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Mindful Eating

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2019) | Viewed by 20797

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Dr. Ifigenia Giannopoulou

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Senior Lecturer in Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Brighton Hillbrow, Denton Road, Eastbourne BN20 7SR, UK
Interests: mindful eating and mental health in young adults; eating disorders in athletes; exercise and diet effects on mental health; lifestyle interventions of diet and exercise in peri- and postmenopausal women and older adults; obesity; type 2 diabetes
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Dear Colleagues,

Mindful eating has recently been recognized for its important role in increasing awareness about eating practices and promoting behavior change in various clinical populations, such as individuals with binge eating disorder (BED), overweight and obese individuals, and patients with chronic diseases (e.g., type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease). However, there is a paucity of scientific evidence on the effects of mindful eating on mental health, especially in young populations with and without disordered eating and older adults with mental-health-related comorbidities.

In this Special Issue, entitled “Mindful Eating”, the journal Nutrients welcomes the submission of original research manuscripts or articles reviewing the existing literature on the topic of mindful eating in healthy and diseased populations. We particularly encourage submissions with a specific focus on the effects of mindful eating on mood disturbances and mental health in young and older adults with and without chronic diseases.

Dr. Ifigenia Giannopoulou
Guest Editor

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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Nutrients is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Mindful eating
  • Disordered eating
  • Mental Health
  • Obesity
  • Chronic Diseases

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Mindfulness in Eating Is Inversely Related to Binge Eating and Mood Disturbances in University Students in Health-Related Disciplines
by Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Maria Kotopoulea-Nikolaidi, Sofia Daskou, Kathy Martyn and Ashani Patel
Nutrients 2020, 12(2), 396; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12020396 - 2 Feb 2020
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between mindful eating, disordered eating and mood in university students in health-related disciplines. A total of 221 university students participated in the study; 102 students studied sport and exercise science (SS), 54 students [...] Read more.
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between mindful eating, disordered eating and mood in university students in health-related disciplines. A total of 221 university students participated in the study; 102 students studied sport and exercise science (SS), 54 students pharmacy sciences (PS), and 65 students health sciences (HS). Participants completed the Binge Eating Scale (BES), the Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ), and the Profile of Mood State questionnaire (POMS). 41% of the students were classified as binge eaters and 57% were above the POMS threshold of depression. Binge eaters were found to have significantly lower MEQ score and significantly higher total mood disturbance scores (TMD) compared to non-binge eaters (p < 0.01). Students with a high depression score exhibited no differences in the MEQ score but a significantly higher BES score compared to non-depressed students (p < 0.01). Gender differences were found in the MEQ with females exhibiting significantly higher scores in the MEQ score and in all MEQ subscales compared to males, with the exception of the emotional subscale that females were noted to have a lower score compared to males (p < 0.01). The MEQ score was inversely related to the BES score (r = −0.30, p < 0.01) and TMD (r = −0.21, p < 0.05). The MEQ score was a significant negative predictor of the variance of the binge eating behavior of the students (B = −3.17, p < 0.001). In conclusion, mindfulness in eating is inversely related to the binge eating behavior and mood state of university students studying health-related subjects and is a significant negative predictor of disordered eating behavior in this high risk population. Full article
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Review of Mindfulness-Related Interventions to Modify Eating Behaviors in Adolescents
by Michael Omiwole, Candice Richardson, Paulina Huniewicz, Elizabeth Dettmer and Georgios Paslakis
Nutrients 2019, 11(12), 2917; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11122917 - 2 Dec 2019
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There are few well-established treatments for adolescent eating disorders, and for those that do exist, remission rates are reported to be between 30 and 40%. There is a need for the development and implementation of novel treatment approaches. Mindfulness approaches have shown improvements [...] Read more.
There are few well-established treatments for adolescent eating disorders, and for those that do exist, remission rates are reported to be between 30 and 40%. There is a need for the development and implementation of novel treatment approaches. Mindfulness approaches have shown improvements in eating disorder-related psychopathology in adults and have been suggested for adolescents. The present review identifies and summarizes studies that have used mindfulness approaches to modify eating behaviors and to treat eating disorders in adolescents. Focused searches were conducted in Embase, Medline, and PsycINFO, and identified articles were checked for relevance. A small number of studies (n = 15) were designated as appropriate for inclusion in the review. These studies were divided into those that focused on the promotion of healthy eating/the prevention of disordered eating (n = 5), those that concentrated on targeted prevention among high risk adolescents (n = 5), and those that focused on clinical eating disordered adolescents (n = 5). Thirteen of the 15 studies reviewed reported at least one positive association between mindfulness treatment techniques and reduced weight/shape concerns, dietary restraint, decreased body mass index (BMI), eating in the absence of hunger (EAH), binge eating, increased willingness to eat novel healthy foods, and reduced eating disorder psychopathology. In summary, incorporating mindfulness to modify eating behaviors in adolescent non-clinical and clinical samples is still in the early stages, with a lack of data showing clear evidence of acceptability and efficacy. Further studies and preferably controlled conditions are warranted. Full article
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