Abstract

BARBOSA, Marina Rodrigues; PENAFORTE, Fernanda Rodrigues de Oliveira  and  SILVA, Ana Flavia de Sousa. Mindfulness, mindful eating and intuitive eating in the approach to obesity and eating disorders. SMAD, Rev. Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool Drog. (Ed. port.) [online]. 2020, vol.16, n.3, pp. 118-135. ISSN 1806-6976.  http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2020.165262.

OBJECTIVE: to examine and summarize studies of mindfulness, mindful eating and intuitive eating in the approach of overweight / obesity and eating disorders. METHOD: for this integrative review, PubMed, PePSIC, PsycINFO, LILACS, IBECS, SciELO and BVS-Psi databases were consulted, and published articles published in the last 10 years. After analyzing the recovered studies, 38 articles made up the final review corpus. RESULTS: the studies demonstrated the benefits of approaches centered on mindfulness, mindful eating and intuitive eating on eating behavior and on the emotional and psychological aspects of overweight and eating disorders individuals, harmful or emotional, followed by external factors and compulsive eating; as well as levels of stress, anxiety and depression. For weight loss, the results are less consistent, since several studies have found no difference for this parameter. CONCLUSIONS: as selected focused on mindfulness, mindful eating and intuitive eating are promising for addressing obesity and obesity and eating disorders, especially with regard to eating behavior and psycho-emotional aspects.

Keywords : Mindfulness; Eating Behavior; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Intuitive Eating; Eating Disorder; Mindfulness-Based Intervention.

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