Do stress eating or compulsive eating influence metabolic health in a mindfulness-based weight loss intervention?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to understand the associations of compulsive eating (CE) and stress eating (SE) with metabolic health among adults with obesity and whether mindfulness-based weight loss training may buffer these associations.

Method

We used data from a trial in which we randomized 194 participants with obesity to a diet-exercise weight loss intervention with either mindful eating training plus mindfulness-based eating awareness and stress management training (n = 100) or active control components (n = 94). We measured CE, SE, weight, and fasting blood glucose (FBG) at baseline, and 6, 12 months, and 18 months. We tested CE and SE as both moderators and mediators of intervention effects on changes in metabolic health.

Results

Participants higher (+ 1 <

SUBMITTER: Radin RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6959208 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature