Mindful eating practice predicts lower body mass index among university students

Background and Objective: The hectic life of university students may contribute to mindless eating and eventually may lead to obesity. Previous studies suggested that adopting mindful eating practice has a positive influence on eating habit modification and obesity rate reduction. Hence, this study...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad, Salwani, Sidek, Suriati, Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda, Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie, Unal, Tubanur Irfan
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Language:	English
Published:	Asian Network for Scientific Information 2019
Subjects:	RA Public aspects of medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
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spelling	iium-749452019-10-24T03:55:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74945/ Mindful eating practice predicts lower body mass index among university students Ahmad, Salwani Sidek, Suriati Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Unal, Tubanur Irfan RA Public aspects of medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply Background and Objective: The hectic life of university students may contribute to mindless eating and eventually may lead to obesity. Previous studies suggested that adopting mindful eating practice has a positive influence on eating habit modification and obesity rate reduction. Hence, this study aimed to assess the role of mindful eating practice and health attitudes in predicting the body mass index (BMI) of university students. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 university students at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Participants’ weight and height were measured and they were required to complete the Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ) and Health Attitude Scale (HAS). Results: The mean body mass index (BMI) of participants was 22.53±4.00 kg mG2 . The highest mean reported for the mindful eating practice subscale is the awareness subscale (mean = 2.7852±0.475). The results showed that a higher MEQ score predicted a lower BMI (p<0.05) and this explained 2% of the variance in BMI. However, BMI was not predicted by health attitudes. Conclusion: The results suggested that the concept of mindfulness has a positive impact on body weight, which could be incorporated into weight loss and weight maintenance intervention programmes. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74945/1/2019%20-%20Salwani%20et%20al.%20-%20Mindful%20Eating%20Practice%20Predicts%20Lower%20Body%20Mass%20Index%20Among%20University%20Students.pdf Ahmad, Salwani and Sidek, Suriati and Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda and Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie and Unal, Tubanur Irfan (2019) Mindful eating practice predicts lower body mass index among university students. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 18 (10). pp. 977-982. ISSN 1680-5194 E-ISSN 1994-7984 http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/ansinet/pjn/2019/977-982.pdf 10.3923/pjn.2019.977.982
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spellingShingle	RA Public aspects of medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply Ahmad, Salwani Sidek, Suriati Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Unal, Tubanur Irfan Mindful eating practice predicts lower body mass index among university students
description	Background and Objective: The hectic life of university students may contribute to mindless eating and eventually may lead to obesity. Previous studies suggested that adopting mindful eating practice has a positive influence on eating habit modification and obesity rate reduction. Hence, this study aimed to assess the role of mindful eating practice and health attitudes in predicting the body mass index (BMI) of university students. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 university students at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Participants’ weight and height were measured and they were required to complete the Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ) and Health Attitude Scale (HAS). Results: The mean body mass index (BMI) of participants was 22.53±4.00 kg mG2 . The highest mean reported for the mindful eating practice subscale is the awareness subscale (mean = 2.7852±0.475). The results showed that a higher MEQ score predicted a lower BMI (p<0.05) and this explained 2% of the variance in BMI. However, BMI was not predicted by health attitudes. Conclusion: The results suggested that the concept of mindfulness has a positive impact on body weight, which could be incorporated into weight loss and weight maintenance intervention programmes.
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author	Ahmad, Salwani Sidek, Suriati Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Unal, Tubanur Irfan
author_facet	Ahmad, Salwani Sidek, Suriati Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Unal, Tubanur Irfan
author_sort	Ahmad, Salwani
title	Mindful eating practice predicts lower body mass index among university students
title_short	Mindful eating practice predicts lower body mass index among university students
title_full	Mindful eating practice predicts lower body mass index among university students
title_fullStr	Mindful eating practice predicts lower body mass index among university students
title_full_unstemmed	Mindful eating practice predicts lower body mass index among university students
title_sort	mindful eating practice predicts lower body mass index among university students
publisher	Asian Network for Scientific Information
publishDate	2019
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Mindful eating practice predicts lower body mass index among university students

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