Effect of mindful diet in overweight/obese children
- VernacularTitle:正念饮食在超重/肥胖儿童中的应用效果评价
- Author:
Qingjiao LI
1
;
Lu TANG
;
Liping HU
;
Hua CAI
Author Information
- Keywords: mindful diet; overweight children; obese children; dietary behaviors; body mass index; body fat percentage; mindfulness level; visceral fat area
- From: Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2025;29(17):100-103,115
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: Objective To explore the impact of mindful diet intervention on dietary behaviors,body composition,and mindfulness levels in overweight/obese children.Methods A total of 74 over-weight/obese children who sought treatment at a tertiary-level hospital in Hunan Province were selected as study subjects.They were randomly divided into experimental group and control group using the random number table method,with 37 cases in each group.The control group implemented a conven-tional body weight management program,while the experimental group received mindful diet interven-tion in addition to the conventional program.Changes in body mass index(BMI),body fat percent-age,visceral fat area,dietary behaviors,and mindfulness levels were compared between the two groups before and after intervention.Results Before intervention,there were no statistically signifi-cant differences in general information,body composition,dietary behaviors,and mindfulness levels between the two groups(P＞0.05).After 8 weeks of intervention,the BMI,body fat percentage,and visceral fat area of children in both groups were lower than those before intervention.The scores for e-motional diet,restrictive diet,and external diet were also lower than those before intervention,while the mindfulness levels were higher than those before intervention,with statistically significant differ-ences(P＜0.05).The experimental group showed better results than the control group in terms of BMI,body fat percentage,visceral fat area,scores for emotional diet,restrictive diet,and external di-et,as well as mindfulness levels(P＜0.05).Conclusion Mindful diet intervention can effectively improve dietary behaviors,reduce body fat percentage and visceral fat area,and enhance mindfulness levels in overweight/obese children.
