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Intuitive Eating And Its Relationship With Physical Activity Motivation, Amy Campbell Nielson
Intuitive Eating And Its Relationship With Physical Activity Motivation, Amy Campbell Nielson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Research has shown that restrictive eating, or dieting, can be devastating to one's health. A new paradigm, intuitive eating, suggests that individuals eat based off of their physiological cues, and not for emotional or social ones. To date, restrictive eating has been extensively researched, but intuitive eating has not. The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between intuitive eating and its relationship between physical activity motivation and physical activity maintenance, using the self-determination theory.
Participants completed a survey to determine their intuitive eating level, their physical activity motivation, and their physical activity maintenance (n = …