NCT04847843

Eating Mindfully to Prevent Weight Regain

Targeting Maladaptive Eating Behaviors With Mindfulness-based Training to Prevent Weight Regain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Utah · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The overall objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a mindfulness-based intervention to prevent weight regain in weight-reduced adults.

Detailed description

Specific Aim 1: Determine the effect of MORE on weight loss maintenance. Hypothesis: MORE will result in less weight regain compared to CON after the 8-week intervention, and benefits will be sustained after 6-month of follow-up. Specific Aim 2: Determine the effect of MORE on reward-related behavioral processes (e.g., disinhibition, restraint, hedonic hunger). Hypothesis: MORE group will demonstrate changes in eating behaviors associated with preventing weight regain compared to CON immediately after MORE and after 6-months of follow-up.

Conditions

• Weight Loss
• Weight Gain
• Eating Behavior
• Obesity
• Bariatric Surgery Candidate

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness Orientated Recovery Enhancement	The MORE curriculum has been adapted for this intervention to address food intake behaviors and will provide training in mindfulness techniques to increase awareness of, and self-control over, cravings; reappraisal skills to promote emotion regulation and restructure motivations for highly palatable food intake; and savoring pleasant events and emotions to overcome defects in natural reward processing.
BEHAVIORAL	Control Intervention	The curriculum will be based on the Diabetes Prevention Program's Prevent T2 for Life program, which is an evidence-based national healthful lifestyle maintenance intervention. This program includes training in healthful eating, meal planning, and recipe modification; time and stress management; adapting lifestyle habits for continued success during holidays, vacations, and other special situations; and relapse prevention.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-06-16
• Primary completion: 2023-05-08
• Completion: 2024-05-22
• First posted: 2021-04-19
• Last updated: 2025-11-25
• Results posted: 2025-11-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States