Daily mindfulness, negative affect, and eating behaviors in adolescents at risk for excess weight gain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Loss-of-control and overeating are common in adolescents with high body mass index (BMI). Mindfulness may affect negative affect, and both may relate to loss-of-control and overeating. Yet, there is limited understanding of these associations in adolescents' daily lives.

Methods

Forty-five adolescents (77% female; M_age  = 14.4 years, SD_age  = 1.7 years) with high weight (92% with BMI [kg/m² ] ≥85th percentile for age/sex) provided daily, repeated measurements of mindfulness, negative affect, loss-of-control, and overeating for ~7 days (M = 5.6 days; range = 1-13). Multilevel mixed modeling was conducted to test within-person (intraindividual) and between-person (interindividual) associations for the same-day (concurrent) and next-da

SUBMITTER: Miller RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12503394 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature