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This chapter explores unique elements in teaching Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness (MB-EAT) to individuals with a range of eating issues, including binge eating disorder. Eating involves complex processes, related to biological needs for food and to social, hedonic and non-nutritive needs. The underlying principle of MB-EAT is that healthy eating involves a flexible balance between physiological and these other needs. Elements in the program are grouped into those that cultivate “inner wisdom” and “outer wisdom”. Inner wisdom practices increase interoceptive awareness of physical hunger, taste, and satiety/fullness; awareness of thoughts and emotions as they relate to food intake; and self-acceptance/self-compassion. Outer wisdom practices cultivate using nutrition information in a personalized, flexible way, consistent with sustainable weight management goals that an individual may have. Throughout the program, mindfulness practices include sitting meditation, ‘mini-meditations’, and body awareness. Practice components may be adapted to a range of client populations and have been shown to have broad effectiveness.
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The healing self-touch exercise was developed by Sasha Loring, M.S., M.Ed. at Duke Integrative Medicine.
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The Kristeller Eating and Exercise Patterns of Food and Fitness (KEEP IT OFF©) self-check list is completed at the beginning, end, and several times during the program. Kristeller, Jordan, et al. (in preparation). “KEEP IT OFF: A measure of mindful eating for weight management.”
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Kristeller, J.L., Lieberstein, A.E. (2016). Teaching Individuals Mindful Eating. In: McCown, D., Reibel, D., Micozzi, M. (eds) Resources for Teaching Mindfulness. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30100-6_19
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