2024
A smartphone app-based mindfulness intervention to enhance recovery from substance use disorders: Protocol for a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial
Roos C, Bricker J, Kiluk B, Trull T, Bowen S, Witkiewitz K, Kober H. A smartphone app-based mindfulness intervention to enhance recovery from substance use disorders: Protocol for a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2024, 41: 101338. DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2024.101338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTreatment-as-usualSubstance use disordersRecovery outcomesLong-term recovery outcomesFeasibility of study proceduresFeasibility randomized controlled trialMindfulness-based treatmentsUse disorderRandomized controlled trialsEcological momentary assessmentIn-personMindfulness interventionPilot trialStudy proceduresControlled trialsMomentary assessmentPublic healthEnhanced recoveryOutpatient treatmentMechanical variablesOutcomesTrialsAppsDelivery methodsIndividuals
2020
Regulating food craving: From mechanisms to interventions
Sun W, Kober H. Regulating food craving: From mechanisms to interventions. Physiology & Behavior 2020, 222: 112878. PMID: 32298667, PMCID: PMC7321886, DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.112878.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive strategiesCue reactivityNeural mechanismsCue-induced cravingUnderlying neural mechanismsToxic food environmentSubsequent food choiceFood cravingsCommon experienceCravingFood choicesStrong desireWeight outcomesFuture directionsCausal effectClinical perspectiveImportant lineInterventionTaskFood environmentCaloric consumptionPromising effectsObesity epidemicIndividualsExperience
2018
Training in cognitive strategies reduces eating and improves food choice
Boswell RG, Sun W, Suzuki S, Kober H. Training in cognitive strategies reduces eating and improves food choice. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 115: e11238-e11247. PMID: 30420496, PMCID: PMC6275472, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1717092115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive strategiesFood valuationBrief trainingUnhealthy foodsCognitive regulation strategiesFood choicesEffects of framingRegulation strategiesStudy 5Study 1Study 3Unhealthy eatingStudy 6Training componentHealthy food choicesNegative consequencesPositive benefitsCravingHealthy foodsTrainingClinical implicationsPrior workIndividualsImplicationsEating