RT Journal Article
T1 Mindful Eating Programme for Childhood Obesity Prevention (MEPCOP): A longitudinal study of Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducational Intervention
A1 De Lara Pérez, Beatriz
A1 Delgado-Ríos, Myriam
A1 García-Castro, F. Javier
K1 Niños - Alimentación
K1 Obesidad en niños
K1 Obesidad - Aspectos psicológicos
K1 Obesidad en niños - Prevención
AB ObjectivesTo objective of this study was to develop, implement and analyse the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based psychoeducational intervention to prevent childhood obesity by improving eating habits.MethodsA psychoeducational study was carried out over 6 months involving 207 children aged 7 to 11 years, following a pre-post design with a follow-up phase and a control group. The intervention was the implementation of the Mindful Eating Programme for Childhood Obesity Prevention (MEPCOP), aimed at improving children’s eating behaviour. The programme comprised eight sessions of one hour each, which were held in classrooms of different primary schools. Several split-plot analyses of variance were performed including adherence to the mediterranean diet (MD), mindfulness skills (MS) and mindful eating (ME), awareness (AS) and mindless eating (MLS) as dependent variables, the treatment (experimental or control group) as the between factor and the points in time measurement (pre-test, post-test and follow-up) as the within factor.ResultsAdherence to the mediterranean diet improved and mindfulness skills increased after the implementation of the intervention programme, while mindless eating decreased.ConclusionsThe results showed that MEPCOP was effective in improving children’s eating behavior. Further studies are needed to confirm and support the generalisability of these results.
PB Springer Nature
SN 1868-8527
YR 2025
FD 2025-06-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/38889
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/38889
LA eng
NO De Lara Perez, B., Delgado-Rios, M. & García-Castro, F.J. Mindful Eating Programme for Childhood Obesity Prevention (MEPCOP): A longitudinal study of Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducational Intervention. Mindfulness (2025).
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga / CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026