‘Feeling’ (and Feeding) the Body: The role of Body and Emotional Awareness, Body Responsiveness, and Body Appreciation in Intuitive Eating

Sudev Suthendran () and Daniel Fassnacht ()
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Sudev Suthendran: James Cook University
Daniel Fassnacht: James Cook University

Chapter 35 in Proceedings of the International Conference on Managing the Asian Century, 2013, pp 311-318 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This study explores an adaptive eating style termed ‘intuitive eating’. Intuitive eating is a physiological hunger-based approach to eating which emphasizes one’s awareness and insight into internal states (i.e. somatic and affective experience). Potential contributing factors to this internal awareness were investigated. Three hundred and eighty university students in Singapore completed self-report measures of intuitive eating, body awareness, body responsiveness, emotional awareness, body appreciation and body mass index (BMI). Body awareness, body responsiveness, body appreciation and emotional awareness collectively predicted 24 % of the variance in intuitive eating after controlling for demographic influences. No differences were found across four BMI groups (underweight, normal, overweight, and obese). These findings suggest that improving attitudes towards one’s body and having a strong mind-body connection may facilitate intuitive eating behaviour.

Keywords: Eating Disorder; Body Dissatisfaction; Body Mass Index Group; Body Awareness; Body Shame (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-4560-61-0_35

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