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

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a combined minfulness-diving program has an impact on emotional eating in adults with obesity. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the BathysMed protocol have an impact on emotional eating after the 2 months diving protocol? Researchers will compare the diving program to a control group of adult patients with obesity. Participants will be asked to participate in the combined mindfulness-diving protocol for 2 months, and complete the questionnaires at baseline, 2, 5, and 8 months follow up.

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.