ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2017
Behavioral Associations with Overweight in Low-Income Children.
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- Factors Associated with Eating in the Absence of Hunger among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Disinhibited Eating and Executive Functioning in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Targeted self-regulation interventions in low-income children: Clinical trial results and implications for health behavior change.Journal of experimental child psychology · 2021Trial
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- Children's satiety responsiveness moderates the association between food reinforcement and eating in the absence of hunger.Physiology & behavior · 2025Article
- Protocol for the infant growth and development (iGrowUp) study: the role of food and non-food self-regulation in children's obesity-related risk.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Evaluating Bidirectional Predictive Pathways between Dietary Restraint and Food Addiction in Adolescents.Nutrients · 2023Article
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- The Relative Reinforcing Value of Cookies Is Higher Among Head Start Preschoolers With Obesity.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Eating in the Absence of Hunger and Obesity Among Adolescents in Santiago, Chile.Journal of community health · 2019Article
- The role of genetic and environmental influences on the association between childhood ADHD symptoms and BMI.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2019Article
- Identifying behavioral phenotypes for childhood obesity.Appetite · 2018Review
- Intermittent, extended access to preferred food leads to escalated food reinforcement and cyclic whole-body metabolism in rats: Sex differences and individual vulnerability.Physiology & behavior · 2018Article
- Targeting self-regulation to promote health behaviors in children.Behaviour research and therapy · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveFood reinforcement (relative reinforcement value [RRV]), self-control (the ability to delay gratification [ATDG]), and eating outside of homeostatic need (eating in the absence of hunger [EAH]) are associated with overweight/obesity. These constructs have typically been studied in isolation in children, and little is known about how they interrelate and whether these associations differ by sex. The objective of this study is to investigate these associations by sex.
methodsIn a low-income sample of 230 7- to 10-year-old children, RRV, ATDG, and EAH were assessed. The model showing that elevated RRV, lower ATDG, and greater EAH are each independent, direct predictors of overweight in middle childhood was separately tested by sex. It was predicted that greater RRV and less ATDG would also have indirect effects on overweight through EAH. The association between RRV and ATDG was investigated.
resultsFor girls, higher RRV was indirectly associated with overweight through EAH. For boys, no associations of RRV, ATDG, or EAH with overweight were significant. Finally, for girls, RRV and ATDG were significantly positively associated.
conclusionsIn girls, higher food reinforcement appears to be an important contributor to overweight. During middle childhood, ATDG may be assessing food reinforcement rather than self-control. Future studies are needed to identify the mechanisms underlying childhood overweight in boys.
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