Study Designs, Measurements, and Variables
There is a wide array of different mindfulness based treatments that have been researched for binge eating:
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction(MBSR)
Mindfulness Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT)
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy
There are also three different types of meditation – concentration techniques, mindfulness, and guided meditation20.
Most studies use training programs that include short sessions (1-2 hours) delivered weekly from 6-16 weeks. Some included a few monthly follow up sessions afterwards. Most studies include more than just training on meditation and mindfulness. They often …show more content…
I also want to explore whether mindfulness techniques targeted to binge eating have led to weight loss or an increased ability to manage weight. In addition to researching whether these techniques are effective I also want to gain personal experience with the ways in which meditation and mindfulness may actually work to prevent binge eating.
My plan to personally experience these techniques in a setting where I can practice them with support is as follows. I am taking a 6 week course entitled Mindful Eating which is based on the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program developed and researched by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1990. During this course I hope to learn and be able to practice the skills of Mindful Eating. I hope to apply these principles to my own eating. At times, my eating within a short period time is excessive; although I am not sure I would meet the criteria for BED. My BMI is currently 26, placing me in the overweight …show more content…
The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop eating compulsively .Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is a 12-step program that helps people who self-identify as compulsive overeaters to abstain from compulsive overeating. 22 I have chosen a sponsor from OA to support me. Her name is Mary, and she lost 120 pounds by participation in the program of OA, without exercising or using any other compensatory mechanisms, and has kept that weight off for over ten years.
OA is a program of abstinence, meaning to compulsively overeat is considered to be a relapse. Abstinence in OA is more completely defined as “the action of refraining from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors while working towards or maintaining a healthy body weight.”23 OA helps people to do this by having members first establish an Eating Plan of their choice, and then working the 12-steps. These are the same steps used by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), but they are applied to food and compulsive
There is a wide array of different mindfulness based treatments that have been researched for binge eating:
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction(MBSR)
Mindfulness Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT)
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy
There are also three different types of meditation – concentration techniques, mindfulness, and guided meditation20.
Most studies use training programs that include short sessions (1-2 hours) delivered weekly from 6-16 weeks. Some included a few monthly follow up sessions afterwards. Most studies include more than just training on meditation and mindfulness. They often …show more content…
I also want to explore whether mindfulness techniques targeted to binge eating have led to weight loss or an increased ability to manage weight. In addition to researching whether these techniques are effective I also want to gain personal experience with the ways in which meditation and mindfulness may actually work to prevent binge eating.
My plan to personally experience these techniques in a setting where I can practice them with support is as follows. I am taking a 6 week course entitled Mindful Eating which is based on the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program developed and researched by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1990. During this course I hope to learn and be able to practice the skills of Mindful Eating. I hope to apply these principles to my own eating. At times, my eating within a short period time is excessive; although I am not sure I would meet the criteria for BED. My BMI is currently 26, placing me in the overweight …show more content…
The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop eating compulsively .Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is a 12-step program that helps people who self-identify as compulsive overeaters to abstain from compulsive overeating. 22 I have chosen a sponsor from OA to support me. Her name is Mary, and she lost 120 pounds by participation in the program of OA, without exercising or using any other compensatory mechanisms, and has kept that weight off for over ten years.
OA is a program of abstinence, meaning to compulsively overeat is considered to be a relapse. Abstinence in OA is more completely defined as “the action of refraining from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors while working towards or maintaining a healthy body weight.”23 OA helps people to do this by having members first establish an Eating Plan of their choice, and then working the 12-steps. These are the same steps used by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), but they are applied to food and compulsive