1. Intuitive Eating
● “Intuitive Eaters march to their inner hunger signals, and
eat whatever they choose without experiencing guilt or
an ethical dilemma” Tribole & Resch
● Also called non-dieting or mindful eating

2. Intuitive Eating Principles
● Reject diet mentality
● Honor your hunger
● Make peace with food
● Challenge the food
police
● Feel your fullness
● Discover satisfaction
● Cope without food
● Respect your body
● Enjoy exercise
● Honor health
Tribole 2010

3. Intuitive Reading
● Intuitive Eating
● Evelyn Tribole, MS,
RD and
● Elyse Resch MS,
RD, FADA, CEDRD

4. Three Pillars of Intuitive Eating
● Reliance on internal hunger and satiety cues
● Unconditional permission to eat
● Eating for physical, not emotional reasons
Tylka 2006 and Augustus-Horvath & Tylka 2011

5. The Intuitive Eating Scale (IES)
● IES is a Likert scale, self-reported survey used to asses
the three pillars of intuitive eating.
● Participants rate 21 statements.
● Examples:
o I have forbidden foods
o I find myself eating when I’m emotional
o I trust my body to tell me how much to eat
Tylka 2006

7. Reliance on Hunger & Satiety Cues
● Develop ability to identify
physical cue
● Normalize the physical
cue - confront the
distortion (or fear) about
the physical cue
● Respond appropriately to
cue
Roth 1989, Tribole 2010

8. Readiness for Intuitive Eating
● Patient recognizes that eating disorder is deeper than
just eating
● Patient is able to deal with new behaviors
● Patient is able to identify needs and feelings
● Patient values the importance of self-care
Tribole 2010

9. Promotion of Intuitive Eating
● Develop a flexible, scheduled eating pattern to help
establish self-care practices
● Paying attention to the range of hunger and satiety
cues, then responding appropriately
Tribole 2010

10. Outcomes of Intuitive Eating
● Ability to normalize hunger and satiety cues
● Ability to adopt a flexible diet
● Values and practices self-care
● Practices 10 intuitive eating principles
Tribole 2010