Intuitive Eating Fundamentals
This worksheet introduces Grade 8 students to the core principles of intuitive eating, helping them develop a healthier relationship with food.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand the basics of Intuitive Eating.
1. Which of the following best describes the core concept of Intuitive Eating?
Following a strict diet plan to lose weight.
Listening to your body's hunger and fullness cues.
Eating only 'good' foods and avoiding 'bad' foods.
Counting calories and macros for every meal.
2. Intuitive Eating encourages you to ignore your body's signals and eat according to external rules.
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False
3. One of the key principles of Intuitive Eating is to honor your and eat when you are hungry.
4. Intuitive Eating encourages you to make peace with all foods, meaning there are no 'good' or 'bad' foods, only .
5. Briefly explain what it means to 'respect your fullness' in the context of Intuitive Eating.
Match each Intuitive Eating principle on the left with its description on the right.
6. Reject the Diet Mentality
a. Listen to your body's signals of satisfaction.
7. Honor Your Hunger
b. Allow yourself to eat all foods without guilt.
8. Make Peace with Food
c. Eat when your body needs fuel.
9. Feel Your Fullness
d. Stop following restrictive eating rules.
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
10. Intuitive Eating involves finding in your eating experience, which goes beyond just physical fullness.
11. Instead of restricting certain foods, Intuitive Eating suggests observing your and finding ways to address them.
12. Exercise should be approached with nutrition, focusing on how movement feels rather than burning calories.
13. It's important to cope with your feelings without using food as your primary comfort.