The Effects of Intuitive Eating on Body Appreciation and Dietary Restraint in College Females
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 15
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Dietary Restraint
研究概览
简要总结
College-aged women are at risk for eating disorders and disordered eating, which present serious health concerns. Two potent risk factors for eating disorders, body dissatisfaction and dietary restraint, are common among female college students.
Intuitive eating is a strategy in which instead of listening to the predominant 'diet culture' and focusing on things like calories and energy balance, individuals practice listening to their internal physiological signals to decide when and what to eat and when to stop. Based on current research, intuitive eating has been shown to foster body satisfaction and healthy eating attitudes among women.
The proposed pilot study will evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an intuitive eating program for University of Delaware college women. In addition, this study will test the hypothesis that the intuitive eating program will reduce cognitive factors of body dissatisfaction and dietary restraint in females compared to a waitlisted group. Additionally, the investigators expect this reduction in dietary restraint to be associated with less disordered eating behavior. Exploratory aims include measuring engagement in disordered eating behaviors and changes in weight over the study period. This preliminary data will be used to estimate effect sizes for larger future trials.
详细描述
The overall goal of the program is to challenge and eventually shift participant's mindset from the traditional diet culture towards a way of eating that is driven by their unique bodily needs. Thus, content will focus on training participant to listen to their internal body cues for hunger opposed to restricting or eliminating foods. A list of intuitive eating principles and ways to incorporate them into daily routines will be provided to the participants throughout the sessions, coupled with homework assignments, journaling, and exercises to be completed before subsequent sessions.
This program will be delivered by two Registered Dietitians from the University of Delaware, Julia Katcher and Maryann Eastep. Both will have received training from https://www.helmpublishing.com/intuitive-eating-certificate-of-training-1891 and will have become Certified Intuitive Eating Counselors by the start of Spring 2019.
After being screened for eligibility and meeting eligibility criteria, the individual will be emailed by the PI, who will invite the individual to participate in the study and enclose an invitation for their first intuitive eating class. This email will also include a copy of the consent form for them to review and decide if they want to commit to the study. If the individual is still interested in participating they will email the PI again to be placed on the participant list. After 24 individuals, who have met screening criteria, have indicated desire to participate, they will be randomized to one of two conditions: (1) First Intuitive Eating Group (IE1) offered once per week for 5 weeks; or (2) Second Intuitive Eating Group (IE2), who will receive the same intuitive eating course after the first group has concluded.
Baseline assessments will be conducted on all participants, both IE1 and IE2, on the same day, at the beginning of the first intuitive eating class for IE1 group. These assessments will be conducted by the project staff identified above. The assessment should not take longer than 30 minutes. When the participants arrive, they will first have the opportunity to discuss the study with the PI, ask any questions or address any concerns they might have and if interested, sign the consent form. Consent forms will be provided, prior to the initial assessment and the intuitive eating class beginning, to be reviewed and signed in the presence of the PI.
After signing the consent form, then they will fill out the questionnaire. The investigators will measure attitudes about body satisfaction and eating.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 26 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •The participant is between the age of 18-26;
- •University of Delaware student;
- •Willing and able to commit to the 5-week study at specified time;
- •Has a history of body dissatisfaction as indicated by high survey scores on body satisfaction and high scores on dietary restraint; and
- •Are not currently being treated for an eating disorder.
排除标准
- •Females who are currently diagnosed with and/or seeking treatment for an eating disorder.
结局指标
主要结局
Dietary Restraint
时间窗: 5 weeks
Measured via a survey that uses questions from the following validated questionnaires: ●Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-18 * Measures dietary restraint * Means are computed for three subscales and are transformed to a 0-100 scale score * Higher scores indicate greater cognitive restraint, uncontrolled, emotional eating
Intuitive Eating
时间窗: 5 weeks
Measured using the following validated survey: ●Intuitive Eating Scale - 2 * Measures tendency to follow physical hunger and fullness cues * \*Total\*score range = 5-115 * Higher scores indicate greater levels of intuitive eating or its dimensions
Interoceptive Awareness
时间窗: 5 weeks
Measured using the Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness -2
Body Appreciation: survey
时间窗: 5 weeks
Body appreciation will be measured via a survey. This survey uses questions from the validated Body Appreciation Scale-2. There are 10 questions rated from 1 "never to 5 "always". The 10 scores from each question are totaled and averaged. Higher scores reflect greater body appreciation.
次要结局
- Weight(5 weeks)
- Height(5 weeks)
研究者
Carly R Pacanowski
Faculty Support
University of Delaware