Food Attitudes, Mindful Eating, and Satisfaction with Food-Related Life among Italian and American University Students

This study examined food attitudes, mindful eating, and satisfaction with food-related life (SWFL) among Italian and American college students. Food attitudes (Diet-Health Orientation and Food Negativity), SWFL, and Awareness and Recognition, the subscales of a mindful eating questionnaire, were measured. There was significant difference in Awareness and Diet-Health Orientation between Italian and American students. For both groups, Awareness was significantly correlated with SWFL and inversely correlated with Food Negativity and Diet-Health Orientation. Recognition was inversely correlated with Food Negativity. SWFL was inversely correlated with food attitudes. These findings suggest that mindful eating could promote more adaptive food attitudes and behaviors.