in CAR and maintained body weight, while obese control participants had stable CAR and gained weight. Improvements in mindfulness, chronic stress, and CAR were associated with reductions in abdominal fat. This proof of concept study suggests that mindfulness training shows promise for improving eating patterns and the CAR, which may reduce abdominal fat over time.
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“mindfulness-based interventions have decreased the severity of a range of maladaptive eating behaviors and improved health status among adults with overweight/obesity [22–26].”
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“Additionally, a mindfulness intervention reduced the CAR compared to a waitlist control condition in a subgroup of obese women (Daubenmier et al., 2011).”
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- Authors
- Daubenmier, J., Kristeller, J., Hecht, F. M., Maninger, N., Kuwata, M., Jhaveri, K., Lustig, R. H., Kemeny, M., Karan, L., & Epel, E.
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Indiana State University (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Daubenmier, Jennifer
- Epel, Elissa
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Obesity
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2011
- Volume
- 2011
- Pages
- 1-13
- ISSN
- 2090-0708 (ISSN-L)
- 2090-0716
- PMC
- PMC3184496
- OpenAlex
- W2007831103
- Cited by
- 322
- References
- 81
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 28 · 2014: 28 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 19.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Obesity (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (K01AT004199, UL1 RR024131)
- National Center for Research Resources (K01AT004199, UL1 RR024131)
- 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, stress eating, cortisol, abdominal fat, cortisol awakening response, obesity, overweight women, metabolic syndrome, psychological distress, anxiety, dietary habits, weight maintenance
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