Evaluation of the relationship between intuitive eating, mindful eating, body weight, and eating disorders: path analysis research on future health professionals.

Intuitive and mindful eating are included in the current literature as two adaptable, current, and positive eating styles. This descriptive-cross-sectional study included 689 university students. The questionnaire form consists of the nutritional habits and anthropometric measurements of university...

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Published in:International Journal of Environmental Health Research Vol. 35; no. 8; pp. 2266 - 2276
Main Authors: Meriç, Çağdaş Salih, Yabanci Ayhan, Nurcan
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2025
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          Meriç, Çağdaş Salih
          Yabanci Ayhan, Nurcan
        affil: Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Türkiye
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          Intuitive Eating
          Food Habits
          Mindfulness
          Body Weight
          Eating Disorders Prevention and Control
          Students, College
          Human
          Path Analysis
          Descriptive Research
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Eating Behavior
          Anthropometry
          Questionnaires
          Scales
          Adolescence
          Young Adult
          Body Mass Index
          Obesity
          Thinness
          Physical Activity
          Turkiye
          Descriptive Statistics
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
      ab: Intuitive and mindful eating are included in the current literature as two adaptable, current, and positive eating styles. This descriptive-cross-sectional study included 689 university students. The questionnaire form consists of the nutritional habits and anthropometric measurements of university students, "Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ)", "Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2)", "Eating Attitudes Test-Short Form (EAT-26)", and the "International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF)". About 70.4% of participants with a mean age of 19.76 ± 1.32 years were classified as "normal" according to BMI; the mean BMI was 21.9 ± 3.2 kg/m2. IES-2 and MEQ scores of overweight/obese students are lower than those of underweight and normal-weight students (p < 0.01). A strong negative correlation exists between BMI, MEQ (r = −.134), IES-2 (r = −.353), and IPAQ-SF (r = −.127), and a strong positive correlation with EAT-26 (r =.209; p < 0.01). Standardized coefficients in the path model between IES and BMI (β= −0.314, R = −.167, p < 0.01), EAT (β= −0.221, R = −3.32, p < 0.01), MEQ (β = 0.304, R = 0.188, p < 0.01) indicate that intuitive eating significantly affects the BMI, eating attitudes, and mindful eating. Intuitive eating and mindful eating may be a promising, holistic, and long-term treatment approach for future health professionals by integrating traditional body weight management strategies.
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