Association between intuitive eating and health outcomes in outpatients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: To evaluate the association between intuitive eating and health outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes in a cross-sectional study.

Methods: Consecutively, outpatients attending at university hospital underwent clinical, laboratory, lifestyle, and eating behavior evaluations. Intuitive eating was assessed using the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2), and the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire-21 was adopted as a confirmatory tool for disordered eating behavior.