A snapshot of eating behaviors in undergraduate college students living in South Florida
- Authors
- Lovan, P[Lovan, Padideh]; Prado, G[Prado, Guillermo]; Lee, T[Lee, Tae]; Coccia, C[Coccia, Catherine]
- Issue Date
- 2022
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- College students; eating behaviors; interoception; intuitive eating
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/99799
- DOI
- 10.1080/07448481.2022.2119402
- ISSN
- 0744-8481
- Abstract
- Objective: To examine a) whether college students' eating behaviors are different by students' sex and/or body mass index (BMI) categories and b) the correlations between college students' eating behaviors and the degree to which they rely on internal bodily signals for food intake. Participants: Undergraduate college students 18-24 years old at a public university located in South Florida. Methods: Eligible students answered questionnaires to examine interoception, intuitive eating, and eating behaviors including emotional eating, restrained eating, cognitive restraint, external eating, and uncontrolled eating. Pearson correlation and independent t test were used (significance: p < 0.05). Results: Females reported lower interoception, intuitive eating, and higher emotional eating than males. Students with lower BMI had higher intuitive eating and lower restrained eating. Interoception was positively correlated with intuitive eating and negatively correlated with emotional, uncontrolled, restrained, and external eating. Conclusion: College students who have a better connection with their bodily signals have healthier eating behaviors and lower BMI.
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