modern intuitive eating was popularized in the 1990s by dieticians evelyn tribole and elyse resch, who wrote intuitive eating . the concept has risen in popularity in the last several years as the larger anti-diet, anti-weight stigma movement has grown.
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understanding your hunger cues is a skill requiring cultivation. the hunger scale , an educational pamphlet produced by the uk’s nhs, is a good starting point, and can help you understand more about what it means to eat when you are hungry and to stop when you are satisfied.
there’s a lot more to ie beyond these two principles, check out the remaining eight if you want to know more.
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there is a lot that is good about eating intuitively, such as evidence that young adults who eat more intuitively are less likely to engage in disordered eating, destructive food habits and chronic dieting behaviours. ie is also generally associated with a reduction in psychological distress and improved body image.