TY - JOUR
T1 - Health at Every Size College Course Reduces Dieting Behaviors and Improves Intuitive Eating, Body Esteem, and Anti-Fat Attitudes
AU - Humphrey, Lauren
AU - Clifford, Dawn
AU - Morris, Michelle Neyman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of a Health at Every Size general education course on intuitive eating, body esteem (BES), cognitive behavioral dieting scores, and anti-fat attitudes of college students. METHODS: Quasi-experimental design with 149 students in intervention (45), comparison (66), or control (46) groups. Analysis of variance and post hoc Tukey adjusted tests were used. RESULTS: Mean scores for total general education course on intuitive eating (P <.001), unconditional permission to eat (P <.001), reliance on hunger (P <.001), cognitive behavioral dieting scores (P <.001), BES appearance (P =.006), BES weight (P <.001), and anti-fat attitudes (P <.001) significantly improved from pre to post in the intervention group compared with control and comparison groups. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Students in the Health at Every Size class improved intuitive eating, body esteem, and anti-fat attitudes and reduced dieting behaviors compared with students in the control and comparison groups.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of a Health at Every Size general education course on intuitive eating, body esteem (BES), cognitive behavioral dieting scores, and anti-fat attitudes of college students. METHODS: Quasi-experimental design with 149 students in intervention (45), comparison (66), or control (46) groups. Analysis of variance and post hoc Tukey adjusted tests were used. RESULTS: Mean scores for total general education course on intuitive eating (P <.001), unconditional permission to eat (P <.001), reliance on hunger (P <.001), cognitive behavioral dieting scores (P <.001), BES appearance (P =.006), BES weight (P <.001), and anti-fat attitudes (P <.001) significantly improved from pre to post in the intervention group compared with control and comparison groups. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Students in the Health at Every Size class improved intuitive eating, body esteem, and anti-fat attitudes and reduced dieting behaviors compared with students in the control and comparison groups.
KW - Social Cognitive Theory
KW - college students
KW - intuitive eating
KW - weight management
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jneb.2015.01.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jneb.2015.01.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 25769516
AN - SCOPUS:84955728813
SN - 1499-4046
VL - 47
SP - 354-360.e1
JO - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
JF - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
IS - 4
ER -