Monthly Archives: June 2018

Mindfulness, Behaviors, and Weight Loss

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Pharm Tao

Can mindfulness trainings have effects on behaviors and weight control among those with overweight and obesity? A meta-analysis examined such possible effects from 12 randomized controlled trials (Ruffault et al., 2016). The studies were about the influences of mindfulness trainings … Continue reading →

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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 and Stress-Eating

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Pharm Tao

Overweight and obesity problems have been associated with emotional eating behaviors, especially stress-related eating (Corsica et al., 2014). Although such problems are critical for weight management, it is not easy to provide effective interventions for improving eating behaviors. Potential interventions … Continue reading →

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