Status:
COMPLETED
Craving and Lifestyle Management Through Mindfulness Study
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, San Francisco
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Mount Zion Health Fund
Conditions:
Obesity
Eligibility:
FEMALE
21-50 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindful eating program will lead to reductions in abdominal fat and total weight and improve cell aging in ov...
Detailed Description
Obesity is the largest growing epidemic, with about 65% of Americans overweight (Flegal, Carroll et al. 2002). Obesity, in particular, abdominal obesity, confers increased risk for a host of diseases,...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Pre-menopausal
- BMI (25 - 40)
- Weight \< 300 lbs.
- Negative urine glucose test
Exclusion
- Inability to provide informed consent
- Age \< 21 or menopausal as determined by self-report
- DSM-IV diagnosis of an eating disorder
- Any substance abuse, mental health, or medical condition that, in the opinion of investigators, will make it difficult for the potential participant to participate in the intervention
- Factors that confound relations between stress and eating, including, drug abuse and use of medications containing corticosteroids.
- Diabetes
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- CHD
- Breastfeeding (due to interference with stress hormone measurement)
- Non English speaker
- Pregnant as determined by pregnancy test at screening visit or planning to get pregnant in the next 6 months
- Previous MBSR training and/or current meditation, yoga, or other mind-body practice
- Initiation of new class of psychiatric medications in past 2 months.
- Currently on a weight loss diet
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
53 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01250509
Start Date
November 1 2006
End Date
July 1 2008
Last Update
February 18 2013
Active Locations (1)
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UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
San Francisco, California, United States, 94115