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Mindfulness Reduces Reactivity to Food Cues: Underlying Mechanisms and Applications in Daily Life 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Keesman, M.,Aarts, H.,Häfner, M.,Papies, E. K.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Springer Science + Business Media
  • 출판년도2017
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Current Addiction Reports
  • 발행사항Vol.4No.2[2017]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN2196-2952
  • 소개/요약Purpose of review: Mindfulness-based interventions are becoming increasingly popular as a means to facilitate healthy eating. We suggest that the decentering component of mindfulness, which is the metacognitive insight that all experiences are impermanent, plays an especially important role in such interventions. To facilitate the application of decentering, we address its psychological mechanism to reduce reactivity to food cues, proposing that it makes thoughts and simulations in response to food cues less compelling. We discuss supporting evidence, applications, and challenges for future research. Recent findings: Experimental and correlational studies consistently find that the adoption of a decentering perspective reduces subjective cravings, physiological reactivity such as salivation, and unhealthy eating. Summary: We suggest that the decentering perspective can be adopted in any situation to reduce reactivity to food cues. Considering people’s high exposure to food temptations in daily life, this makes it a powerful tool to empower people to eat healthily.