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Showing 1 to 20 of 136 for “"Eating Behaviors"”.
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Problematic eating behaviors among college women: suggesting a subgroup
Problematic eating behaviors and attitudes are a major problem for men and especially women across the country. A particularly vulnerable group of women to eating disorders and skewed perception of their bodies are college women with 86% of women reporting onset of their eating disorder by the age …
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Food Insecurity And Eating Behaviors Of Collegiate Male Athletes
… status (FSS) to current food consumption behaviors in a sample of NCAA Division 1 male, collegiate athletes ≥18 years of age (y). METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of NCAA athletes from a Southeastern Conference (SEC) university was approved by the Institutional Review Board and conducted …
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Menstrual dysfunction and eating behaviors in weight training women
… of menstrual irregularity, scores on the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI), prevalence of behaviors associated with eating disorders, and mean body fat. Subjects were between the ages of 18 and 35 and included individuals from Personal Health Classes at Virginia Tech, the Virginia Tech …
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Adoption of recommended eating behaviors following bariatric surgery : predicting group membership
… psychosocial variables, and current nutrition behaviors. In general, it was hypothesized that the combination of the social cognitive and psychosocial variables would predict membership in one of the three groups. Each of the three discriminant analyses performed to test the hypotheses yielded …
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A Socio-Psychological Analysis of Eating Behaviors at Fast Food Restaurants
The purpose of this study was to explore the mutual interaction of attitude toward taste and the nutritional information of fast foods to explain fast food consumption behavior. The Health Belief Model (HBM) was used to examine from the mutual interplay of attitude toward taste and nutritional …
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Effect of Attention Retraining on Pathological Eating Behaviors and Body Dissatisfaction
Prevalence rates of pathological eating behaviors (PEB) and body dissatisfaction are high among college women, and rates are rising among college men. PEB and body dissatisfaction are also risk factors for the development of clinically significant eating disorders. Further, a lesser studied factor …
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The Use of Instrumental Emotions in Implementation Intentions and Changing Eating Behaviors
This paper addresses the conscious, deliberate recruitment and use of emotions in regulating food intake. We hypothesized that greater use of negative, avoidance-based instrumental emotions would be associated with greater success in eliminating a food from one’s diet, and we tested that …
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DSM-5 Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Behaviors in the LGBT Population
… types of, and risk and protective factors for eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors in the general LGBT adolescent and adult populations, in addition to each individual subgroup (i.e., lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender individuals). The results of the review were then used to …
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The Prevalence of Disordered Eating Behaviors among Sorority versus Non-Sorority Women
<p>Eating disorders among college women is a serious psychological problem. Disordered eating behaviors were examined and diagnosed at a mid-sized university in southeast Georgia. The target group of this study was university sororities. The purpose of this study was to examine sorority versus …
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An exploration of the relationships between mindfulness and obesity-related eating behaviors
… between different components of mindfulness and eating behaviors associated with obesity even though mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been widely utilized to treat eating behaviors. This study explored these relationships in order to inform more effective MBIs for obesity. Participants …
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Pathogenic Eating Behaviors and Psychological Risk Factors of Weight Preoccupied College Students
… Gender differences and prevalence rates of eating disordered behavior were reviewed. Consistent with other research, this study confirmed high levels of bingeing and purging behavior (44%) among college men and women.
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Initial Development and Validation of the Deliberate Denial of Disordered Eating Behaviors Scale
… common for individuals who engage in disordered eating behaviors to intentionally conceal symptomatology. The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid measure of deliberate denial as it relates to disordered eating behaviors in a non-clinical population. Deliberate denial of …
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The association between peer relations, eating behaviors, and body esteem in adolescent girls
… the association between peer relations, eating behaviors, and body esteem in a sample of 876 adolescent girls ( M age = 14 years). Participants completed questionnaires assessing peer pressure about weight and appearance (i.e., social reinforcement & peer modeling), body esteem, dieting …
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Relationships between circadian rhythms, timing of eating behaviors, and the human gastrointestinal microbiota
… With the emergence of evidence that timing of eating can impact health, it follows that the connection of eating behaviors to the gastrointestinal microbiota should be explored further. The objective of this research was to assess the links between circadian rhythms, timing of eating, and the …
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Healthy eating behaviors following a culturally sensitive nutrition education intervention for Hispanic families
… be successful in the modification of obesogenic behaviors among Hispanic youth. Though overall diet quality in Hispanic adults and children, assessed through tools such as the Healthy Eating Index, is high, this group consumes the highest reported intakes of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) and …
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The Examination of Mindfulness, Stress, and Eating Behaviors in Mothers of Young Children
… populations. Given the relationship of stress to eating behavior and the capacity of mindfulness in managing stress, a relationship between mindfulness and eating is expected. The goal of this dissertation research was to help understand the concept of mindful eating and the relationship between …
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The correlation of compulsive buying and binge eating behaviors in female undergraduate college students
… at the same time) was found between Binge Eating Disorder and compulsive buying behaviors in a clinical sample. Faber et al. explored whether a subset of impulse control disorders could be called "compulsive consumption" disorders. Participants in this study, 51 undergraduate, female …
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Impact of Incorporating Intuitive Eating Principles Into a College Nutrition Course on Eating Behaviors
… course that implements evidence-based intuitive eating (IE) concepts and principles on students’ application of IE behaviors. A secondary outcome explored the relationship between student grades and changes in IE behavior implementation. Researchers hypothesized an increase in the average use of …
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Influence of parenting style and environment on perception of picky eating behaviors in toddlers
… with their toddlers during mealtime is picky eating. While no consistent definition exists within research, a picky eater typically consumes a limited variety of foods, avoids familiar foods, rejects new foods, and eats the same foods repeatedly. Many factors influence the development of picky …
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