Mindfulness-based interventions were used to target binge eating, emotional eating, and external eating behaviors in an Obesity Treatment journal. Researchers defined Mindfulness-based Theory as “a quality of consciousness that is characterized by continually attending an individual’s moment-to-moment experiences, thoughts, and emotions with an open, non-judgmental approach”. Many of the recent interventions that have been used for over eating disorders have been a combination of mindfulness and cognitive behavior therapy-based exercises (O 'Reilly, Cook, Spruijt-Metz, & Black, 2014). Researchers from the Journal of Adult behaviors described BED from a behavior analytic perspective. Responses were that “BED involves an non-standard pattern
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She felt proud of herself for finally tackling a problem that she battled with. She began researching a finding many meals and resourceful items that could help her along her process. She found a portion control measurement that she began using as she preplanned her meals and snacks for the upcoming week. She packed her lunch, snacks, and dinner during the school days (Monday-Wednesday) in proportioned tupperware bowls and on other days she also used tupperwear bowls or a small salsa to eat on when eating breakfast lunch and dinner. When she was not eating full course meals, she used portion control charts to proportion snacks sizes if they were available. This week she kept it simple and ate the same meals all week and the same …show more content…
At the end of the study, results showed that the behaviorist eating behaviors was most problematic once she was on campus during the weekdays and out on the town during the weekends. Episodes were preceded by hunger cues, food cravings, mood, and lunch/dinner times. However, the behaviorist saw a reduction in binge eating when large amounts of food were not present, increased motivation, absent stressors, and when self-esteem decreased. She found that although the intervention was not completely successful, she have an idea on how to manage her BE behavior and when she should try to control
She felt proud of herself for finally tackling a problem that she battled with. She began researching a finding many meals and resourceful items that could help her along her process. She found a portion control measurement that she began using as she preplanned her meals and snacks for the upcoming week. She packed her lunch, snacks, and dinner during the school days (Monday-Wednesday) in proportioned tupperware bowls and on other days she also used tupperwear bowls or a small salsa to eat on when eating breakfast lunch and dinner. When she was not eating full course meals, she used portion control charts to proportion snacks sizes if they were available. This week she kept it simple and ate the same meals all week and the same …show more content…
At the end of the study, results showed that the behaviorist eating behaviors was most problematic once she was on campus during the weekdays and out on the town during the weekends. Episodes were preceded by hunger cues, food cravings, mood, and lunch/dinner times. However, the behaviorist saw a reduction in binge eating when large amounts of food were not present, increased motivation, absent stressors, and when self-esteem decreased. She found that although the intervention was not completely successful, she have an idea on how to manage her BE behavior and when she should try to control