NCT06087185

Obesity and Mindful Eating in Patients With Anxiety

Evaluation of the Effect of Mindful Eating in Patients With Anxiety and Obesity.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Background: Obesity is chronic disease with high prevalence rates, functional disability and difficult long-term management. Anxiety is one of the most common psychological disorders in obesity, and when associated with other factors such as emotional eating and emotional dysregulation, it impairs treatment and interferes with lifestyle changes. Finding an intervention that improves the eating behavior of these patients and facilitates adherence to obesity treatment, associated with less emotional distress, is of great clinical interest. Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Mindful Eating (ME) intervention on neurocognitive and behavioral outcomes in patients with obesity and anxiety compared to the control group with exposure to videos promoting quality of life. Methods: A five-weeks randomized clinical trial will be performed with 52 patients in adulthood. The Mindful Eating intervention group will receive an online protocol with one meeting per week. This is a protocol that has been adapted for five weeks and consists of a group intervention with 10-15 participants. Mindfulness, Mindful Eating and Self-Compassion training will be based on the Eat for Life protocol. The control group will receive five videos of psychoeducation, one topic per week. After, all participants will receive lifestyle advices, a first-line "treatment-as-usual" to obesity. There will be a face-to-face assessment with anthropometric, behavioral and biological measurements pre and post-intervention. The outcomes may help in understanding the mechanisms underlying the change in eating behavior, in order to direct new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of anxiety and obesity comorbidities.

Detailed description

This study is the second phase of a cross-sectional study.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Obesity
• Eating Behavior
• Mindfulness
• Inflammation
• Self-Control

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindful Eating	Mindful Eating practices will be taught during a weekly meeting lasting 150 minutes and individuals will be encouraged to integrate the practices learned into their daily lives, for at least 15 minutes a day, being progressively integrated into the other practices that will be taught in subsequent weeks. There will be a WhatsApp group with reminders during the week and audio for guided practice.
BEHAVIORAL	Video Group	Composed of 5 videos sent weekly produced by trained professionals. The topics discussed will be relevant to the management of anxiety in general and lifestyle changes. Video 1: Psychoeducation of anxiety. Video 2: Healthy eating. Video 3: Sleep hygiene. Video 4: Physical activity. Video 5: Substance use. This protocol used as a control was effective as a Psychoeducation Group in improving anxiety symptoms in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-23
• Primary completion: 2024-08-16
• Completion: 2024-11-30
• First posted: 2023-10-17
• Last updated: 2025-06-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil