ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2018
Helpful or harmful? The comparative value of self-weighing and calorie counting versus intuitive eating on the eating disorder symptomology of college students.
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- Differences in Self-Monitoring Technology Use and Perceptions Between National Weight Control Registry Participants Maintaining and Regaining Weight.Journal of technology in behavioral science · 2025Article
- The associations between calorie tracking, body image dissatisfaction, eating disorders, and menstrual cycle characteristics in resistance-trained athletes.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2024Article
- Assessment of Intuitive Eating and Mindful Eating among Higher Education Students: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Predictors of Food and Physical Activity Tracking Among Young Adults.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2023Article
- Patients' Pre and Post-Bariatric Surgery Experience of Dieting Behaviours: Implications for Early Intervention.Obesity surgery · 2023Article
- "Maybe a little bit of guilt isn't so bad for the overall health of an individual": a mixed-methods exploration of young adults' experiences with calorie labelling.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Habits and attitudes about eating and self-weighing among adults who are recovered, recovering, or partially recovered from eating disorders: an open-ended survey study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Using apps to self-monitor diet and physical activity is linked to greater use of disordered eating behaviors among emerging adults.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Dietary self-monitoring is associated with increased likelihood of problematic alcohol use among college students.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2022Article
- The body asks and the mind judges: the episode of food craving, its triggers and nutritional treatment.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2022Article
- A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Mobile ACT Responses From Two Cohorts.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Article
- Relationships between patterns of technology-based weight-related self-monitoring and eating disorder behaviors among first year university students.Eating behaviors · 2021Article
- Relationships between patterns of weight-related self-monitoring and eating disorder symptomology among undergraduate and graduate students.The International journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- The association between pre-conception intuitive eating and gestational weight gain.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe current study evaluated the comparative implications of self-weighing and calorie counting versus intuitive eating (IE) on the eating disorder (ED) severity of college students.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, college students in the US [N = 902; 68% female; mean body mass index (BMI) = 24.3] completed the web-based Healthy Bodies Study in 2015.
resultsA hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that elevated BMI, more frequent self-weighing and calorie counting, and lower IE scores predicted increased ED severity. The results of Kruskal-Wallis H tests indicated that participants with elevated weight statuses engaged in self-weighing and calorie counting more frequently, and possessed lower IE scores, than their lower weight counterparts.
conclusionEngaging in self-weighing and calorie counting was adversely associated with ED severity among the present sample of college students. Cultivating IE within health promotion efforts may, instead, lead to favorable eating-related outcomes that may translate to the holistic health of this population. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: V cross-sectional descriptive study.
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