{"id":744,"date":"2009-08-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/08\/want-to-lose-weight-eat-mindfully.html"},"modified":"2009-08-12T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-12T06:00:00","slug":"want-to-lose-weight-eat-mindfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/08\/want-to-lose-weight-eat-mindfully.html","title":{"rendered":"Want to lose weight? Eat mindfully."},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a new research article<\/a> being published in this month’s Journal of the American Dietetic Association<\/a>, Dr. Alan Kristal<\/a> and colleagues found that people who eat mindfully<\/a> (defined as those were aware of why they ate and stopped eating when full) are less likely to be obese<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The actual article describes the process of developing and validating a way to measure mindful eating. I find it interesting because it can be used as a guide to examine my own eating habits<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Kristal and colleagues ended up with 5 factors, or categories, of behaviors that were thought to comprise mindful eating. They were:<\/p>\n