Mindful Bites: Eating in the Present Moment
Mindful Bites: Eating in the Present Moment. A Study Within the PNRR 10 ON FOODS PARTNERSHIP
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This study investigates the short-term effects of a two-week app-based mindful eating intervention delivered through MyPocketHealth. The intervention is designed to promote greater awareness of eating experiences, including sensory perception, emotional states, and behavioral patterns related to food consumption. Participants receive daily training exercises and short audio modules tailored to the principles of mindfulness applied to eating.
Throughout the 14-day program, participants complete daily momentary assessments assessing mood, attention, and eating-related awareness. Additional pre- and post-intervention questionnaires evaluate psychological well-being (WHO-5), cognitive failures (CFQ), eating behavior styles (DEBQ), and mindful eating skills (MEQ). Dietary habits, intake of specific food groups and dispositional mindfulness are also assessed to explore possible changes associated with the intervention.
The primary aim of the study is to evaluate changes in psychological well-being and mindful eating from baseline to the end of the intervention. Secondary aims include assessing changes in cognitive functioning, eating behavior patterns, and day-to-day fluctuations in mood and attentional engagement with the training materials. Group differences are explored across three experimental conditions, which vary in the level of content emphasis. Group 1 listens to general food-related podcast (MEE), group 2 listens to a podcast discussing theoretical information about mindful eating (MET), while group 3 listens to a podcast that, besides theoretical information, also offers daily practices (MEP).
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- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Milan, Italia, 20126
- Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1
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Criterios de participación
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
- Adulto
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- owning a smartphone
Exclusion Criteria:
- presence of diagnosed eating disorders
Plan de estudios
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Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Cuidados de apoyo
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Doble
Armas e Intervenciones
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Experimental: Mindful Eating Practice
Participants receive notifications focused on experiential mindful eating components, including awareness of the five senses and interoceptive skills.
They also complete specific guided exercises designed to cultivate these abilities.
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Participants complete a 14-day app-based program delivered through daily notifications and short audio content focused on experiential mindful eating components, including awareness of the five senses and interoceptive skills.
They also complete specific guided exercises designed to cultivate these abilities.
Each day, participants receive two notifications and one short audio, accompanied by brief self-report assessments evaluating mood, attention, and engagement.
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Experimental: Mindful Eating Theory
Participants receive notifications focused exclusively on the theoretical aspects of mindful eating, without the experiential exercises included in the practice condition.
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Participants complete a 14-day app-based program delivered through daily notifications and short audio content focused exclusively on the theoretical aspects of mindful eating, without the experiential exercises included in the practice condition.
They also complete specific guided exercises designed to cultivate these abilities.
Each day, participants receive two notifications and one short audio, accompanied by brief self-report assessments evaluating mood, attention, and engagement.
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Experimental: Mindful Eating Education
Participants receive notifications promoting evidence-based healthy eating practices, such as adequate water intake and reduced consumption of refined foods, based on findings from authoritative scientific research.
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Participants complete a 14-day app-based program delivered through daily notifications and short audio content promoting evidence-based healthy eating practices, such as adequate water intake and reduced consumption of refined foods, based on findings from authoritative scientific research.
They also complete specific guided exercises designed to cultivate these abilities.
Each day, participants receive two notifications and one short audio, accompanied by brief self-report assessments evaluating mood, attention, and engagement.
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Medidas de resultado primarias
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Mood assessment
Periodo de tiempo: Immediately before and after each daily session over the 14-day period
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Mood was assessed daily throughout the 14-day intervention period using five single-item Likert scales (1-10).
Participants rated their momentary levels of stress, mental clarity, calmness, happiness, and restlessness.
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Immediately before and after each daily session over the 14-day period
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Mindful Eating Awareness
Periodo de tiempo: At baseline and at the end of the 14-day intervention period
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To assess Mindful Eating Awareness, we used the Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ), a tool developed to measure the degree of awareness during eating behavior.
In the Italian abbreviated version (Clementi, Casu, & Gremigni, 2017), the instrument consists of 20 items rated on a 4-point Likert scale (from 1 = 'Never' to 4 = 'Always') and is divided into two subscales: awareness and recognition.
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At baseline and at the end of the 14-day intervention period
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Bodily Sensation
Periodo de tiempo: Immediately after each daily session over the 14-day period
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Bodily sensation was assessed daily throughout the 14-day intervention period using five single-item Likert scales (1-10).
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Immediately after each daily session over the 14-day period
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
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WHO-5 Well-Being Index score
Periodo de tiempo: At baseline and at the end of the 14-day intervention period
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Well-being was assessed using the WHO-5 Well-Being Index, a self-report questionnaire that measures subjective psychological well-being over the previous two weeks.
The scale consists of five positively worded items rated on a 6-point Likert scale, with higher scores indicating greater well-being.
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At baseline and at the end of the 14-day intervention period
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Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) score
Periodo de tiempo: At baseline and at the end of the 14-day intervention period
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Cognitive efficiency was evaluated using the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ), a self-report measure assessing the frequency of everyday cognitive lapses over the previous two weeks. The questionnaire consists of 25 items, each describing common cognitive slips involving attention, memory, or action execution (e.g., forgetting why one entered a room, losing focus during tasks, or misplacing objects). Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 0 ("Never") to 4 ("Very often"), with higher scores indicating more frequent cognitive failures. |
At baseline and at the end of the 14-day intervention period
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
Patrocinador
Investigadores
- Director de estudio: Patrizia Steca, University of Milan-Bicocca
- Investigador principal: Maria Elide Vanutelli, University of Milan-Bicocca
Publicaciones y enlaces útiles
Publicaciones Generales
- Dalen J, Smith BW, Shelley BM, Sloan AL, Leahigh L, Begay D. Pilot study: Mindful Eating and Living (MEAL): weight, eating behavior, and psychological outcomes associated with a mindfulness-based intervention for people with obesity. Complement Ther Med. 2010 Dec;18(6):260-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2010.09.008. Epub 2010 Nov 11.
- Salvo V, Curado DF, Sanudo A, Kristeller J, Schveitzer MC, Favarato ML, Isidoro W, Demarzo M. Comparative effectiveness of mindfulness and mindful eating programmes among low-income overweight women in primary health care: A randomised controlled pragmatic study with psychological, biochemical, and anthropometric outcomes. Appetite. 2022 Oct 1;177:106131. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2022.106131. Epub 2022 Jun 23.
- Lyzwinski LN, Edirippulige S, Caffery L, Bambling M. Mindful Eating Mobile Health Apps: Review and Appraisal. JMIR Ment Health. 2019 Aug 22;6(8):e12820. doi: 10.2196/12820.
- Janssen LK, Duif I, van Loon I, de Vries JHM, Speckens AEM, Cools R, Aarts E. Greater mindful eating practice is associated with better reversal learning. Sci Rep. 2018 Apr 9;8(1):5702. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24001-1.
- Begin C, Berthod J, Martinez LZ, Truchon M. Use of Mobile Apps and Online Programs of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Training in Workers: A Scoping Review. J Technol Behav Sci. 2022;7(4):477-515. doi: 10.1007/s41347-022-00267-1. Epub 2022 Sep 6.
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Otros números de identificación del estudio
- RM-2025-974
- PE00000003;CUP D93C22000890001 (Otro número de subvención/financiamiento: Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU)
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