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

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationship of dispositional mindfulness to binge eating and associated eating attitudes and behaviors among adolescent girls at risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Methods

Participants were 114 overweight or obese adolescents enrolled in a study of girls with a family history of T2D and mild depressive symptoms. Adolescent self-reports of mindfulness, eating in the absence of hunger, and depressive symptoms were collected. An interview was administered to determine presence of binge eating episodes and a behavioral task was used to assess the reinforcing value of food relative to other nonsnack food rewards. Body composition was assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.

Results

In analyses accounting

SUBMITTER: Pivarunas B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4544599 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature