SynthesisAppetite2020
Ecological momentary assessment of eating and dietary intake behaviors in children and adolescents: A systematic review of the literature.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Health-Related Digital Ecological Momentary Assessment in Children (Aged 5- 11 Years): Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Readdressing the Ongoing Challenge of Missing Data in Youth Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies: Meta-Analysis Update.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Participant Compliance With Ecological Momentary Assessment in Movement Behavior Research Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Pooled it
- School-based healthy eating interventions for adolescents aged 10-19 years: an umbrella review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
- Understanding health behaviours in context: A systematic review and meta-analysis of ecological momentary assessment studies of five key health behaviours.Health psychology review · 2022Pooled it
- The Experience Sampling Method in Monitoring Social Interactions Among Children and Adolescents in School: A Systematic Literature Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Smartphone-Delivered Ecological Momentary Interventions Based on Ecological Momentary Assessments to Promote Health Behaviors: Systematic Review and Adapted Checklist for Reporting Ecological Momentary Assessment and Intervention Studies.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Pooled it
- Inhibitory Control, Attentional Bias, and Palatable Food Consumption in Adolescents: A Laboratory Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- The Effect of Supportive Implementation of Healthier Canteen Guidelines on Changes in Dutch School Canteens and Student Purchase Behaviour.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Motives matter: A smartphone EMA study on the association between motives to exercise, exercise engagement and mood.British journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Momentary associations between perceived stress, dietary restriction, and eating behaviors in adolescents.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2026Article
- Daily Ovarian Hormone Exposure and Loss of Control Eating in Adolescent Girls: A Stage 2 Registered Report.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- The Feasibility of Smartwatch Micro-Ecological Momentary Assessment for Tracking Eating Patterns of Malaysian Children and Adolescents in the South-East Asian Community Observatory Child Health Update 2020: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
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- Associations Between Food Insecurity and Child BMI: Cross-Sectional Versus Longitudinal Mediational Analysis of Maternal Weight-Related Parenting Practices and Concerns.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Assessment of EMA binge-eating symptoms in Adolescents: Factor analysis and associations with social context and food types.Appetite · 2025Article
- Ecological momentary assessment of meal context and food types contributing to salt intake at meals.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Evaluating adolescent eating autonomy through ecological momentary assessment.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Article
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- Exploring emotions beyond the laboratory: A review of emotional and physiological ecological momentary assessment methods in children and youth.Psychophysiology · 2024Review
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Abstract
The objective of this review was to summarize associations between ecological momentary assessment (EMA)-measured contextual factors and eating and dietary intake behaviors in children and adolescents. The inclusion criteria were availability of the study in English and use of EMA to study eating and dietary intake behaviors among children and/or adolescents (ages<18). Literature searches were conducted in PsycInfo and PubMed databases across all dates until December 2018. A modified Checklist for Reporting EMA Studies was used to assess quality of studies. Eighteen articles from 15 independent studies were included in the systematic review. Contextual factors examined in relation to children's eating in studies included affect and stress; cognitive factors; social and environment factors; behavioral factors; and caregiver-related factors. Studies suggested there is strong evidence that cognitive and social factors have an effect on eating and dietary intake behaviors while the association between affect and eating and dietary intake behaviors remains mixed. Future studies should consider timing of effects, measure choice, individual difference and contextual factors, and developmental context.
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