Carrard Isabelle, Rothen Stéphane, Rodgers Rachel F
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Geneva, Switzerland.
Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
Appetite. 2021 Sep 1;164:105275. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105275. Epub 2021 Apr 26.
Intuitive eating has been described as representing a positive relationship with food that can support health. However, to date, most of the extant research on intuitive eating has been conducted among young women, limiting our understanding of how intuitive eating can contribute to supporting health in aging women. This study aimed to bridge this gap by exploring body image and eating correlates of intuitive eating in older women. The hypotheses were that among older women, intuitive eating would be significantly associated with lower disordered eating, weight and shape concerns, and fewer depressive symptoms, and that an indirect relationship between BMI and intuitive eating via weight and shape concerns would exist. Community women aged 60-75 (N = 200) completed questionnaires assessing intuitive eating, disordered eating, body concern, depressive symptoms and body mass index (BMI). Higher intuitive eating global scores were associated with lower restraint, lower eating concern, lower body concern, fewer depressive symptoms, and lower BMI. An indirect relationship between BMI and intuitive eating via weight and shape concern emerged, suggesting that being preoccupied by one's appearance hinder the ability to practice intuitive eating. These results suggest that intuitive eating is associated with positive outcomes among older women and might be a useful target for interventions designed to increase healthy aging.
直觉性饮食被描述为一种与食物建立的积极关系，有助于促进健康。然而，迄今为止，大多数关于直觉性饮食的现有研究都是在年轻女性中进行的，这限制了我们对直觉性饮食如何有助于促进老年女性健康的理解。本研究旨在通过探索老年女性直觉性饮食与身体意象及饮食相关因素之间的关系来填补这一空白。研究假设为，在老年女性中，直觉性饮食与较低的饮食失调、体重和体型担忧以及较少的抑郁症状显著相关，并且体重指数（BMI）与直觉性饮食之间会通过体重和体型担忧存在间接关系。60至75岁的社区女性（N = 200）完成了评估直觉性饮食、饮食失调、身体担忧、抑郁症状和体重指数（BMI）的问卷调查。较高的直觉性饮食总体得分与较低的饮食克制、较低的饮食担忧、较低的身体担忧、较少的抑郁症状以及较低的BMI相关。BMI与直觉性饮食之间通过体重和体型担忧出现了间接关系，这表明对外表的过度关注会阻碍进行直觉性饮食的能力。这些结果表明，直觉性饮食与老年女性的积极结果相关，可能是旨在促进健康老龄化的干预措施的一个有用目标。
