Psychological correlates of mindful eating: the role of mindfulness and eating behaviors among health sciences students.

Study at a glance

Characteristics	Observational study Peer reviewed
Population	Health sciences students
Topics	Meditation
Key findings	Mindfulness is positively associated with mindful eating, whereas emotional and external eating behaviors are negatively associated with mindful eating among health sciences students. The authors suggest that enhancing mindfulness may support healthier eating behaviors.

Other observational and cohort studies on meditation, most cited first.

Study	Year	Design	Participants
Using Self-Report Assessment Methods to Explore Facets of Mindfulness Undergraduate students	2006	Observational cohort
Effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders Patients with generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder with or without agoraphobia	1992	Observational cohort	n = 22
Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness Participants with extensive Insight meditation experience and matched controls	2005	Observational cohort	n = 20
Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity Experienced meditators and matched meditation-naive controls	2011	Observational cohort
Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice Long-term Buddhist practitioners and controls	2004	Observational cohort