What is Eating Awareness? A Review

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 1, 26 - 32, 13.01.2025

Didem Bostan Bendaş , Çiçek Hocaoğlu

Öz

In order to ensure that eating behaviors are healthy, more studies are carried out in order to increase eating awareness. Eating awareness can be used together with other known healthy eating behavior techniques. It is thought that eating awareness may be important in the treatment or prevention of obesity and eating disorders. In this review, literature information about the concept of eating awareness and its effect on obesity and eating disorders will be presented.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Eating awareness, mindful eating, obesity, eating disorders

YEME FARKINDALIĞI NEDİR?: BİR GÖZDEN GEÇİRME

Öz

Yeme davranışlarının sağlıklı olmasını sağlamak için yeme farkındalığının arttırılmasının önemi ile ilgili günümüzde daha fazla çalışma yapılmaktadır. Yeme farkındalığı bilinen diğer sağlıklı yeme davranışı oluşturma teknikleri ile birlikte kullanılabilmektedir. Yeme farkındalığının, obezitede ve yeme bozukluklarının tedavisinde ya da önlenmesinde önemli olabileceği düşünülmektedir. Bu derlemede, yeme farkındalığı kavramı ve bu kavramın obezite ve yeme bozuklukları üzerindeki etkisi hakkında literatür bilgileri sunulacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Yeme farkındalığı, dikkatli yeme, obezite, yeme bozuklukları

Kaynakça

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