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BRISOTTO, Marina  e  ANDRETTA, Ilana. Relationship between mindfulness, intuitive and emotional eating in adults. Psic., Saúde & Doenças [online]. 2021, vol.22, n.1, pp.302-313.  Epub 30-Abr-2021. ISSN 1645-0086.  https://doi.org/10.15309/21psd220125.

Many studies have sought to understand what makes people choose and eat certain types of food. It is known that human eating behavior is influenced by a number of factors, and among these, physiological and emotional factors have been highlighted by their potential to trigger two distinct types of eating styles: intuitive and emotional feeding, respectively. In order to promote healthy habits and minimize pathological eating behaviors, Mindfulness's ability has been shown to be an accessible tool to assist individuals in the context of food choices. However, the way these relationships occur remains unclear in the Brazilian scenario, as well as their observation in the general population. Thus, from a quantitative and explicative design, the present research sought to investigate the relationships and predictive values of this ability and its dimensions for higher levels of intuitive feeding and for lower levels of emotional feeding. The sample consisted of 209 participants aged over 18 years. The results indicated that higher levels of Mindfulness as a total score and, mainly, higher levels in the 'observe' and 'not react' dimensions predicted the total of the intuitive feeding, while higher Mindfulness scores and in the dimensions 'acting with conscience' not react’ predicted lower rates of emotional eating. It is concluded, therefore, that the ability of Mindfulness, in fact, contributes to the variation of these food styles, however, new research is necessary in order to verify the impact of mediating variables of this relation.

Palavras-chave : eating behavior; emotional eating; intuitive eating; mindfulness.

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