A5059782579- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Sleep and related disorders
- Physical Activity and Health
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment
- Dietary Effects on Health
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
San Francisco State University
2017-2025
Bridge University
2020
University of California, San Francisco
2007-2018
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
2018
National Institutes of Health
2018
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
2018
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
2018
University of Arizona
2018
Committee on Publication Ethics
2018
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
2008-2016
This paper describes the development of a multidimensional self-report measure interoceptive body awareness. The systematic mixed-methods process involved reviewing current literature, specifying conceptual framework, evaluating prior instruments, developing items, and analyzing focus group responses to scale items by instructors patients awareness-enhancing therapies. Following refinement cognitive testing, were field-tested in students mind-body approaches. Final item selection was...
Interoception can be broadly defined as the sense of signals originating within body. As such, interoception is critical for our embodiment, motivation and well-being. And yet, despite its importance, remains poorly understood modern science. This paper reviews interdisciplinary perspectives on interoception, with goal presenting a unified perspective from diverse fields such neuroscience, clinical practice, contemplative studies. It hoped that this integrative effort will advance...
Study 1 tested whether yoga practice is associated with greater awareness of and responsiveness to bodily sensations, lower self-objectification, body satisfaction, fewer disordered eating attitudes. Three samples women (43 yoga, 45 aerobic, 51 nonyoga/nonaerobic practitioners) completed questionnaire measures. As predicted, practitioners reported more favorably on all Body responsiveness, and, some extent, significantly explained group differences in The mediating role awareness, addition...
Enhancing body awareness has been described as a key element or mechanism of action for therapeutic approaches often categorized mind-body approaches, such yoga, TaiChi, Body-Oriented Psychotherapy, Body Awareness Therapy, mindfulness based therapies/meditation, Feldenkrais, Alexander Method, Breath Therapy and others with reported benefits variety health conditions. To better understand the conceptualization in therapies, leading practitioners teaching faculty these were invited well their...
Psychological distress and elevated cortisol secretion promote abdominal fat, a feature of the Metabolic Syndrome. Effects stress reduction interventions on fat are unknown. Forty-seven overweight/obese women (mean BMI<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>31.2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:math>) were randomly assigned to 4-month intervention or waitlist group explore effects mindfulness program for eating. We assessed mindfulness,...
Background: Type 2 diabetes is a prevalent, chronic disease for which diet an integral aspect of treatment. In our previous trial, we found that recommendations to follow very low-carbohydrate ketogenic and change lifestyle factors (physical activity, sleep, positive affect, mindfulness) helped overweight people with type or prediabetes improve glycemic control lose weight. This was in-person intervention, could be barrier without the time, flexibility, transportation, social support, and/or...
We compared the effects of two diets on glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and other health-related outcomes in overweight or obese adults with type 2 diabetes prediabetes (HbA1c>6%). randomized participants to either a medium carbohydrate, low fat, calorie-restricted, carbohydrate counting diet (MCCR) consistent guidelines from American Diabetes Association (n = 18) very high non calorie-restricted whose goal was induce nutritional ketosis (LCK, n 16). excluded receiving insulin; 74% were taking...
Dietary treatment is important in management of type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, but uncertainty exists about the optimal diet. We randomized adults (n = 34) with glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) > 6.0% and elevated body weight (BMI 25) to a very low-carbohydrate ketogenic (LCK) diet 16) moderate-carbohydrate, calorie-restricted, low-fat (MCCR) 18). All participants were encouraged be physically active, get sufficient sleep, practice behavioral adherence strategies based on positive affect mindful...
Objectives To assess levels of two types anti‐fat bias in obesity specialists, explicit bias, or consciously accessible attitudes, and implicit attitudes that are activated outside conscious awareness, were examined. This study also assessed changes over time by comparing 2013 to published data from 2001. Methods In 232 attendees at the ObesityWeek conference, we measured conducted Implicit Association Test. These compared those a 2001 meeting this group. Results Participants exhibited...
The relative contribution of health behaviors to coronary risk factors in multicomponent secondary heart disease (CHD) prevention programs is largely unknown.Our purpose evaluate the additive and interactive effects 3-month changes (dietary fat intake, exercise, stress management) on psychosocial among 869 nonsmoking CHD patients (34% female) enrolled insurance-based Multisite Cardiac Lifestyle Intervention Program.Analyses variance for repeated measures were used analyze behaviors, factors,...
Objective To determine whether adding mindfulness‐based eating and stress management practices to a diet‐exercise program improves weight loss metabolic syndrome components. Methods In this study 194 adults with obesity were randomized 5.5‐month or without mindfulness training identical guidelines. Intention‐to‐treat analyses multiple imputation used for missing data. The primary outcome was 18‐month change. Results Estimated effects comparing the control arm favored in (a) at 12 months,...
Objective: Weight discrimination is associated with increased risk of obesity.The mechanism this relationship unknown, but being overweight a highly stigmatized condition and may be source chronic stress that contributes to the development pathophysiology objective study was test whether weight stigma physiological factors linked obesity, including hypercortisolism oxidative stress, independent adiposity.Method: We examined frequency experiencing situations involving consciousness in...
Attention to internal bodily sensations is a core feature of mindfulness meditation. Previous studies have not detected differences in interoceptive accuracy between meditators and nonmeditators on heartbeat detection perception tasks. We compared respiratory the ability detect discriminate resistive loads sustain accurate tidal volume during nondistracted distracted conditions. Groups did differ overall performance discrimination tasks; however, were more discriminating load with lowest...
Mind-body interactions play a major role in the prognosis of chronic pain, and mind-body therapies such as meditation, yoga, Tai Chi, Feldenkrais presumably provide benefits for pain patients. The Multidimensional Assessment Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) scales, designed to measure key aspects interaction, were developed validated with individuals practicing therapies, but have never been used patients.We administered MAIA primary care patients past or current low back explored differences...