Overweight or obesity management by therapists of the obesity and overweight think thank group (G.R.O.S.). Pilot study comparing its effects with standard nutritional management

Barriers and facilitators of intuitive eating in postmenopausal women: A qualitative study

“…The IE implementation process helped them to manage and integrate hunger and satiety cues into their daily lives, to discover the importance of food satisfaction, and to accept their bodies. Table 2 shows the overlap between the two complementary approaches of the 10 IE principles by Tribole and Resch (2012) and the three axes of the GROS ( Sweerts et al, 2020 ) and it schematises the links between the themes that emerged from the thematic analysis.…”

“…The first IE principle is therefore to “ Reject the diet mentality ”, because the hope of finding a new and better weight loss diet may strengthen mental control of one’s diet, to the detriment of food-related cues ( Tribole and Resch, 2012 ), and thus be a barrier to the IE implementation process. In France, the triaxial approach of the GROS also helps patients move from mind control to the physiological, sensory and intuitive regulation of one’s diet by working on a reduction of dietary restraint ( Sweerts et al, 2020 ). Results regarding the association between dietary restraint and the likeliness of dieting or showing disinhibited eating behaviour ( Quick and Byrd-Bredbenner, 2012 ) further demonstrate the importance of rejecting a diet mentality and reducing dietary restraint at the beginning of the IE implementation process.…”

“…In the fourth step, after many exchanges between the first and second author, the themes most relevant to the research question were selected and revised. In Step Five, the themes were named and linked to the three axes of the GROS approach ( Sweerts et al, 2020 ), and the 10 IE principles of Tribole and Resch (2012) . Finally, the sixth step consisted of reporting the results and providing examples with verbatim statements from the participants ( Braun and Clarke, 2006 ).…”

“…Tribole and Resch’s (2012) book “ Intuitive Eating: A revolutionary program that works ” was only recently translated into French, bringing knowledge of their 10 principles to a larger French-speaking audience. In parallel to this paradigm shift, the French Think Tank on Obesity and Overweight (Groupe de Réflexion sur l’Obésité et le Surpoids, GROS) has proposed a triaxial psycho-sensory approach ( Figure 2 ) to supporting people suffering from overweight or obesity ( Sweerts et al, 2020 ). This approach, which is comparable to the principles of IE, has since been widely applied in the French-speaking countries of Europe.…”

“…Whereas intuitive eating has attracted the interest of researchers, and the number of related studies is growing, the GROS triaxial approach has so far been investigated in only one pilot study ( Sweerts et al, 2020 ). This pilot study showed no significant differences in weight, dietary restraint, emotional eating or intuitive eating scores in a 3-month GROS intervention as compared to a traditional diet.…”