Abstract
Objective
To investigate the effects of a Health at Every Size general education course on intuitive eating, body esteem (BES), cognitive behavioral
dieting scores, and anti-fat attitudes of college students.
Methods
Quasi-experimental design with 149 students in intervention (45), comparison (66),
or control (46) groups. Analysis of variance and post hoc Tukey adjusted tests were used.
Results
Mean scores for total general education course on intuitive eating (P < .001), unconditional permission to eat (P < .001), reliance on hunger (P < .001), cognitive behavioral dieting scores (P < .001), BES appearance (P = .006), BES weight (P < .001), and anti-fat attitudes (P < .001) significantly improved from pre to post in the intervention group compared
with control and comparison groups.
Conclusion and Implications
Students in the Health at Every Size class improved intuitive eating, body esteem, and anti-fat attitudes and reduced
dieting behaviors compared with students in the control and comparison groups.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 11, 2015
Accepted:
January 25,
2015
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure: The authors' conflict of interest disclosures can be found online with this article on www.jneb.org.
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