Amanda Willig|Brittany S. Richardson|April A. Agne|Andrea Cherrington
Intuitive Eating Practices among African-American Women Living with Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Study
intuitive eating programs improve selfefficacy dietary habits could enhance glycemic control africanamerican women type 2 diabetes goal study investigate current eating practices beliefs africanamerican women living diabetes aligned intuitive eating concepts africanamerican women type 2 diabetes referred diabetes education class 20092012 recruited qualitative study using focus groups data collection verbatim group transcriptions analyzed two independent reviewers themes using combined inductivedeductive approach participants n35 average age 529 years mean body mass index 397 mean time type 2 diabetes diagnosis 1010 years participants selfreported dietary practices poorly aligned intuitive eating concepts women reported lack selfcontrol food regularly eating absence hunger yet stated determinant factor stop eating recognize feeling fullness participants reported knowing full felt physically uncomfortable actually became sick women frequently cited belief individuals diabetes follow different diet recommended general public many women also discussed diabetesrelated stigma familyfriends often tell others diabetes diagnosis findings demonstrate intuitive eating techniques currently applied women sample future studies assess influence intuitive eating interventions dietary habits among lowincome africanamerican women type 2 diabetes