Mindfulness training may help in weight loss

Mindfulness training may help people stick to weight-loss diet and shed kilos. Researchers at McGill University examined 19 studies. Mindfulness interventions in these studies involved either formal meditation, informal mindfulness strategies that focused on eating activity, or some combination of the two. They found that interventions based on mindfulness proved ‘’moderately effective for weight loss ‘’and ‘’largely effective in reducing obesity –related eating behaveours when compared to diet and exercise-based ‘’ lifestyle-change’’ interventions, mindfulness training resulted in lesser weight loss, according to the study published in Obesity Reviews.