‘Mindful eating’ for reducing emotional eating in patients with overweight or obesity in primary care settings: A randomized controlled trial

Morillo-Sarto, Héctor (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; López-del-Hoyo, Yolanda (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Pérez-Aranda, Adrián ; Modrego-Alarcón, Marta (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Barceló-Soler, Alberto ; Borao, Luis (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Puebla-Guedea, Marta (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Demarzo, Marcelo ; García-Campayo, Javier (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Montero-Marin, Jesús

Resumen: Objective: The primary aim of this study was to analyse the efficacy of a ‘mindful eating’ programme for reducing emotional eating in patients with overweight or obesity.
Method: A cluster randomized controlled trial (reg. NCT03927534) was conducted with 76 participants with overweight/obesity who were assigned to ‘mindful eating’ (7 weeks) + treatment as usual (TAU), or to TAU alone. They
were assessed at baseline, posttreatment and 12‐month follow‐up. The main outcome was ‘emotional eating’ (Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire, DEBQ); other eating behaviours were also assessed along with psychological
and physiological variables.
Results: ‘Mindful eating’ + TAU reduced emotional eating both at posttreatment (B = −0.27; p = 0.006; d = 0.35) and follow‐up (B = −0.53; p < 0.001; d = 0.69) compared to the control group (TAU alone). ‘External eating’ (DEBQ)
was also significantly improved by the intervention at both timepoints. Significant effects at follow‐up were observed for some secondary outcomes related to bulimic behaviours, mindful eating, mindfulness, and self‐compassion. Weight and other physiological parameters were not significantly affected by ‘mindful eating’ + TAU.
Conclusions: These findings support the efficacy of the ‘mindful eating’ + TAU programme for reducing emotional and external eating, along with some other secondary measures, but no significant changes in weight reduction were observed.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1002/erv.2958

Año: 2022

Publicado en: EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW 31, 2 (2022), 303-319
ISSN: 1072-4133

Factor impacto JCR: 5.3 (2022)

Categ. JCR: PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL rank: 18 / 131 = 0.137 (2022) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 7.5 - Medicine (Q1) - Psychology (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.038 - Clinical Psychology (Q1) - Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII/CD20-00181
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII/CP21-00080

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Psicología Básica (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)
Área (Departamento): Area Psiquiatría (Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.)
Área (Departamento): Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)