• Rebecca Keyte, Helen Egan, and Michail Mantzios.
• Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Birmingham City University, UK.
• Nutr Health. 2020 Mar 1; 26 (1): 27-34.

BackgroundPrevious research acknowledges the impact mindfulness, mindful eating and self-compassion has upon weight regulation and motives to eat palatable foods, with mindful eating showing an increased impact of eating behaviours. Some research has identified that present moment awareness should be the primary focus of mindful eating.AimThis research aimed to explore the relationship between mindfulness, self-compassion and mindful eating with motivations to eat palatable food.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate this relationship among university students (n = 211), utilizing a newly developed mindful eating scale primarily focusing on present moment awareness.ResultsResults indicated significant negative correlations between both self-compassion and mindful eating and motives to eat palatable foods. Mindful eating positively correlated with self-compassion and other mindfulness elements that are suggesting indirect acceptance measurements of the mindful eating scale.ConclusionPossible explanations and future directions are discussed further with an emphasis on the need for more empirical work. In addition, suggestions are provided regarding the reinterpretation of elements that are investigated and explored in eating literature.

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