ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2018
Testing a mobile mindful eating intervention targeting craving-related eating: feasibility and proof of concept.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 109 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Emotional Eating Interventions for Adults Living With Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Behaviour Change Techniques.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Pooled it
- Emotional Eating Interventions for Adults Living with Overweight or Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- How Effective Are Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Reducing Stress and Weight? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of eHealth Nutritional Interventions for Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Digital Mindfulness Training for Burnout Reduction in Physicians: Clinician-Driven Approach.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- Analyzing the Impact of Mobile App Engagement on Mental Health Outcomes: Secondary Analysis of the Unwinding Anxiety Program.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Clinical Efficacy and Psychological Mechanisms of an App-Based Digital Therapeutic for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Changes in mindful eating and eating behaviors among female university students taking nutrition courses.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Mindful eating may help explain the association between psychological difficulties and food addiction in adolescents with obesity.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Effects of Interoceptive and Exteroceptive Attention Training on Desire-Driven Eating in Healthy Adults: A Quasi-Experimental Early-Stage Feasibility Study.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Applying Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to Understand Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- Do mindful eating intervention programs improve mindful eating and nutritional status in children?Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Context sensitive mindfulness: lessons from graduates of a professional training in South Africa.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Article
- Practical Awareness-Based Strategies for Eating (PASE): A Pilot and Feasibility Randomized Trial.Obesity science & practice · 2025Article
- Tackling Cravings in Medical Weight Management: An Update on Pathophysiology and an Integrated Approach to Treatment.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Mind Your Heart: A Mindful Eating and Diet Education eHealth Program.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2024Article
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- Effect of a novel telehealth device for dietary cognitive behavioral intervention in overweight or obesity care.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Theoretically driven smartphone-delivered behavioral interventions that target mechanisms underlying eating behavior are lacking. In this study, we administered a 28-day self-paced smartphone-delivered intervention rooted in an operant conditioning theoretical framework that targets craving-related eating using mindful eating practices. At pre-intervention and 1-month post-intervention, we assessed food cravings among adult overweight or obese women (N = 104; M age = 46.2 ± 14.1 years; M BMI = 31.5 ± 4.5) using ecological momentary assessment via text message (SMS), self-reported eating behavior (e.g., trait food craving), and in-person weight. Seventy-eight participants (75.0%) completed the intervention within 7 months ('all completers'), and of these, 64 completed the intervention within 3 months ('timely completers'). Participants experienced significant reductions in craving-related eating (40.21% reduction; p < .001) and self-reported overeating behavior (trait food craving, p < .001; other measures ps < .01). Reductions in trait food craving were significantly correlated with weight loss for timely completers (r = .30, p = .020), this pattern of results was also evident in all completers (r = .22, p = .065). Taken together, results suggest that smartphone-delivered mindful eating training targeting craving-related eating may (1) target behavior that impacts a relative metabolic pathway, and (2) represent a low-burden and highly disseminable method to reduce problematic overeating among overweight individuals. ClinicalTrials.gov registration: NCT02694731.
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