Intuitive Eating is Associated With Higher Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Adults |
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| Authors: | Mary J. Christoph Vivienne M. Hazzard Elina Järvelä-Reijonen Laura Hooper Nicole Larson Dianne Neumark-Sztainer |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN;2. Sanford Center for Biobehavioral Research, Fargo, ND;3. Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland;4. Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveAssess how intuitive eating relates to dietary intake.MethodsSurvey 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.ResultsWomen 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 ImplicationsIntuitive eating shows promise as a healthier alternative to practices such as dieting. |
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