We identified 1 web-based intuitive eating intervention, which did not lead to body mass index changes, as well as a multipurpose mobile health app with mindful eating as 1 component, not focusing on mindfulness as a central theme
2019
The Mindfulness App Trial for Weight, Weight-Related Behaviors, and Stress in University Students: Randomized Controlled Trial
Key concepts
- consolidated standards of reporting trials
- weight management
- stress
- mindfulness-based stress reduction
- Perceived Stress Scale
- feeding behavior
- university student
- stress reduction
- weight loss
- exercise
- short message service
- weight gain
- mindfulness
- World Health Organization
- students
- mobile health
- analysis of covariance
- mobile applications
- randomized controlled trials
- body mass index
- mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- University of Queensland
- psychological
- body weight
Scholarcy highlights
- BackgroundObesity and overweight are important international public health challenges that are critical to tackle across the globe given that they are leading risk factors for premature mortality and morbidity from a range of chronic diseases
- The groups were comparable on baseline characteristics, and there were no significant differences in weight between the groups or body mass index
- It may be of interest to combine traditional behavioral self-monitoring short message service text messages for weight and mindfulness-based messages. This is the first mobile health mindfulness app randomized controlled trial that has assessed the effectiveness of a student-tailored mindfulness app for stress, weight-related behaviors, and weight when compared with traditional, electronic behavioral self-monitoring of diet and exercise
- We found that the mindfulness app significantly assisted with stress, emotional eating, and uncontrolled eating relative to the control, though the effect sizes were small
- We conclude that the mindfulness app holds promise for weight-related lifestyle behaviors related to stress and stress eating, but more studies are needed to confirm these relationships
- The pairwise comparison results indicate that the control group had significantly higher levels of emotional eating on the 3-Factor Eating Behavior Questionnaire by 1.088 points, though the effect was small
- Studies should examine whether a mindfulness app and electronic behavior self-monitoring via diary are effective measures for preventing weight gain, and possibly the “Freshman 15.”
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