Mindful Eating for Eating Behavior Individuals Overweight and Obesity

Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre60 enrolled

Overview

This clinical trial aims to compare the effect of a nutritional intervention based on Mindful Eating, with standard dietary treatment, in changing the eating behavior of overweight individuals.

This clinical trial aims to compare the effect of a nutritional intervention based on Mindful Eating, with standard dietary treatment, in changing the eating behavior of overweight individuals. The main questions to answer are: * What is the effect of the intervention on the domains of eating behavior (emotional eating, cognitive restriction, and lack of food control - assessed by the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire R21)? , * Assess the effect of the intervention on weight and BMI. * Evaluate the relationship between eating behavior domains before and after the intervention. Participants in the intervention group will participate in eight sessions of a virtual therapeutic group, with up to fifteen individuals, every fifteen days, in which the theme of Mindful Eating and eating behavior will be worked. Participants will be encouraged to undertake the following: * self-knowledge exercises between one session and another. * mindfulness meditations daily. No dietary plan will be provided. The researchers will compare the results with a control group, which will receive eight individual, fortnightly, and virtual consultations of conventional dietary treatment, which will provide: * dietary plan for weight reduction, according to current guidelines. * six food and nutrition education sessions based on the Food Guide for the Brazilian Population.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Overweight and Obesity Behavior, Eating Feeding Patterns

Interventions

Mindful EatingBEHAVIORAL

Nutritional advice through expository content, group discussion, and exchange of experiences on self-knowledge, food awareness, and relationship with food and the body.

Standard dietary treatmentOTHER

Hypocaloric dietary prescription and nutritional education.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * body mass index greater than or equal to 25 kg/m², * internet access, * availability to participate in 8 virtual meetings. Exclusion Criteria: * volunteers using pharmacotherapy for obesity, * pregnancy, * lactation, * cognitive conditions, self-reported neurological or psychiatric disorders that prevent participation in the study, * decompensated thyroid disorders, and * who have undergone bariatric surgery.

Locations (1)

Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in eating behavior

Sub-divided into domains: uncontrolled eating (UE), cognitive restriction (CR), and emotional eating (EE).

Time frame: Four months

Secondary Outcomes

Body weight

in kilos

Time frame: Four months

Body Mass Index - BMI

in kg/m²

Time frame: Four months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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