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Nutritional Analyses Of Intuitive Eaters As Compared To Dieters, Anne Wilson Banks
Nutritional Analyses Of Intuitive Eaters As Compared To Dieters, Anne Wilson Banks
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Rates of obesity in the United States have been increasing despite an increase of dieters. A new paradigm, intuitive eating, has been introduced to counter the negative effects of dieting. Intuitive eating has not been compared to dieters on a nutritional level, however. The main purpose of this study was to determine the nutritional differences between intuitive eaters and dieters.
Participants were asked to complete questionnaires regarding food consumption and attitudes about eating. Participants (N = 32) were then classified as intuitive eaters or dieters and asked to complete six, 24-hr food logs. Data received from these food logs were …