Repercussions of mindful eating and intuitive eating approaches on the health of adult individuals: an integrative review

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18554/refacs.v9i4.5006

Keywords:

Health, Feeding behavior, Adult

Abstract

This is an integrative review carried out in the first half of 2020, from October 2008 to December 2019 in the PubMed, LILACS, SciELO, PsycINFO and Scopus databases. It aimed to know the research production and repercussions of the approaches centered on “mindful eating” and “intuitive eating” in the health of adult individuals. The guiding question was: What are the repercussions of approaches centered on “mindful eating” and “intuitive eating” on the health of adult individuals? For the searches, descriptors were used: mindful eating, intuitive eating and “atenção plena” (mindfulness). The corpus consisted of 20 articles in full, all international, with three categories: Results of approaches centered on mindful eating in mental health; Results of approaches centered on mindful eating in physical health; and Results of intuitive eating-centered approaches to mental and physical health. Interventions based on mindful eating and/or intuitive eating had a positive impact on physical and mental health, improving eating behavior, food choices, reducing levels of emotional eating and stress, helping with weight loss, reducing body mass index and in the treatment of eating disorders, thus, promising strategies to improve the health of adult individuals.

Author Biographies

Ana Flávia de Sousa Silva, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto/USP

Nutricionista. Mestre em Psicologia. Doutoranda do Programa de Nutrição e Metabolismo da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), campus Ribeirão Preto/SP

Camila Cremonezi Japur, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto/USP

Nutricionista. Doutora em Ciências Médicas. Professora da Divisão de Nutrição e Metabolismo - Departamento de Ciências da Saúde da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto – FMRP-USP e Programa de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Metabolismo - FMRP-USP

Taisa Alves Silva, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto/USP

Nutricionista. Especialista em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente. Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Metabolismo pela FMRP-USP

João Henrique Fabiano Motarelli, Universidade Federal de São Paulo- Unifesp

Bacharel em Nutrição e Educação Física. Pós Graduado em Mindfulness. Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)

Thamara Smatiotto Buttros, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto/USP

Graduanda em Nutrição e Metabolismo pela USP, campus Ribeirão Preto

Fernanda Rodrigues de Oliveira Penaforte, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro- UFTM

Nutricionista. Doutora em Investigação Biomédica. Professora adjunta do curso de graduação em nutrição da Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM) e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da UFTM

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Published

2021-08-09

How to Cite

Silva, A. F. de S., Japur, C. C., Silva, T. A., Motarelli, J. H. F., Buttros, T. S., & Penaforte, F. R. de O. (2021). Repercussions of mindful eating and intuitive eating approaches on the health of adult individuals: an integrative review. JOURNAL FAMILY, CYCLES OF LIFE AND HEALTH IN SOCIAL CONTEXT, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.18554/refacs.v9i4.5006