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Trial reportPloS one2023

The impact of racially-targeted food marketing and attentional biases on consumption in Black adolescent females with and without obesity: Pilot data from the Black Adolescent & Entertainment (BAE) study.

Omni Cassidy, Marian Tanofsky-Kraff, Andrew J Waters, Lisa M Shank, Abigail Pine, Mary Quattlebaum, Patrick H DeLeon, Marie Bragg, Tracy Sbrocco

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Trial report in PloS one, 2023. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Omni CassidyDepartment of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-1718-2387
Marian Tanofsky-KraffDepartment of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.
Andrew J WatersDepartment of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.
Lisa M ShankDepartment of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-6922-7946
Abigail PineDepartment of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-6970-5808
Mary QuattlebaumDepartment of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.
Patrick H DeLeonDepartment of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.
Marie BraggDepartment of Population Health, NYU Langone Health/Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America.
Tracy SbroccoDepartment of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · USNew York University · US

Funding

The Effect of Food Marketing and Attentional Biases on Eating behaviors in the African American Adolescent GirlsF31MD010675 · NIMHD · HENRY M. JACKSON FDN FOR THE ADV MIL/MED · PI CASSIDY, OMNI · 2016 to 2017
$56k
NIMHD NIH HHS F31 MD010675
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unhealthy food advertisements ("advertisements" hereafter referred to as "ads") are linked to poor diet and obesity, and food companies disproportionally target Black youth. Little is known about the mechanisms whereby food ads influence diet. One possibility may be racially-targeted ads that appeal to Black youth. Those with food-related attentional biases may be especially vulnerable. The objective of this project was to assess the feasibility and initial effects of a pilot study testing the influence of racially-targeted food ads and food-related attentional biases on eating behaviors among a sample of Black adolescent females. Feasibility of recruitment, retention, and procedures were examined. Participants (N = 41, 12-17y) were randomized to view a television episode clip of the Big Bang Theory embedded with either four 30-second racially-targeted food ads or neutral ads. A computer dot probe task assessed food-related attentional biases. The primary outcome was caloric consumption from a laboratory test meal. Interactions based on weight and ethnic identity were also examined. Analyses of variance and regressions were used to assess main and interaction effects. Exposure to racially-targeted food ads (versus neutral ads) did not affect energy consumption (p > .99). Although not statistically significant, adolescents with obesity consumed nearly 240 kcal more than non-overweight adolescents (p = 0.10). There were no significant preliminary effects related to food-related attentional biases or ethnic identity (ps = 0.22-0.79). Despite a non-significant interaction, these data provide preliminary support that adolescents with obesity may be particularly vulnerable to racially-targeted food ads. An adequately powered trial is necessary to further elucidate the associations among racially-targeted food ads among Black adolescent girls with obesity.

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Attentional BiasPediatric ObesityAdolescentAdvertisingFemaleFoodHumansMarketingMealsPilot ProjectsTelevision

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PMID36662840
PMCPMC9858861
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