/newsroom/taxonomy/term/4674/all en /newsroom/channels/news/mindfulness-training-shows-promise-maintaining-weight-loss-283028 <p>Can mindfulness training help overweight people shed pounds and keep them off?  UUÖ±²¥ researchers surveyed the growing body of studies investigating that question, and came away encouraged.</p> <p>Kimberly Carrière, Bärbel Knäuper and Bassam Khoury examined 19 studies conducted over the past decade. Mindfulness interventions in these studies involved either formal meditation, informal mindfulness strategies that focused on eating activity, or some combination of these two approaches.</p> <p>The researchers found that:</p> Thu, 23 Nov 2017 17:29:28 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32695 at /newsroom