Healthy and unhealthy eating amongst stressed students: considering the influence of mindfulness on eating choices and consumption
Healthy and unhealthy eating amongst stressed students: considering the influence of mindfulness on eating choices and consumption
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10.5114/hpr.2019.77913
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发表时间：
2019-01-01
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2
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Mantzios, Michail
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作者：
Dutt, Simran;Keyte, Rebecca;Mantzios, Michail
学术压力与（a）食物摄入量增加和（B）高等教育学生选择热量密集的食物有关。在这项研究中，正念被用来减轻学业压力，并在效果上，促进健康的饮食行为和decisionmaking.Participants和ProcedureNinety学生被随机分配到无论是正念或控制条件。这两种情况都使学生暴露于压力诱导任务，并记录了三次焦虑水平（即，在应激诱导之前和之后，以及干预后）。实验结束后，参与者可以得到巧克力和葡萄作为感谢的象征。研究人员的意向治疗分析显示，与对照组相比，正念对增加健康食品的消费没有显着影响，但有助于减少不健康食品的消费。主要分析显示，当正念减轻压力时（即，通过使用焦虑测量作为操作检查），学生消耗更多的健康食品和更少的不健康食品。结论正念冥想时，似乎能够更好地决策关于健康和不健康的食物。虽然结果似乎是积极的，但不参与正念冥想可能需要其他练习来减少焦虑和压力。临床意义和健康和福祉的举措整合到大学进行了讨论。
BACKGROUNDAcademic stress is associated with (a) increased food intake and (b) choosing calorie-dense food choices in higher education students. In this research, mindfulness was used to alleviate academic stress and, in effect, promote healthier eating behaviours and decision-making.PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURENinety students were randomly allocated to either a mindfulness or a control condition. Both conditions exposed students to a stress-inducing task and levels of anxiety were recorded three times (i.e., prior to and after stress induction, and post-intervention) during the experiment. Chocolate and grapes were available to participants after the experiment as a token of appreciation.RESULTSIntention-to-treat analyses revealed that mindfulness had a non-significant effect on increasing consumption of healthy food, but assisted the decrease in consuming unhealthy food when compared to the control group. The main analyses revealed that when mindfulness alleviated stress (i.e., by using the anxiety measurements as a manipulation check), students consumed more healthy food and less unhealthy food.CONCLUSIONSMindfulness appears to enable better decision making as regards healthy and unhealthy foods when mindfulness meditation actually works. While the results appear positive, non-engagement with mindfulness meditation may necessitate the availability of other practices to reduce anxiety and stress. Clinical implications and the integration of health and wellbeing initiatives into universities are discussed.