Mindful Eating for Severe Obesity

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to review mindful eating interventions for adults with severe obesity. Mindfulness interventions that specifically target problematic eating behaviors such as overeating, binge eating, grazing, and emotional eating will be the focus of this chapter rather than mindfulness interventions like mindfulness based stress reduction or mindfulness-based cognitive therapy that are used with other mental health conditions like depression and anxiety. Also, we will not include integrative interventions such as acceptance and commitment therapy or dialectical behavior therapy, which incorporate mindfulness into protocols that are primarily focused on skills and techniques to increase acceptance and skillful regulation of emotion. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)