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

ABSTRACT: Mindfulness-based intervention has become increasingly popular to address disinhibited eating in obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Theoretically, present-moment attention promotes the ability to recognize and respond to internal hunger cues and to differentiate physiological hunger from other stimuli. Yet, there is limited research describing the relationship of mindfulness with disinhibited eating patterns in adolescents. In this study, we evaluated the relationship of dispositional mindfulness to laboratory eating in 107 adolescent (12-17 years) girls at risk for T2D. Adolescents reported dispositional mindfulness, were evaluated for recent loss-of-control-eating (LOC-eating) by interview, and participated in two successive, standardized laboratory test meals to assess eating when hungr

SUBMITTER: Annameier SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5878719 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature