"I have enjoyed each and every one of the Teleconferences so much that I am now trying to schedule patients around them. I feel that the TCME is extremely valuable and am planning to join as a member this week."
-Danielle Paciera, LDN, RD, Tulane University

From tele-conference participant (The call) "it was great! I appreciated how you modeled these skills for us as you facilitated the group! I also loved hearing the experiences of others and learning about different resources. " Cathy C

"The entire concept of 'curiosity' was new to me with respect to nutrition counseling. It seemed like a very unlikely word to include. I came to understand, however, how it can increase our awareness of our/client's behaviors when taking a more curious stance (I wonder how much food It will take to fill me up/satisfy me?) rather than a more judgmental, negative stance such as "I'm not supposed to eat more than this for lunch, but I seem extra hungry today!". Judy T

Jean L. Kristeller received her B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1974, her masters degree in clinical and human psychophysiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1978, and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology with an emphasis in clinical health psychology from Yale University in 1983. She completed post-doctoral training in eating disorders at McClean Hospital and in Behavioral Medicine and Epidemiology at the Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School. Prior to coming to ISU, she was a member of the staff and faculty in the behavioral medicine services at Cambridge Hospital (Harvard Medical School, Dept. of Psychiatry) and the University of Massachusetts Medical Center (Worcester, MA).

Dr. Kristeller is interested in the effects of psychological variables on physical health and illness, which has informed much of her research. It has included work with compulsive eating and obesity, smoking, the role of the physician in facilitating health behavior change, anxiety disorders and the use of meditation as a way to promote selfregulatory processes.

Current research includes several studies investigating the role of spirituality in adjustment to serious medical illness. A recently completed randomized intervention study documented benefits of a very brief physiciandelivered spirituality intervention offered to cancer patients on quality of life, emotional well-being, and satisfaction with care.

Her current work in the meditation area examines ways to integrate meditative techniques into more comprehensive therapy or support programs in both the cancer area and in binge eating disorder (BED). A recent exploratory study (Kristeller & Hallett, 1999) demonstrated the benefits of a seven session problem-focused meditation program in treatment of BED. Further research is currently under development in this area.

She began developing the Mindfulness- Based Eating Awareness Training program over 15 years ago, drawing on her work with Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program and on her research and clinical training in food intake regulation and eating disorders. She has recently completed an NIH-funded clinical trial, run collaboratively with the Duke University Center for Integrative Medicine, that confirmed those results. She has just received $1.8 million funding to continue this research from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine "Mindfulness Meditation: Regulating Eating and Obesity" (U01 AT002550-01), again with Duke University and with the University of Pennsylvania. This study will examine the effects of the MB-EAT program expanded to focus on treating obesity in addition to binge eating.

Putting an End to Mindless Munching
By MELINDA BECK May 13, 2008; Wall Street Journal, health editor.  Link is to full article.

The No-Diet, Diet Published in April 2008 Family Circle Magazine.

This article is writen for the public and it explores the concept of mindful eating.  TCME president interviewed.

Surving Girl Scout Cookie Season

WebMD article interviews TCME and lists it as a resource.

Exploring the Use of Mindful Eating Training in the Bariatric Population was published in the Nov/Dec issue of Baratric Times. Vol 4 num 9. The article was written by TCME member Dr. Bly and Ex. Director M. Fletcher (Hammond), Dr. Roger Thomson and Dr. Paul Bagdade.

Recently Published in the ADA - DPG

Public Health and Community Nutrition Practice Group --Ways that dietitians use mindfulfulness and mindful eating in nutrition counseling. By Megrette Fletcher (Hammond) MEd, RD, CDE

3 Tactics to Prevent Overeating
This WebMD article quotes TCME. When it comes to our favorite treat foods, is it out of sight, out of mind -- or does absence make the stomach grow fonder? Or does the answer lie somewhere in the middle?

How to Put Mind Over Mouth, an aritlce that appeared in a recent issue of Redbook, Jean Kristeller, PhD., President of the Board of TCME, shares tips on how to break the pattern of stress-induced munching.

New Research Study Physician Advisory Board Member Dr. Brian Shelley’s article, A Preliminary Study of the Effects of Modified Mindfulness Intervention on Binge Eating, was published in Complementary Health Practice Review, Vol. 11 NO. 3, Oct 2006 133-143.

Mind Your Mealtime on iVillage is a great article using information from TCME to help take the stress out of eating.

The Summer Issues of Food for Thought and the Patient Newsletter are now available for download.

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