Alexis Ruffault1, Claire Carette2, Kàtia Lurbe I Puerto3, Nicolas Juge4, Alain Beauchet5, Jean-Jacques Benoliel6, Jean-Marc Lacorte6, Jean F Fournier7, Sébastien Czernichow8, Cécile Flahault9. 1. Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé (EA 4057), Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France; Unité de Nutrition, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France. Electronic address: alexis.ruffault@parisdescartes.fr. 2. Unité de Nutrition, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France. 3. Unité de Nutrition, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France; Unité de Nutrition, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France. 4. Mindeval, Canada. 5. Unité de Recherche Clinique, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France. 6. Service de Biochimie Endocrinienne et Oncologique, HU Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France. 7. Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense, France. 8. Unité de Nutrition, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes, France; INSERM UMS 011, Population-Based Cohorts, France. 9. Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé (EA 4057), Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness-based interventions for healthy behaviors such as exercise and dietary modifications have aroused growing interest. This study aims to test the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention for the reduction of impulsive eating and the improvement of motivation to exercise among obese individuals. METHODS:One-hundred and twenty obese outpatients, aged 18 to 65years, diagnosed with a binge eating disorder, will be randomly assigned to one of the three following groups: mindfulness practice, sham meditation, or treatment as usual control. The tested intervention consists of a 1-year computerized mindfulness-based program. Mindfulness sessions are audio recordings that the patients are asked to listen to, 10min every day. Self-reported questionnaires measuring impulsive eating, motivation to exercise, physical activity level, mood, and mindfulness skills are filled in at baseline, 1, 6, and 12months. Physical activity, calories consumption, and biomarkers are measured with more objective measurement tools at baseline, 6months and 12months. CONCLUSION: Mindfulness, as both a de-automation element and as a moderator of motivation to exercise, can lead to the reduction of impulsive eating and also to an increase in levels of physical activity. These effects could cause weight loss in obese patients suffering from binge eating disorder. TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov: NCT02571387.
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BACKGROUND: Mindfulness-based interventions for healthy behaviors such as exercise and dietary modifications have aroused growing interest. This study aims to test the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention for the reduction of impulsive eating and the improvement of motivation to exercise among obese individuals. METHODS: One-hundred and twenty obese outpatients, aged 18 to 65years, diagnosed with a binge eating disorder, will be randomly assigned to one of the three following groups: mindfulness practice, sham meditation, or treatment as usual control. The tested intervention consists of a 1-year computerized mindfulness-based program. Mindfulness sessions are audio recordings that the patients are asked to listen to, 10min every day. Self-reported questionnaires measuring impulsive eating, motivation to exercise, physical activity level, mood, and mindfulness skills are filled in at baseline, 1, 6, and 12months. Physical activity, calories consumption, and biomarkers are measured with more objective measurement tools at baseline, 6months and 12months. CONCLUSION: Mindfulness, as both a de-automation element and as a moderator of motivation to exercise, can lead to the reduction of impulsive eating and also to an increase in levels of physical activity. These effects could cause weight loss in obesepatients suffering from binge eating disorder. TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov: NCT02571387.
Authors: Eya Torkhani; Emilie Dematte; Jean Slawinski; Antonia Csillik; Marie-Claire Gay; Djamel Bensmaïl; Olivier Heinzlef; Giovanni de Marco Journal: Front Psychol Date: 2021-12-24