Keeping Weight Off: study protocol of an RCT to investigate brain changes associated with mindfulness-based stress reduction.
BMJ Open November 30, 2016 Carl Fulwiler, Julia A Siegel, Jeroan Allison et al.
Obesity is a growing epidemic fuelled by unhealthy behaviours and associated with significant comorbidities and financial costs. While behavioural interventions produce clinically meaningful weight loss, weight loss maintenance is challenging. This may partially be due to failure to target stress and emotional reactivity. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) reduces stress and emotional...
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012573 (opens in new tab)
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Mindfulness
Behavior change maintenance
Neuroimaging
Weight loss