Summary
The Bariatric Outcome Enhancement - Evaluating a Mindfulness-based Program for Optimizing WEight loss and Reducing Eating Disorder Symptoms (BE-EMPOWERED) Study is a 3-phase program of research working to evaluate and optimize a brief mindfulness-based intervention among pre-surgical bariatric patients. This study follows the ORBIT Model by Czajkowski et al., 2015 for developing and testing behavioural treatments. Phase I results have been published on an open access journal.