A Combined Mindfulness-diving Protocol on Emotional Eating in Obese Patients: a Prospective Randomized Study

Launched by BATHYSMED · Mar 12, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This unblinded randomized controlled trial is performed in the community setting, Montpellier, France. Adults with a BMI \> 30kg/m2 were randomly assigned (1:1) to a Bathysmed® 2-month program (intervention group) therapeutic scuba-diving protocol with mindfulness exercises plus standard care, or stand-alone standard care including dietary and psychological support (control group). The primary outcome was the mean change in the emotional eating subscale of the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ-EE) at 2-months as intention to treat.

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • patients with obesity (Body Mass Index BMI \> 30kg/m2),
• • adults over the age of 18 able to provide written consent
• • affiliated to public medical insurance.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • BMI \> 45 kg/m2,
• • older than 60 years,
• • unable to walk,
• • known psychiatric pathology apart from anxiety and depression,
• • intellectual deficit,
• • routinely practising meditation,
• • a known contra-indication to scuba-diving
• • known past medical history of cardiac problems.