Mindful bites: podcasts may improve mood and eating awareness
NCT ID NCT07605104
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether listening to mindful eating podcasts through a phone app could improve mood and eating awareness. Over 600 healthy adults took part in a 14-day program. The goal was to see if simple daily audio exercises could help people feel calmer and more aware while eating.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mindful eating podcasts
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, app-based way to improve mood and eating awareness for healthy people.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study with no phase, so results may not be widely applicable. It only included healthy adults, so benefits for those with eating disorders are unknown.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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666 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 55 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * owning a smartphone Exclusion Criteria: * presence of diagnosed eating disorders
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1
Milan, 20126, Italy