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Concept Development and Use of an Automated Food Intake and Eating Behavior Assessment Method
Published on: February 19, 2021
Intuitive Eating is Associated With Higher Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Adults
Mary J Christoph1, Vivienne M Hazzard2, Elina Järvelä-Reijonen3
1Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Objective:
Assess how intuitive eating relates to dietary intake.
Methods:
Survey data were collected in Project Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults, the fourth wave of a longitudinal cohort study (weighted n = 1,830, 49% women; mean age = 31 years). Intuitive eating was assessed using a 7-item scale adapted from the Intuitive Eating Scale and Intuitive Eating Scale-2. Dietary intake was measured via a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. Mean servings were stratified by gender and intuitive eating quartiles and adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics and caloric intake.
Results:
Women and men in the top intuitive eating quartile consumed 0.6-0.3 servings more fruit and 0.4-0.6 servings more vegetables daily, respectively, compared with the bottom quartile, whereas men in the top quartile also consumed 0.6 servings fewer whole grains (all P < 0.05) than the bottom quartile.
Conclusions And Implications:
Intuitive eating shows promise as a healthier alternative to practices such as dieting.
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