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Intuitive eating is connected to self-reported weight stability in community women and men
Tylka et al. (2020) comment that although the main aim of eating disorder prevention and treatment is to instill better eating behaviors and thereby stabilize patients’ weight, it is not yet clear which eating behaviors are linked to weight stability in people with no prior exposure to these interventions. This present study therefore investigated how intuitive eating and eating restraint (flexible and rigid control) are linked to weight stability (maintained weight) and instability (lost, gained, or cycled weight) in the past year. Among the 382 participants (190 men, 192 women), intuitive eating was associated with greater weight stability, whereas rigid and flexible control correlated to greater weight instability. Although the author admits that supplementary research is required to determine the directionality of these relationships, these results suggest that intuitive eating should be promoted by public health. [NPID: intuitive eating, internal hunger, satiety cues, eating disorder, weight stability, weight maintenance, eating restraint, flexibility, eating flexibility]
Year: 2020
