From Restriction to Intuition: Evaluating Intuitive Eating in a Sample of the General Population
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- To make comparisons between ‘dieters’ and ‘non-dieters’ for the above-mentioned clinical variables that may be related to dieting—BMI, eating psychopathology, self-efficacy, and quality of life.
- Investigate possible correlations between IE and the same clinical variables in the two groups (‘dieters’ and ‘non-dieters’).
- Examine whether IE, BMI, eating psychopathology, self-efficacy, and quality of life can predict engagement in weight-loss dietary approaches.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Measures
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- Dieting history:
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- Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2):
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- Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q):
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- General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE):
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- 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12):
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Analysis of the Total Sample
3.2. Comparisons between “Diet” and “No Diet” Groups
3.3. Correlation Analyses within “Diet” and “No Diet” Groups
3.4. Logistic Regression Analysis
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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No Diet (n = 707) | Diet (n = 1352) | t | Cohen’s d | |||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Age (years) | 28.05 | 8.42 | 30.45 | 9.65 | −5.60 ** | −0.26 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 20.69 | 2.47 | 23.98 | 4.85 | −16.89 ** | −0.79 |
IES-2 | 3.69 | 0.61 | 3.21 | 0.67 | 15.79 ** | 0.73 |
EDE-Q | 0.85 | 0.89 | 1.81 | 1.20 | −18.61 ** | −0.86 |
SF-12 | 33.93 | 5.79 | 32.49 | 6.13 | 5.14 ** | 0.24 |
GSE | 2.98 | 0.49 | 2.93 | 0.51 | 2.00 * | 0.10 |
Diet | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
1. IES-2 | - | ||||
2. BMI (kg/m2) | −0.27 ** | - | |||
3. EDE-Q | −0.65 ** | 0.23 ** | - | ||
4. SF-12 | 0.42 ** | −0.18 ** | −0.52 ** | - | |
5. GSE | 0.33 ** | −0.02 | −0.30 ** | 0.46 ** | - |
No Diet | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
1. IES-2 | - | ||||
2. BMI (kg/m2) | −0.26 ** | - | |||
3. EDE-Q | −0.19 ** | 0.27 * | - | ||
4. SF-12 | 0.15 | −0.10 | −0.51 ** | - | |
5. GSE | 0.08 | −0.03 | −0.24 | 0.47 ** | - |
Predictor | B | SE | OR | Z | Wald | p |
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Intercept | −6.49 | 0.74 | 0.01 | −8.71 | 75.94 | <0.001 |
IES-2 | −0.25 | 0.11 | 0.78 | −2.29 | 5.24 | 0.022 |
EDE-Q | 0.80 | 0.08 | 2.22 | 10.10 | 102.06 | <0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 0.23 | 0.02 | 1.26 | 10.79 | 116.50 | <0.001 |
SF-12 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 1.04 | 3.10 | 9.64 | 0.002 |
Age | 0.02 | 0.01 | 1.02 | 2.34 | 5.47 | 0.019 |
GSE | 0.09 | 0.12 | 1.10 | 0.75 | 0.57 | 0.450 |
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Lucherini Angeletti, L.; Spinelli, M.C.; Cassioli, E.; Rossi, E.; Castellini, G.; Brogioni, G.; Ricca, V.; Rotella, F. From Restriction to Intuition: Evaluating Intuitive Eating in a Sample of the General Population. Nutrients 2024, 16, 1240. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16081240
Lucherini Angeletti L, Spinelli MC, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Castellini G, Brogioni G, Ricca V, Rotella F. From Restriction to Intuition: Evaluating Intuitive Eating in a Sample of the General Population. Nutrients. 2024; 16(8):1240. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16081240
Chicago/Turabian StyleLucherini Angeletti, Lorenzo, Maria Chiara Spinelli, Emanuele Cassioli, Eleonora Rossi, Giovanni Castellini, Giulietta Brogioni, Valdo Ricca, and Francesco Rotella. 2024. "From Restriction to Intuition: Evaluating Intuitive Eating in a Sample of the General Population" Nutrients 16, no. 8: 1240. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16081240