Study design
Participants completed baseline assessment procedures, including measures of body composition and self-report assessments. Study personnel then randomly assigned participants to one of four possible conditions, using factorial assignment, on Qualtrics: (1) Meditation only, (2) Healthy Eating only, (3) Meditation + Healthy Eating, or (4) Waitlist control. The sequence of assignments was generated ahead of time with a computer script by a statistician who was not involved in running the study. Study personnel were not able to access the file containing the sequence of assignments or to see the next condition in the sequence until the moment they randomized the participant. Both participants and study staff were unblinded to the assignment after allocation. We re-assessed participants on all measures collected at baseline (body composition, self-report assessments) again at 8 weeks from randomization.