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RAVES Model

RAVES is an evidence-informed framework designed to foster positive food relationships by integrating scientific principles with personal values, particularly beneficial for clients dealing with eating disorders and weight concerns. The model consists of three phases: Regularity and Adequacy, Variety, Eating Socially, and Spontaneity, culminating in Intuitive Eating Practices, which emphasize flexibility and trust in one's body signals. This approach encourages clients to enjoy food, improve their quality of life, and reconnect socially around meals.

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RAVES Model

RAVES is an evidence-informed framework designed to foster positive food relationships by integrating scientific principles with personal values, particularly beneficial for clients dealing with eating disorders and weight concerns. The model consists of three phases: Regularity and Adequacy, Variety, Eating Socially, and Spontaneity, culminating in Intuitive Eating Practices, which emphasize flexibility and trust in one's body signals. This approach encourages clients to enjoy food, improve their quality of life, and reconnect socially around meals.

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RAVES Shane Jeffrey – Dietitian

A back pocket guide to developing positive [Link]


food relationships

RAVES is an evidence informed framework that supports


the development of positive food relationships through
combining science and personal values. With years of
practical clinical application in the fields of eating
disorders and weight concerns, RAVES is the perfect
“back pocket tool” to guide change for your clients in
moving toward intuitive eating practices.

REGULARITY
Provides the foundation of the model through structure
Eating five to six times a day – no emphasis in quantity
Assists in reducing binge eating episodes
Stimulates metabolic efficiency – gets the fire burning
R ADEQUACY
Improves digestive functioning – gym workouts for the gut
Provides for nutritional adequacy
Helps maintain blood sugar levels – reducing highs and lows
Medical stability, Nutritional Rehabilitation

VARIETY
A Quality of food choices - food groups and balance
Quantity of food choices – portions and energy intake
Addresses macronutrient intake and distribution
Challenges beliefs of good v bad foods – all foods equal
Allows the client to stick with safer foods initially
Lays the foundation for social eating opportunities
Introduces wider range of foods – there are no ‘bad’ foods
Explores relationship of trust with food – permission
V EATING SOCIALLY
Explores concept of taste – get taste buds dancing
Establishes confidence in social eating situations
Lays foundation for social connection around food
Social reconnection with friends and family

SPONTANEITY
E Supports the development of values based social networks
Conversations challenge and distract from internal rhetoric
Extends trust in food to food prepared differently/by others
Flexibility in food thinking and practices
Supports sustainable and intuitive eating practices
Allows the client to be more socially integrated
Provides scope for a more natural food relationship
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Reduced cognitive engagement in the eating process
Increased confidence and trust in natural body signals

INTUITIVE EATING PRACTICES

THE THREE PHASES OF RAVES


Phase 1: Regularity and Adequacy - Prioritises nutritional rehabilitation, medical stability, and physiological adaptation to
improved eating patterns. In theory, this phase can be achieved with very limited variety in food choices.
Phase 2: Variety, Eating socially, and Spontaneity – This is where the magic happens! Clients begin to enjoy food, experience
improvement in quality of life, and reconnect socially with friends and family. Flexibility and a move away from eating based on
rules and cognitions lays a platform for trusting food decisions, the body response, and eating intuitively.
Phase 3: Intuitive Eating Practices – Bringing it back to basics, where it all began when we emerged from the womb. No
thinking about food, just using our inherent intuition.
© Shane Jeffrey

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