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The Efficacy Of An Intuitive Eating Education Program In A School Nutrition Education Curriculum, Nicole Healy
The Efficacy Of An Intuitive Eating Education Program In A School Nutrition Education Curriculum, Nicole Healy
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Childhood and adolescent obesity and eating disorders are increasing at an alarming rate in the United States and they occur at younger ages than previously observed. To combat childhood and adolescent obesity, many school nutrition education programs offer obesity prevention programs. Some of these programs consist of restrictive eating plans for obesity prevention, yet their efficacy has been questioned because an unintended consequence is that they may actually increase eating disorder behaviors. An alternative to programs that focus on restrictive eating is the Intuitive eating approach, which is based on the premise that an adherence to physiological cues in determining …