Conclusions
obesity, weight loss
OBESITY, BROWN
Sexual minority women are disproportionately more likely to be burdened by obesity as well as ELA, which can contribute to psychological distress and unhealthy eating, yet there has been a dearth of intervention research with this population. A mindfulness-based mHealth approach may offer benefits in addressing unhealthy eating habits and promoting weight loss and psychological health among sexual minority women. The results of this study provide the proof-of-concept that warrants intervention adaptation (eg, with more diverse teacher representation, add-on of individual check-ins) and further evaluation through a larger randomized controlled trial. If proven to be efficacious, and if it is able to be successfully implemented in the real world, a mindfulness-based mHealth approach could be an inexpensive and scalable method that could be widely disseminated to reduce the public health burden of obesity and unhealthy eating among sexual minority women.This study was funded by the National Institute on Aging (R24 AG065174). This work by SS was supported by the National Institute of Health (K23AT011173). The authors would like to thank all participants for their time and participation in this clinical trial. They would like to acknowledge Kristen Smith, Rebecca Saunders, Miguel Medrano, and Jane Vaillant for their assistance with this study.Conflicts of Interest: JB and AR are paid advisers to Sharecare, the company that owns the mindfulness app used in this study. This financial interest has been disclosed to and is being managed by Brown University, in accordance with its Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment policies. All other authors declare no other conflicts of interest.Themes of qualitative analysis.