Mindfulness Intervention for Overweight Primary Care Patients (MindEat)
Overweight, Obesity
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Overweight focused on measuring Mindful Eating, Overweight, Primary Care, Randomized Clinical Trial
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- women aged 18-59 years old, literate;
- Primary Care patients who have the body mass index (BMI) ≥25kgm2 and < 40kg/m2
- People who have an interest in the objectives of this study and consented to be randomized to one of three arms.
- Those who have participated in 75% of sessions or only two absences in the program
Exclusion Criteria:
- those who are under pharmacological treatment for overweight;
- pregnant women;
- those who have problems with substance use (drugs and alcohol);
- untreated hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism;
- those who are in acute phase of depression (less than 6 months in depression); schizophrenia or psychotic disorders or who are using drugs that cause cognitive attentional and concentration losses (such as powerful anti-anxiety drugs);
- current practitioners of Mindfulness, meditation, yoga, or the like, in the last 6 months (with formal practice at least once a week);
- those who have undergone any type of Bariatric Surgery.
Sites / Locations
- Centro Mente Aberta de Mindfulness e Promoção de Saúde
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Experimental
TAU (treatment as usual)
TAU+MBHP
TAU+MB-EAT
The Treatment as Usual (TAU) will be considered as following: 1) In the cases of individuals presenting overweight (BMI of 25 kg/m ² to 29.9 kg/m ²), but without comorbidities, primary care teams propose the improvement of the life style (more physically active, and with a better eating behaviour) in order to return to the track of normal BMI (BMI of 18.5 kg/m ² to 24.9 kg/m ²). 2) For those who have comorbidities such as hypertension and diabetes, in addition to including individuals in group activities (psycho-education), it is evaluated the need for individual dietary prescription by a nutritionist.
The Mindfulness-based Health Promotion (MBHP) developed by our research group (generic protocol) will be adapted from the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction program (MBSR), It is based on the original model developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn and colleagues (MBSR), and subsequently adapted by our research group in order to fit it better into the context and needs of Primary Care (PC) and national and local Health Systems], which has been applied by the Center "Mente Aberta" in Brazil (www.mindfulnessbrasil.com), and by the University of Zaragoza, in Spain (www.webmindfulness.com). One of the sessions (the sixth one) is developed in silence, with the goal of deepening the mindfulness practice.
The Mindfulness-based Eating Awareness (MB-EAT) protocol consists in ten weekly sessions of 2,5 hour to improve compulsive eating, and to promote conscious eating.