Interoception, eating behaviour and body weight

Interoception refers to the process of identifying and listening internal bodily signals, which may be a modifiable determinant appetite regulation weight gain. The objective was examine whether extent self-reported interoception is associated with higher BMI explained by eating behavior traits. UK adults (N = 1181, 49% female, 53% overweight/obesity) completed validated self-report measures interoception, habitual tendencies eat in response satiety signals (intuitive eating), emotional over-eating other Poorer ability detect interoceptive (deficits accuracy) predictive (r - 0.07 (95% CI -0.13; -0.01), p < .05). In parallel mediation analyses, participants poorer accuracy were significantly less likely report considering when this cross-sectional association between BMI. There also some evidence that more overeating part why Deficits decrease likelihood are integrated into behaviour related decision making doing so contribute