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Intuitive Eating
The summer of 2006 brought us a a media buzz about intuitive eating, or what we have always called Attuned Eating. It confirms what we have been saying--that ending dieting once and for all is the most effective path to a healthy weight and no eating problems.
The buzz started with American Idol runner up Katherine McPhee’s announcement that she is recovering from bulimia and has been helped by the intuitive eating approach.
And recently, a study out of Ohio State University showed that women who accept their bodies and take action to eat intuitively have lower body mass indexes (BMIs) than those who diet and are motivated by body dissatisfaction.
The research, published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology, also indicated that intuitive eaters are more optimistic and have better coping abilities and higher self esteem.
More Proof That Intuitive Eating Works!
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Those who scored higher on an intuitive eating scale had more pleasure and enjoyment when eating, lower BMI scores, fewer dieting behaviors and less anxiety. Published in the American Journal of Health Promotion, May/June 2006. |
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Those eating intuitively have significantly improved health. (No surprise that this improved health was accomplished without significant weight loss, since much research shows health can be improved without weight loss,) The dieters in the study, at one year follow-up, had regained all the weight they had lost, and showed no health improvements. JADA;2005 Jun;105(6):929-36. |
More Proof That Getting Off That Diet Will Help Your Weight and Eating
Those who diet are three times more likely to become
overweight--even if that dieting is simply "eating healthy with the intent to
lose weight"!!!!! Moving away from dieting actually decreases risk of obesity
and eating disorders.
Journal of the American Dietetic Association; 2006
Apr;106:559-68.