Rezeppa Taylor L, Jean Forney K
Department of Psychology, Ohio University, 22 Richland Avenue, Athens, OH, 45701, USA.
Appetite. 2025 Oct 1;214:108147. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108147. Epub 2025 May 29.
College students endorse high rates of food insecurity, a risk factor for binge eating. Intuitive eating practices are protective against disordered eating and may attenuate the relationship between binge eating and food insecurity. The current study tested domains of intuitive eating (i.e., reliance on hunger and satiety cues and eating for physical rather than emotional reasons) as moderators of the association between food insecurity severity and binge eating. Data were collected from 493 college students (90.1% non-Hispanic White; 68.6% cisgender female) between the ages of 18 and 25. Food insecurity was positively correlated with binge eating, and the intuitive eating domains were negatively correlated with binge eating (ps < 0.01). Intuitive eating domains explained variance in binge eating beyond food insecurity severity but did not moderate the food insecurity-binge eating association (ps = 0.790 and 0.994). Instead, post hoc analyses revealed that reliance on hunger and satiety cues accounted for the relationship between food insecurity and binge eating (indirect effect 95% CI [0.04, 0.25]). Further post hoc analyses indicated that the association between food insecurity and binge eating was significant only among students with a campus meal plan (p = .005). Taken together, findings suggest that increasing food access alone may be insufficient to reduce binge-eating risk; interventions may also need to support students in reconnecting with internal cues. Longitudinal research should examine whether improving interoceptive abilities reduces binge eating in the context of food insecurity. Findings underscore the potential utility of intuitive eating-based interventions across socioeconomic status and potential adaptations for food-insecure populations.
大学生中存在较高比例的粮食不安全状况，这是暴饮暴食的一个风险因素。直觉饮食行为有助于预防饮食失调，可能会减弱暴饮暴食与粮食不安全之间的关系。本研究测试了直觉饮食的各个方面（即依赖饥饿和饱腹感信号以及为身体而非情绪原因进食）作为粮食不安全严重程度与暴饮暴食之间关联的调节因素。研究数据收集自493名年龄在18至25岁之间的大学生（90.1%为非西班牙裔白人；68.6%为顺性别女性）。粮食不安全与暴饮暴食呈正相关，而直觉饮食方面与暴饮暴食呈负相关（p值均<0.01）。直觉饮食方面解释了除粮食不安全严重程度之外暴饮暴食的变异，但并未调节粮食不安全与暴饮暴食之间的关联（p值分别为0.790和0.994）。相反，事后分析显示，对饥饿和饱腹感信号的依赖解释了粮食不安全与暴饮暴食之间的关系（间接效应95% CI [0.04, 0.25]）。进一步的事后分析表明，粮食不安全与暴饮暴食之间的关联仅在有校园餐饮计划的学生中显著（p = 0.005）。综合来看，研究结果表明，仅增加食物获取可能不足以降低暴饮暴食风险；干预措施可能还需要帮助学生重新与内在信号建立联系。纵向研究应考察在粮食不安全背景下提高内感受能力是否能减少暴饮暴食。研究结果强调了基于直觉饮食的干预措施在不同社会经济地位中的潜在效用以及对粮食不安全人群的潜在调整。
