Mindfulness-Based Eating May Help People With Obesity Lose Weight,

reports researchers found that “people in an intensive weight management program who received training on mindfulness-based eating strategies lost more weight over six months than others who did not get the training.” The program “included discussions of the difference between mindful and mindless eating,” along with “an introduction to Compassionate Mind Therapy.” The findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Newsweek (12/18, Gander) reports the “researchers enlisted the help of 53 people signed up to a weight management program at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust in the U.K.” The article explains that “the researchers weighed the participants at the start and finish of the study, and asked them about their eating habits and attitudes towards food,” and then had 33 of them attend “four sessions teaching mindfulness in relation to eating,” while “the remaining 20 participants acted as the control and skipped the course.” Endocrine Today (12/18, Schaffer) reports the researchers found that the “adults with obesity who attended group sessions teaching mindfulness-based eating techniques lost an average of 2.85 kg more than similar adults who attended group classes without mindful eating strategies.” https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/12/18/study-mindfulness-classes-help-people-lose-weight/U3wSxHT1JSHimSwKOyRDnK/story.html