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- Title
Testing a mobile mindful eating intervention targeting craving-related eating: feasibility and proof of concept.
- Authors
Mason, Ashley E.; Jhaveri, Kinnari; Cohn, Michael; Brewer, Judson A.
- Abstract
Theoretically driven smartphone-delivered behavioral interventions that target mechanisms underlying eating behavior are lacking. In this study, we administered a 28-day self-paced smartphone-delivered intervention rooted in an operant conditioning theoretical framework that targets craving-related eating using mindful eating practices. At pre-intervention and 1-month post-intervention, we assessed food cravings among adult overweight or obese women (<italic>N</italic> = 104; <italic>M</italic> age = 46.2 ± 14.1 years; <italic>M</italic> BMI = 31.5 ± 4.5) using ecological momentary assessment via text message (SMS), self-reported eating behavior (e.g., trait food craving), and in-person weight. Seventy-eight participants (75.0%) completed the intervention within 7 months (‘all completers’), and of these, 64 completed the intervention within 3 months (‘timely completers’). Participants experienced significant reductions in craving-related eating (40.21% reduction; <italic>p</italic> < .001) and self-reported overeating behavior (trait food craving, <italic>p</italic> < .001; other measures <italic>p</italic>s < .01). Reductions in trait food craving were significantly correlated with weight loss for timely completers (<italic>r</italic> = .30, <italic>p</italic> = .020), this pattern of results was also evident in all completers (<italic>r</italic> = .22, <italic>p</italic> = .065). Taken together, results suggest that smartphone-delivered mindful eating training targeting craving-related eating may (1) target behavior that impacts a relative metabolic pathway, and (2) represent a low-burden and highly disseminable method to reduce problematic overeating among overweight individuals. ClinicalTrials.gov registration: NCT02694731.
- Subjects
OBESITY treatment; BEHAVIOR therapy; BODY weight; CLINICAL trials; CONCEPTUAL structures; DESIRE; FOOD habits; OBESITY; SELF-evaluation; WEIGHT loss; TEXT messages; PILOT projects; HYPERPHAGIA; BODY mass index; MOBILE apps; MINDFULNESS
- Publication
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2018, Vol 41, Issue 2, p160
- ISSN
0160-7715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10865-017-9884-5