Study finds association between feeling full and positive body image – Medical Xpress

New research has found that paying greater attention to internal bodily sensations can increase our appreciation of our own bodies.
The study, led by Jennifer Todd of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and published in the journal Body Image, focused on gastric interoception, which are the feelings of hunger or fullness that originate in the gut.
The researchers carried out an experiment involving 191 adults in the UK and Malaysia fasting and then consuming water.
They measured both the quantity …

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