Tag Archives: Eating Behaviors

Mindfulness and Obesity-Related Eating

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Pharm Tao

Obesity is closely related to eating behaviors including binge eating, emotional eating and external eating (O’Reilly et al., 2014). Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been found to be helpful for easing the obesity problem by improving eating behaviors. A meta-analysis examined … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness, Emotional Eating, and Overweight

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Pharm Tao

Mindfulness training may influence the eating habits and weight management. A recent study investigated the effects of a mindfulness and compassion-based method among 53 overweight or obese women (Palmeira et al., 2017). The study examined the possible influences of the … Continue reading →

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Obesity, Emotional Conditions, Eating Behaviors, and Inflammation

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Pharm Tao

Stress, Chronic Diseases, and Psychoneuroimmunology Stress, Depression, Inflammation, and Psychoneuroimmunology Obesity has been associated with chronic low-degree inflammation that can result in stress and behavioral problems. A study investigated the correlations among adiposity, low-grade inflammation, eating behaviors, and emotional conditions … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness-Based Methods and Eating Behaviors

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Pharm Tao

Mindfulness-based interventions are getting more and more popular for the promotion of healthy eating behaviors and weight control. Specifically, studies have indicated that mindfulness meditation may be helpful for healing binge eating (Katterman et al., 2014). A meta-analysis and review … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness-Based Interventions, Eating Behaviors, and Obesity

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Pharm Tao

How can mindfulness-based approaches affect psychological and physical health among those who are overweight or obese? A recent meta-analysis examined randomized controlled trials and focused on 15 relevant studies involving 560 individuals (Rogers et al., 2017). The study found that … Continue reading →

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