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Trial reportHealth education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education2015

Children's executive function and high-calorie, low-nutrient food intake: mediating effects of child-perceived adult fast food intake.

Eleanor B Tate, Jennifer B Unger, Chih-Ping Chou, Donna Spruijt-Metz, Mary Ann Pentz, Nathaniel R Riggs

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Trial report in Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eleanor B TateUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA eleanort@usc.edu.
Jennifer B UngerUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Chih-Ping ChouUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Donna Spruijt-MetzUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Mary Ann PentzUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Nathaniel R RiggsColorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
University of Southern California · USColorado State University · US

Funding

Training grant for Cancer Control and EpidemiologyT32CA009492 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI PENTZ, MARY ANN · 1985 to 2019
$7.4M
Translational Research: Applying Drug Prevention to Obesity PreventionR01HD052107 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI PENTZ, MARY ANN · 2007 to 2011
$3.9M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009492NCI NIH HHS T32CA009492-28NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD052107NICHD NIH HHS R01HD052107-03
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study tested the relationships among child executive function (EF), child-perceived parent fast food intake, and child self-reported subsequent consumption of high-calorie, low-nutrient (HCLN) food.

designOne year and 6-month longitudinal observation from a larger randomized controlled trial.

settingSouthern California elementary schools.

participantsFourth- and fifth-grade children (N = 1,005) participating in the Pathways to Health obesity prevention program.

resultsChild EF problems were associated with higher concurrent HCLN intake (B = 0.29, SE = 0.10, p < .001) and had a significant indirect effect through higher perceived frequency of parent fast food intake (indirect effect = 0.17, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.11, 0.25], p < .001). Longitudinally, child EF problems did not significantly predict higher HCLN intake a year and a half later (B = 0.01, SE = 0.10, p = .92, n = 848) but did have a significant indirect effect through higher perceived parent fast food intake (indirect effect = 0.05, 95% CI = [0.02, 0.10], p < .001).

conclusionsChildren's EF difficulties may increase their perception of parent concurrent fast food intake, contributing to their own unhealthy food intake. However, EF problems may not directly affect HCLN intake across time, except when problems are associated with child perception of more frequent parent consumption of convenience foods. Future research is needed to investigate the possibility that helping children perceive and understand role models' convenience food consumption may improve child dietary consumption patterns.

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Energy IntakeExecutive FunctionFast FoodsNutritive ValuePerceptionCaliforniaChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFoodHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleParentschild obesityexecutive functionhigh-calorie low-nutrientsnack foodssocial learning theory

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PMID25194147
PMCPMC5514607
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