Mindfulness‐based interventions for adults who are overweight or obese: a meta‐analysis of physical and psychological health outcomes

Abstract

Mindfulness-based interventions may be both physically and psychologically beneficial for adults who are overweight or obese, but further high-quality research examining the mechanisms of action are encouraged.

Mindfulness and laboratory eating behavior in adolescent girls at risk for type 2 diabetes

“…Mindfulness-based interventions have shown promising preliminary results as a therapeutic modality for disinhibited eating in adults with overweight and obesity and those with T2D (Katterman, Kleinman, Hood, Nackers, & Corsica, 2014; Rogers, Ferrari, Mosely, Lang, & Brennan, 2017; Ruffault et al, 2017). Yet, despite the potential relevance for T2D prevention efforts, there is a paucity of descriptive work to explain how dispositional mindfulness relates to eating behavior, and even less research to understand the possible connection between mindfulness and disinhibited eating in adolescents.…”

Mindfulness‐based interventions for weight loss: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…No significant effects were, however, found for weight loss. An additional meta‐analysis by Rogers and colleagues investigated the effects of MBIs on weight loss, eating behaviours and psychological outcomes in individuals with overweight and obesity. Findings showed large effects of MBIs on eating behaviours, medium effects on psychological variables and small effects on body mass index for the 15 included studies.…”

“…In addition, all previous reviews and meta‐analyses did not include quality scores for the selected studies, which are important indicators of the strength of the findings. A final limitation is that the authors combined clinical (e.g. binge‐eaters) and non‐clinical populations in their findings.…”

“…Although the aforementioned reviews and meta-analyses showed promising effects of mindfulness training on obesity-related eating behaviours and physical activity, including mixed effects on weight loss, they have several notable limitations. Except for Rogers et al (2017), all authors included studies that combined formal meditation practice (e.g. Mantzios & Giannou (52)), informal mindfulness exercises (e.g.…”

Social and environmental enrichment has different effects on ethanol and sucrose consumption in mice

“…Although the results from human studies neither support nor refute the neuroprotective benefits of environmental enrichment, research has recently become focused on developing cognitive training, such as working memory and mindfulness exercises, for attenuating and/ or preventing neuroplastic changes associated with these disorders (Rogers, Ferrari, Mosely, Lang, & Brennan, 2017;Ruffault et al, 2016;Chiesa & Serretti, 2014;Karyadi, VanderVeen, & Cyders, 2014;Lee, An, Levin, & Twohig, 2015;Tang, Tang, & Posner, 2016;Bega, GonzalezLatapi, Zadikoff, & Simuni, 2014;Corbett, Jeffers, Nguemeni, GomezSmith, & Livingston-Thomas, 2015;Milgram, Siwak-Tapp, Araujo, & Head, 2006;Zigmond & Smeyne, 2014).…”