Effect of Self Regulation With Mindfulness Training on Body Mass Index and Cardiovascular Risk Markers in Obese Adults
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Obesity
In brief
This study is designed to assess the effect of a mindfulness training program with special focus on diet and nutrition vs. dietary counseling in 40 obese adults (BMI range 30-40) and their partner/spouses (irrespective of their BMI), in a 6-month pilot randomized controlled trial.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01375504
- Run by
- Mayo Clinic
- People needed
- 36
- Starts
- 2011-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-04-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Obese adults (BMI ≥ 30)
- Currently working at Mayo Clinic Rochester
- Able to provide informed consent
- Stable weight (within + 10 pounds) during the three months prior to enrolling in the study
You may not qualify if…
- Currently (in the past six months) attending a weight loss program
- Underlying genetic or endocrine cause for weight gain
- Current cancer
- Medications known to affect weight (corticosteroids, antidepressants, anti psychotics, mood stabilizers, and anti-epileptic medications)
- Musculoskeletal conditions affecting the ability to adequately perform general physical activity
- Active smoking
- Substance abuse
- Quitting smoking within 6 months of enrolling in the study
- Have clinically significant acute unstable neurological, psychiatric, hepatic, renal, cardiovascular or respiratory disease that will prevent participation in the study
- Have an established practice of meditation for three or more months
- Not willing to complete study outcome measures.
- PARTNER/SPOUSE
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Able to provide informed consent
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Have clinically significant acute unstable neurological,Psychiatric, hepatic, renal, cardiovascular or respiratory disease that will prevent participation in the study
- Have an established practice of meditation for three or more months
Where it is running
- Mayo Clinic in Rochester — Rochester, Minnesota, United States
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