Suthendran, Sudev, and Fassnacht, Daniel (2013) 'Feeling' (and feeding) the body: the role of body and emotional awareness, body responsiveness, and body appreciation in intuitive eating. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Managing the Asian Century. pp. 311-318. From: ICMAC 2013: International Conference on Managing the Asian Century, 11-13 July 2013, Singapore.

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Abstract

This study explores an adaptive eating style termed 'intuitive eating'. Intuitive eating is a physiological hunger-based approach to eating which emphasizes one's awareness and insight into internal states (i.e. somatic and affective experience). Potential contributing factors to this internal awareness were investigated. Three hundred and eighty university students in Singapore completed self-report measures of intuitive eating, body awareness, body responsiveness, emotional awareness, body appreciation and body mass index (BMI). Body awareness, body responsiveness, body appreciation and emotional awareness collectively predicted 24 % of the variance in intuitive eating after controlling for demographic influences. No differences were found across four BMI groups (underweight, normal, overweight, and obese). These findings suggest that improving attitudes towards one's body and having a strong mind-body connection may facilitate intuitive eating behaviour.

Item ID:	30563
Item Type:	Conference Item (Research - E1)
ISBN:	978-981-4560-61-0
Date Deposited:	07 May 2014 03:54
FoR Codes:	17 PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES > 1701 Psychology > 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology @ 100%
SEO Codes:	92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920410 Mental Health @ 100%
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