Intuitive eating, objective weight status and physical indicators of health.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Intuitive eating (IE) has emerged as a weight-neutral approach to health promotion for those with overweight/obesity. This weight-neutral paradigm has some support, although research thus far has often neglected to control for potential confounds (i.e. objective weight status and demographics) and foundational studies are lacking. The objective of the current study was to observe the unique association of IE with physical health indicators in a sample of adults, independent of objective weight status.

Methods

Participants were 248 adults (32 ± 14 years old, 73% female, 64% White) of all weight categories (18.2-55.3 kg m^-2), with an average body mass index (BMI) of 30 ± 8 kg m^-2. IE was measured with the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2). BMI

SUBMITTER: Keirns NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6819977 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature