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Mary T Story

Mary T Story

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Physical activity and sleep changes among children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal Article NPJ Digit Med · March 16, 2024 Daily routines, including in-person school and extracurricular activities, are important for maintaining healthy physical activity and sleep habits in children. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted daily routines as in-person school and activities ... Full text Link to item Cite

Feasibility and Acceptability of Standardizing Portions in Restaurants

Journal Article Journal of Urban Health · January 1, 2024 Most restaurants serve customers excess calories which significantly contributes to the obesity epidemic. This pilot study tested the feasibility and acceptability of offering customers standardized portions to reduce caloric consumption when dining out in ... Full text Cite

An exploration of customers’ perceptions, preferences, experiences, and feasibility of offering standardized portions in restaurants

Journal Article International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science · December 1, 2023 Excess caloric intake increases the risk of weight gain, and diet-related chronic diseases. Restaurants play an integral role in the portions of food people consume. Standardization of portion sizes in restaurants can help customers recognize appropriate p ... Full text Cite

Translating knowledge into action for child obesity treatment in partnership with Parks and Recreation: study protocol for a hybrid type II trial.

Journal Article Implement Sci · February 24, 2023 BACKGROUND: Safe and effective treatment exists for childhood obesity, but treatment recommendations have largely not been translated into practice, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities and low-wealth populations. A key gap is meeting the recomm ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Prevalence of food insecurity among students attending four Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Journal Article J Am Coll Health · January 2023 Objective: This study examined the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) among students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern United States. Participants: Students attending four HBCUs (N = 351) completed an anonym ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Nurturing children's development through healthy eating and active living: Time for policies to support effective interventions in the context of responsive emotional support and early learning.

Journal Article Health Soc Care Community · November 2022 Fostering the growth, development, health, and wellbeing of children is a global priority. The early childhood period presents a critical window to influence lifelong trajectories, however urgent multisectoral action is needed to ensure that families are a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Emotional and Behavioral Changes and Related Factors of Firstborn School-Aged Compared to Same Age Only Children.

Journal Article Front Public Health · 2022 OBJECTIVE: To compare the emotional and behavioral characteristics of firstborn children during the pregnancy of a second child and only children of school-age in urban districts of Chongqing, China, and to explore the influencing factors of emotional and ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Implementation of Farm-to-University Program in Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Assessment of Feasibility and Barriers

Journal Article American Journal of Health Education · January 1, 2022 Background: Farm-to-University (Farm2U) programs make healthy eating accessible, easier, and the default option. Yet, few published studies have focused on Farm2U implementations in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in conjunction with m ... Full text Cite

Weight-Related Behaviors of Children with Obesity during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Journal Article Child Obes · September 2021 Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, children and families have had to adapt their daily lives. The purpose of this study was to describe changes in the weight-related behaviors of children with obesity after the onset of th ... Full text Link to item Cite

Healthy Eating Index-2015 Scores Vary by Types of Food Outlets in the United States.

Journal Article Nutrients · August 7, 2021 Diet quality in the United States is improving over time but remains poor. Food outlets influence diet quality and represent the environments in which individuals make choices about food purchases and intake. The objective of this study was to use the Heal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and Application of a Total Diet Quality Index for Toddlers.

Journal Article Nutrients · June 5, 2021 For the first time, the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans include recommendations for infants and toddlers under 2 years old. We aimed to create a diet quality index based on a scoring system for ages 12 to 23.9 months, the Toddler Diet Quality In ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study-I: Overview of Findings Related to Improving Diet Quality, Weight, and Disparities in US Children and Policy Implications.

Journal Article Nutrients · April 19, 2021 The national school breakfast and lunch programs administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are a cornerstone of the nation's nutrition safety net for children from low-income families [...]. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reframing the early childhood obesity prevention narrative through an equitable nurturing approach.

Journal Article Matern Child Nutr · January 2021 High-quality mother-child interactions during the first 2,000 days, from conception to age 5 years, are considered crucial for preventing obesity development during early life stages. However, mother-child dyads interact within and are influenced by broade ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improving maternal and child nutrition in China: an analysis of nutrition policies and programs initiated during the 2000-2015 Millennium Development Goals era and implications for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Journal Article J Health Popul Nutr · December 2, 2020 BACKGROUND: Although good progress was made in maternal and child nutrition during the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) era, malnutrition remains one of the major threats on global health. Therefore, the United Nation set several nutrition-related goals ... Full text Link to item Cite

Developing a National Research Agenda to Support Healthy Food Retail.

Journal Article Int J Environ Res Public Health · November 4, 2020 The food retail environment is an important driver of dietary choices. This article presents a national agenda for research in food retail, with the goal of identifying policies and corporate practices that effectively promote healthy food and beverage pur ... Full text Link to item Cite

Rationale and design of "Hearts & Parks": study protocol for a pragmatic randomized clinical trial of an integrated clinic-community intervention to treat pediatric obesity.

Journal Article BMC Pediatr · June 26, 2020 BACKGROUND: The prevalence of child and adolescent obesity and severe obesity continues to increase despite decades of policy and research aimed at prevention. Obesity strongly predicts cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk; both begin in childhood. Ch ... Full text Link to item Cite

Child Nutrition Trends Over the Past Two Decades and Challenges for Achieving Nutrition SDGs and National Targets in China.

Journal Article Int J Environ Res Public Health · February 11, 2020 BACKGROUND: The objectives of the current study were to identify the trends in child nutrition, the gaps in achieving child nutrition-related goals, and implications for program and policy options for the Chinese government. METHODS: Eight child nutrition- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Physical activity and sleep changes among children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal Article NPJ Digit Med · March 16, 2024 Daily routines, including in-person school and extracurricular activities, are important for maintaining healthy physical activity and sleep habits in children. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted daily routines as in-person school and activities ... Full text Link to item Cite

Feasibility and Acceptability of Standardizing Portions in Restaurants

Journal Article Journal of Urban Health · January 1, 2024 Most restaurants serve customers excess calories which significantly contributes to the obesity epidemic. This pilot study tested the feasibility and acceptability of offering customers standardized portions to reduce caloric consumption when dining out in ... Full text Cite

An exploration of customers’ perceptions, preferences, experiences, and feasibility of offering standardized portions in restaurants

Journal Article International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science · December 1, 2023 Excess caloric intake increases the risk of weight gain, and diet-related chronic diseases. Restaurants play an integral role in the portions of food people consume. Standardization of portion sizes in restaurants can help customers recognize appropriate p ... Full text Cite

Translating knowledge into action for child obesity treatment in partnership with Parks and Recreation: study protocol for a hybrid type II trial.

Journal Article Implement Sci · February 24, 2023 BACKGROUND: Safe and effective treatment exists for childhood obesity, but treatment recommendations have largely not been translated into practice, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities and low-wealth populations. A key gap is meeting the recomm ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Prevalence of food insecurity among students attending four Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Journal Article J Am Coll Health · January 2023 Objective: This study examined the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) among students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern United States. Participants: Students attending four HBCUs (N = 351) completed an anonym ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Nurturing children's development through healthy eating and active living: Time for policies to support effective interventions in the context of responsive emotional support and early learning.

Journal Article Health Soc Care Community · November 2022 Fostering the growth, development, health, and wellbeing of children is a global priority. The early childhood period presents a critical window to influence lifelong trajectories, however urgent multisectoral action is needed to ensure that families are a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Emotional and Behavioral Changes and Related Factors of Firstborn School-Aged Compared to Same Age Only Children.

Journal Article Front Public Health · 2022 OBJECTIVE: To compare the emotional and behavioral characteristics of firstborn children during the pregnancy of a second child and only children of school-age in urban districts of Chongqing, China, and to explore the influencing factors of emotional and ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Implementation of Farm-to-University Program in Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Assessment of Feasibility and Barriers

Journal Article American Journal of Health Education · January 1, 2022 Background: Farm-to-University (Farm2U) programs make healthy eating accessible, easier, and the default option. Yet, few published studies have focused on Farm2U implementations in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in conjunction with m ... Full text Cite

Weight-Related Behaviors of Children with Obesity during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Journal Article Child Obes · September 2021 Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, children and families have had to adapt their daily lives. The purpose of this study was to describe changes in the weight-related behaviors of children with obesity after the onset of th ... Full text Link to item Cite

Healthy Eating Index-2015 Scores Vary by Types of Food Outlets in the United States.

Journal Article Nutrients · August 7, 2021 Diet quality in the United States is improving over time but remains poor. Food outlets influence diet quality and represent the environments in which individuals make choices about food purchases and intake. The objective of this study was to use the Heal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and Application of a Total Diet Quality Index for Toddlers.

Journal Article Nutrients · June 5, 2021 For the first time, the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans include recommendations for infants and toddlers under 2 years old. We aimed to create a diet quality index based on a scoring system for ages 12 to 23.9 months, the Toddler Diet Quality In ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study-I: Overview of Findings Related to Improving Diet Quality, Weight, and Disparities in US Children and Policy Implications.

Journal Article Nutrients · April 19, 2021 The national school breakfast and lunch programs administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are a cornerstone of the nation's nutrition safety net for children from low-income families [...]. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reframing the early childhood obesity prevention narrative through an equitable nurturing approach.

Journal Article Matern Child Nutr · January 2021 High-quality mother-child interactions during the first 2,000 days, from conception to age 5 years, are considered crucial for preventing obesity development during early life stages. However, mother-child dyads interact within and are influenced by broade ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improving maternal and child nutrition in China: an analysis of nutrition policies and programs initiated during the 2000-2015 Millennium Development Goals era and implications for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Journal Article J Health Popul Nutr · December 2, 2020 BACKGROUND: Although good progress was made in maternal and child nutrition during the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) era, malnutrition remains one of the major threats on global health. Therefore, the United Nation set several nutrition-related goals ... Full text Link to item Cite

Developing a National Research Agenda to Support Healthy Food Retail.

Journal Article Int J Environ Res Public Health · November 4, 2020 The food retail environment is an important driver of dietary choices. This article presents a national agenda for research in food retail, with the goal of identifying policies and corporate practices that effectively promote healthy food and beverage pur ... Full text Link to item Cite

Rationale and design of "Hearts & Parks": study protocol for a pragmatic randomized clinical trial of an integrated clinic-community intervention to treat pediatric obesity.

Journal Article BMC Pediatr · June 26, 2020 BACKGROUND: The prevalence of child and adolescent obesity and severe obesity continues to increase despite decades of policy and research aimed at prevention. Obesity strongly predicts cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk; both begin in childhood. Ch ... Full text Link to item Cite

Child Nutrition Trends Over the Past Two Decades and Challenges for Achieving Nutrition SDGs and National Targets in China.

Journal Article Int J Environ Res Public Health · February 11, 2020 BACKGROUND: The objectives of the current study were to identify the trends in child nutrition, the gaps in achieving child nutrition-related goals, and implications for program and policy options for the Chinese government. METHODS: Eight child nutrition- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Developing a national research agenda to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and increase safe water access and consumption among 0- to 5-year-olds: a mixed methods approach.

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · January 2020 OBJECTIVE: Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption in early childhood is a public health concern. Adequate hydration in early childhood is also important. We developed a national research agenda to improve beverage consumption patterns among 0-5-year-ol ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trends in Food Consumption Patterns of US Infants and Toddlers from Feeding Infants and Toddlers Studies (FITS) in 2002, 2008, 2016.

Journal Article Nutrients · November 17, 2019 The Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) is the largest survey of dietary intake among infants and young children in the United States. Dietary patterns in early childhood are a key component of prevention of diet-related chronic diseases, yet little ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Current situation and progress toward the 2030 health-related Sustainable Development Goals in China: A systematic analysis.

Journal Article PLoS Med · November 2019 BACKGROUND: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by all United Nations (UN) member states in 2015, established a set of bold and ambitious health-related targets to achieve by 2030. Understanding China's progress toward these targets is critic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multisector Approach to Improve Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Policies and Practices in Early Care and Education Programs: The National Early Care and Education Learning Collaboratives Project, 2013-2017.

Journal Article Prev Chronic Dis · July 25, 2019 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES: Embedding healthy eating and physical activity best practices in early care and education settings is important for instilling healthy behaviors early in life. A collaborative partnership between Nemours Children's Health System and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fill "half your child's plate with fruits and vegetables": Correlations with food-related practices and the home food environment.

Journal Article Appetite · February 1, 2019 This study examined the prevalence of parental report of children's adherence to USDA's MyPlate guidelines of 'half of plate filled with fruits and vegetables (FV)' and associations with child and parent/guardian report of food-related practices and the ho ... Full text Link to item Cite

Supporting Healthy Eating: Synergistic Effects of Nutrition Education Paired with Policy, Systems, and Environmental Changes.

Journal Article Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser · 2019 A healthy diet is central to health and well-being throughout life. The United States and many other countries are undergoing an obesity epidemic and experiencing serious diet-related health problems. There exists a misalignment and wide gap between nation ... Full text Link to item Cite

Room for Improvement Remains in Food Consumption Patterns of Young Children Aged 2-4 Years.

Journal Article J Nutr · September 1, 2018 BACKGROUND: Healthy food consumption patterns in early childhood support optimal growth and development and promote lifelong health. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) 2016 is to provide updated information on food co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multicontextual correlates of adolescent sugar-sweetened beverage intake.

Journal Article Eat Behav · August 2018 PURPOSE: To examine personal, home, peer, school, neighborhood, and media correlates of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake in a diverse sample of adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional, population-based study (EAT 2010: Eating and Activity in Teens) of 2 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Beverage Consumption Patterns among Infants and Young Children (0⁻47.9 Months): Data from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study, 2016.

Journal Article Nutrients · June 26, 2018 (1) Background: Data about early life beverage intake patterns is sparse. We describe beverage patterns among infants and young children from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) 2016. (2) Methods: FITS 2016 is a cross-sectional survey of U.S. par ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Family Home Food Environment and Nutrition-Related Parent and Child Personal and Behavioral Outcomes of the Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME) Plus Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal Article J Acad Nutr Diet · February 2018 BACKGROUND: Research has demonstrated a significant positive association between frequent family meals and children's dietary intake; however, the promotion of healthful family meals has not been rigorously tested for key food environment and nutrition-rel ... Full text Link to item Cite

An Integrated Clinic-Community Partnership for Child Obesity Treatment: A Randomized Pilot Trial.

Journal Article Pediatrics · January 2018 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Effective treatment of childhood obesity remains elusive. Integration of clinical and community systems may achieve effective and sustainable treatment. However, the feasibility and effectiveness of this integrated model are unkn ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effectiveness of school food environment policies on children's dietary behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2018 BACKGROUND: School food environment policies may be a critical tool to promote healthy diets in children, yet their effectiveness remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review and quantify the impact of school food environment policies on dietary ha ... Full text Link to item Cite

Worksite physical activity breaks: Perspectives on feasibility of implementation.

Journal Article Work · 2018 BACKGROUND: Worksites offer a unique opportunity to increase physical activity in persons with both active and sedentary lifestyles. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine employee and supervisor perspectives on feasibility and acceptability ... Full text Link to item Cite

Why we need local, state, and national policy-based approaches to improve children's nutrition in the united states

Chapter · January 1, 2018 Government agencies have the authority to improve public health through laws and policies. Childhood obesity is one of the most pressing health issues today, and government policies are a critical strategy to improve children's nutrition and health. This c ... Full text Cite

A Systematic Review of Calorie Labeling and Modified Calorie Labeling Interventions: Impact on Consumer and Restaurant Behavior.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · December 2017 OBJECTIVE: Evidence on the effects of restaurant calorie labeling on consumer and restaurant behavior is mixed. This paper examined: (1) consumer responses to calorie information alone or compared to modified calorie information and (2) changes in restaura ... Full text Link to item Cite

Levels and risk factors for urinary metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in children living in Chongqing, China.

Journal Article Sci Total Environ · November 15, 2017 AIMS: Since childhood exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been associated with a variety of adverse health outcomes, the aims of this study were to1) document PAH exposure levels among children in Chongqing, China by measuring urinary ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association between Obesity and Puberty Timing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Journal Article Int J Environ Res Public Health · October 24, 2017 This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the associations between obesity and puberty timing based on scientific evidence. Eight electronic databases were searched up to February 2017 for eligible studies, and two reviewers screened the articles a ... Full text Link to item Cite

What Can Be Learned from Existing Investigations of Weight-Related Practices and Policies with the Potential to Impact Disparities in US Child-Care Settings? A Narrative Review and Call for Surveillance and Evaluation Efforts.

Journal Article J Acad Nutr Diet · October 2017 Child-care settings and the combination of policies and regulations under which they operate may reduce or perpetuate disparities in weight-related health, depending on the environmental supports they provide for healthy eating and activity. The objectives ... Full text Link to item Cite

Foods and Beverages Available at SNAP-Authorized Drugstores in Sections of North Carolina.

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · September 2017 OBJECTIVE: To assess healthy food availability in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-authorized drugstores by store chain and neighborhood income level in 3 regions of North Carolina. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, descriptive study. SETTING: Twenty-five ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multicontextual correlates of energy-dense, nutrient-poor snack food consumption by adolescents.

Journal Article Appetite · May 1, 2017 Frequent consumption of energy-dense, nutrient-poor snack foods is an eating behavior of public health concern. This study was designed to inform strategies for reducing adolescent intake of energy-dense snack foods by identifying individual and environmen ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reasons Parents Buy Prepackaged, Processed Meals: It Is More Complicated Than "I Don't Have Time".

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · January 2017 OBJECTIVE: To investigate reasons why parents purchase prepackaged, processed meals and associations with parental cooking self-efficacy, meal-planning ability, and home food availability. METHODS: This secondary data analysis uses Healthy Home Offerings v ... Full text Link to item Cite

Community-Supported Agriculture as a Dietary and Health Improvement Strategy: A Narrative Review.

Journal Article J Acad Nutr Diet · January 2017 This narrative review summarizes the literature regarding community-supported agriculture (CSA) with a focus on its use as a dietary and health improvement strategy. CSA members are typically women, white, highly educated, and affluent. The majority of mem ... Full text Link to item Cite

Kid's Menu Portion Sizes: How Much Should Children Be Served?

Journal Article Nutrition Today · November 1, 2016 Extra-large portions served at restaurants put consumers at risk of overweight and obesity, including children. Developing standards for portions sizes for kids' menus could reduce the risk that children will be served more food than they need for normal g ... Full text Cite

Availability of Foods and Beverages in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Authorized Dollar Stores in a Region of North Carolina.

Journal Article J Acad Nutr Diet · October 2016 BACKGROUND: There are >25,000 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-authorized dollar stores throughout the United States; many are located in lower-income neighborhoods and provide an accessible food and beverage source for area residents. OBJE ... Full text Link to item Cite

A novel dietary improvement strategy: examining the potential impact of community-supported agriculture membership.

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · October 2016 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the use of community-supported agriculture (CSA) as an employer-based health promotion intervention. DESIGN: Quasi-experimental study using a convenience sample of employees at three employers. SETTING: Participants and controls f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adolescent Snacking Behaviors Are Associated with Dietary Intake and Weight Status.

Journal Article J Nutr · July 2016 BACKGROUND: Most adolescents consume ≥1 snack/d; exploring the relevance of snacking patterns for overall diet and weight status is important to guide dietary counseling and public health strategies for obesity prevention. OBJECTIVE: This study examined in ... Full text Link to item Cite

The School Food Environment and Obesity Prevention: Progress Over the Last Decade.

Journal Article Curr Obes Rep · June 2016 The school food environment-including when and where children obtain food and the types of options available during the school day-plays an important role in children's consumption patterns. Thus, childhood obesity prevention efforts often focus on alterin ... Full text Link to item Cite

The 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report: Development and Major Conclusions.

Journal Article Adv Nutr · May 2016 The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) is published every 5 y jointly by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the USDA and provides a framework for US-based food and nutrition programs, health promotion and disease prevention initiativ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Obesity prevention in schools

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Towards universal access to skilled birth attendance: the process of transforming the role of traditional birth attendants in Rural China.

Journal Article BMC Pregnancy Childbirth · March 21, 2016 BACKGROUND: Institution-based childbirth, with the ultimate goal of universal access to skilled birth attendance (SBA), has been selected as a key strategy to reduce the maternal mortality rate in many developing countries. However, the question of how to ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Secular Trends in Meal and Snack Patterns among Adolescents from 1999 to 2010.

Journal Article J Acad Nutr Diet · February 2016 BACKGROUND: Linkages between snack patterns, diet, and obesity in adolescents likely depend on the consumption of main meals, how often snacks are prepared away from home, and whether energy-dense, nutrient-poor snack foods and sugary drinks are frequently ... Full text Link to item Cite

Promoting healthful family meals to prevent obesity: HOME Plus, a randomized controlled trial.

Journal Article Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act · December 15, 2015 BACKGROUND: Family meal frequency has been shown to be strongly associated with better dietary intake; however, associations with weight status have been mixed. Family meals-focused randomized controlled trials with weight outcomes have not been previously ... Full text Link to item Cite

Friends Like Me: Associations in Overweight/Obese Status among Adolescent Friends by Race/Ethnicity, Sex, and Friendship Type.

Journal Article Child Obes · December 2015 BACKGROUND: Little is known about how interpersonal friend relationships are associated with obesity in young people, particularly with regard to how race/ethnicity, type of friendship, and sex affect the association between friends' and adolescents' weigh ... Full text Link to item Cite

Guiding Principles And A Decision-Making Framework For Stakeholders Pursuing Healthy Food Environments.

Journal Article Health Aff (Millwood) · November 2015 To address obesity and diet-related chronic diseases in the United States, organizations such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine have encouraged the use of voluntary engagement strategies among stakeholders. By using public ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Complex Relationship Between Diet And Health.

Journal Article Health Aff (Millwood) · November 2015 The relationship between food and health is complex. Everyone needs food to live, but too little food, too much food, or the wrong type of food has negative consequences for health. To increase understanding of this relationship, we describe trends and pat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sports and energy drink consumption are linked to health-risk behaviours among young adults.

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · October 2015 OBJECTIVE: National data for the USA show increases in sports and energy drink consumption over the past decade with the largest increases among young adults aged 20-34 years. The present study aimed to identify sociodemographic factors and health-risk beh ... Full text Link to item Cite

How we eat what we eat: identifying meal routines and practices most strongly associated with healthy and unhealthy dietary factors among young adults.

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · August 2015 OBJECTIVE: (i) To examine associations between young adults' meal routines and practices (e.g. food preparation, meal skipping, eating on the run) and key dietary indicators (fruit/vegetable, fast-food and sugar-sweetened beverage intakes) and (ii) to deve ... Full text Link to item Cite

An accountability evaluation for the industry's responsible use of brand mascots and licensed media characters to market a healthy diet to American children.

Journal Article Obes Rev · June 2015 Corporate strategies that target children are controversial given the link between food marketing and childhood obesity. This case study explored diverse stakeholders' accountability expectations and actions for industry policies and practices that used po ... Full text Link to item Cite

HOME Plus: Program design and implementation of a family-focused, community-based intervention to promote the frequency and healthfulness of family meals, reduce children's sedentary behavior, and prevent obesity.

Journal Article Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act · April 29, 2015 BACKGROUND: Involvement in meal preparation and eating meals with one's family are associated with better dietary quality and healthy body weight for youth. Given the poor dietary quality of many youth, potential benefits of family meals for better nutriti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Barriers to Equity in Nutritional Health for U.S. Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Literature

Journal Article Current Nutrition Reports · March 1, 2015 U.S. children and adolescents from low-income and ethnic/racial minority backgrounds experience greater risk for obesity and poor nutrition. In addition, a growing body of evidence documents differences in obesity and dietary patterns between urban and rur ... Full text Cite

Influence of food companies' brand mascots and entertainment companies' cartoon media characters on children's diet and health: a systematic review and research needs.

Journal Article Obes Rev · February 2015 Reducing the extent and persuasive power of marketing unhealthy foods to children worldwide are important obesity prevention goals. Research is limited to understand how brand mascots and cartoon media characters influence children's diet. We conducted a s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cohen and story respond.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · December 2014 Full text Link to item Cite

Reducing childhood obesity through U.S. federal policy: a microsimulation analysis.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · November 2014 BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity prevalence remains high in the U.S., especially among racial/ethnic minorities and low-income populations. Federal policy is important in improving public health given its broad reach. Information is needed about federal polic ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME) Plus study: design and methods.

Journal Article Contemp Clin Trials · May 2014 BACKGROUND: Informed and engaged parents and healthful home environments are essential for the health of youth. Although research has shown health benefits associated with family meals, to date, no randomized controlled trial (RCT) has been developed to ex ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mitigating the health risks of dining out: the need for standardized portion sizes in restaurants.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · April 2014 Because restaurants routinely serve food with more calories than people need, dining out represents a risk factor for overweight, obesity, and other diet-related chronic diseases. Most people lack the capacity to judge the caloric content of food and there ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dietary and weight-related behaviors and body mass index among Hispanic, Hmong, Somali, and white adolescents.

Journal Article J Acad Nutr Diet · March 2014 BACKGROUND: The population of the United States is becoming increasingly ethnically and racially diverse, much of it due to immigration patterns. However, little is known about dietary intake and weight-related concerns and behaviors of youth from some eth ... Full text Link to item Cite

Influence of school competitive food and beverage policies on obesity, consumption, and availability: a systematic review.

Journal Article JAMA Pediatr · March 2014 IMPORTANCE: The US Department of Agriculture recently issued an interim final rule governing the sale of foods and beverages sold outside of the school meal programs ("competitive foods and beverages" [CF&Bs]). OBJECTIVE: To examine the potential influence ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adolescent consumption of sports and energy drinks: linkages to higher physical activity, unhealthy beverage patterns, cigarette smoking, and screen media use.

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · 2014 OBJECTIVE: To examine patterns of adolescent sports and energy drink (SED) consumption and identify behavioral correlates. DESIGN: Data were drawn from Eating and Activity in Teens, a population-based study. SETTING: Adolescents from 20 middle and high sch ... Full text Link to item Cite

Associations between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and fast-food restaurant frequency among adolescents and their friends.

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · 2014 OBJECTIVE: To assess associations between adolescents and their friends with regard to sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB)/diet soda intake and fast-food (FF) restaurant visits. DESIGN: Population-based, cross-sectional survey study with direct measures from fr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Eating breakfast and dinner together as a family: associations with sociodemographic characteristics and implications for diet quality and weight status.

Journal Article J Acad Nutr Diet · December 2013 BACKGROUND: Research has shown that adolescents who frequently share evening meals with their families experience more positive health outcomes, including diets of higher nutritional quality. However, little is known about families eating together at break ... Full text Link to item Cite

Home/family, peer, school, and neighborhood correlates of obesity in adolescents.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · September 2013 OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to (1) identify the most important home/family, peer, school, and neighborhood environmental characteristics associated with weight status and (2) determine the overall contribution of these contexts to explaining weight ... Full text Link to item Cite

Intervention effects on kindergarten and first-grade teachers' classroom food practices and food-related beliefs in American Indian reservation schools.

Journal Article J Acad Nutr Diet · August 2013 Prevalence of obesity among American Indian children is higher than the general US population. The school environment and teachers play important roles in helping students develop healthy eating habits. The aim of this prospective study was to examine teac ... Full text Link to item Cite

Shared meals among young adults are associated with better diet quality and predicted by family meal patterns during adolescence.

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · May 2013 OBJECTIVE: To describe shared meal patterns and examine associations with dietary intake among young adults. DESIGN: Population-based, longitudinal cohort study (Project EAT: Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults). SETTING: Participants completed s ... Full text Link to item Cite

A review of snacking patterns among children and adolescents: what are the implications of snacking for weight status?

Journal Article Child Obes · April 2013 Given the growing contribution of snacks to dietary intake and the need for effective strategies to reduce obesity, it is important to consider whether snacking behaviors contribute to high BMI in childhood. This review summarizes US research that has addr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Expert and stakeholder consensus on priorities for obesity prevention research in early care and education settings.

Journal Article Child Obes · April 2013 BACKGROUND: Early childhood is a formative period for many weight-related behaviors (diet and activity), but little obesity prevention research targeting this age group has been conducted. Early care and education settings are a useful avenue for intervent ... Full text Link to item Cite

Social Marketing to Promote Nutrition Assistance Programs

Journal Article Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition · April 1, 2013 Existing nutrition assistance programs are often underutilized. Efforts are needed to improve awareness, access, and participation in available programs. We describe social marketing as a promising approach for raising awareness and use of nutrition assist ... Full text Cite

Associations of home food availability, dietary intake, screen time and physical activity with BMI in young American-Indian children.

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · January 2013 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate associations between home environmental factors and BMI of young American-Indian children. DESIGN: Cross-sectional and prospective study. SETTING: School-based obesity prevention trial (Bright Start) on a Northern Plains Indian reser ... Full text Link to item Cite

Food responsiveness, parental food control and anthropometric outcomes among young American Indian children: cross-sectional and prospective findings.

Journal Article Ethn Dis · 2013 OBJECTIVE: Assess cross-sectional and prospective associations between food responsiveness and parental food control and anthropometric outcomes among American Indian children. DESIGN: Parents/caregivers completed psychosocial surveys and trained staff mea ... Link to item Cite

Positive attitudes toward organic, local, and sustainable foods are associated with higher dietary quality among young adults.

Journal Article J Acad Nutr Diet · January 2013 Scant evidence is available on the relationship between preferences for organic, local, sustainable, and nonprocessed foods (ie, alternative food production practices) and dietary quality. This cross-sectional study examined the characteristics and dietary ... Full text Link to item Cite

The food and water system: impacts on obesity.

Journal Article J Law Med Ethics · 2013 The Weight of the Nation™ (WON) conference was held in Washington, D.C. This article presents the issues and topics presented and discussed within the Food and Water System: Agriculture, Access and Sustainability track. Areas for opportunity are outlined i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Progress on public policy: The aftermath of the 2005 institute of medicine report on food marketing and the diets of children and youth

Chapter · January 1, 2013 An alarming percentage of American children and youth age 2–17 are either obese (17 %) or at risk of becoming obese (32 %) (IOM, 2005). Childhood obesity affects children at all ages, ethnicities, and gender; moreover, obesity rates have tripled over the p ... Full text Cite

Nutrition and physical activity. Preface.

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Bright Start: Description and main outcomes from a group-randomized obesity prevention trial in American Indian children.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · November 2012 The aim of the Bright Start study was to develop and test the effectiveness of a school environment intervention, supplemented with family involvement, to reduce excessive weight gain by increasing physical activity and healthy eating practices among kinde ... Full text Link to item Cite

Do adolescents who live or go to school near fast-food restaurants eat more frequently from fast-food restaurants?

Journal Article Health Place · November 2012 This population-based study examined whether residential or school neighborhood access to fast food restaurants is related to adolescents' eating frequency of fast food. A classroom-based survey of racially/ethnically diverse adolescents (n=2724) in 20 sec ... Full text Link to item Cite

Relationship between adolescents' and their friends' eating behaviors: breakfast, fruit, vegetable, whole-grain, and dairy intake.

Journal Article J Acad Nutr Diet · October 2012 We examined associations between adolescents' and their friends' healthy eating behaviors, specifically breakfast, fruit, vegetable, whole-grain, and dairy food intake as reported by both adolescents and their friends. Data for this study were drawn from E ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictors of fruit and vegetable intake in young adulthood.

Journal Article J Acad Nutr Diet · August 2012 Few young adults meet national recommendations to consume at least 2 c fruit and 2 to 3 c vegetables daily. Effective strategies and messaging are needed to address this disparity, but research examining influences on fruit and vegetable (F/V) intake durin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Does involvement in food preparation track from adolescence to young adulthood and is it associated with better dietary quality? Findings from a 10-year longitudinal study.

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · July 2012 OBJECTIVES: To examine whether involvement in food preparation tracks over time, between adolescence (15-18 years), emerging adulthood (19-23 years) and the mid-to-late twenties (24-28 years), as well as 10-year longitudinal associations between home food ... Full text Link to item Cite

High food insecurity and its correlates among families living on a rural American Indian Reservation.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · July 2012 OBJECTIVES: We sought to better understand the prevalence and consequences of food insecurity among American Indian families with young children. METHODS: Parents or caregivers of kindergarten-age children enrolled in the Bright Start study (dyad n=432) li ... Full text Link to item Cite

Poor nutrition on the menu: children's meals at America's top chain restaurants.

Journal Article Child Obes · June 2012 BACKGROUND: We evaluated the nutritional quality of children's meals at chain restaurants, because children obtain about a third of their daily calories from away-from-home foods and studies show that restaurant foods are often higher in calories and lower ... Full text Link to item Cite

Relationships between body satisfaction and psychological functioning and weight-related cognitions and behaviors in overweight adolescents.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · June 2012 PURPOSE: To examine how differences in body satisfaction may influence weight control behaviors, eating, weight and shape concerns, and psychological well-being among overweight adolescents. METHODS: A group of 103 overweight adolescents completed a survey ... Full text Link to item Cite

A school-based, peer leadership physical activity intervention for 6th graders: feasibility and results of a pilot study.

Journal Article J Phys Act Health · May 2012 BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to promote physical activity in 6th graders by developing and testing the feasibility of an enhanced Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA) program comprised of a peer leadership component and innovative exercise r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patterns of obesogenic neighborhood features and adolescent weight: a comparison of statistical approaches.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · May 2012 BACKGROUND: Few studies have addressed the potential influence of neighborhood characteristics on adolescent obesity risk, and findings have been inconsistent. PURPOSE: Identify patterns among neighborhood food, physical activity, street/transportation, an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interventions for weight gain prevention during the transition to young adulthood: a review of the literature.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · April 2012 PURPOSE: To review studies examining weight gain prevention interventions among young adults. METHODS: A snowball strategy was used to identify relevant studies, beginning with systematic PubMed, MEDLINE, PsychINFO, Education Resources Information Center ( ... Full text Link to item Cite

Government and school progress to promote a healthful diet to American children and adolescents: a comprehensive review of the available evidence.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · March 2012 CONTEXT: The IOM released an expert committee report in 2005 that assessed the nature, extent, and influence of food and beverage marketing practices on American children's and adolescents' diets and health. The report concluded that prevailing marketing p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Feeding a family in a recession: food insecurity among Minnesota parents.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · March 2012 OBJECTIVES: We assessed current levels of food insecurity among a large, diverse sample of parents and examined associations between food insecurity and parental weight status, eating patterns, and the home food environment. METHODS: Project F-EAT (Familie ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and validation of a screening instrument to assess the types and quality of foods served at home meals.

Journal Article Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act · February 7, 2012 BACKGROUND: Although there is growing interest in assessing the home food environment, no easy-to-use, low cost tools exist to assess the foods served at home meals, making it difficult to assess the meal component of the food environment. The aim of this ... Full text Link to item Cite

American Indian parents' assessment of and concern about their kindergarten child's weight status, South Dakota, 2005-2006.

Journal Article Prev Chronic Dis · 2012 INTRODUCTION: Obesity is highly prevalent among American Indians, and effective prevention efforts require caregiver involvement. We examined American Indian (AI) parents' assessment of and level of concern about their kindergarten child's weight status. M ... Link to item Cite

Dieting and unhealthy weight control behaviors during adolescence: associations with 10-year changes in body mass index.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · January 2012 BACKGROUND: Dieting and unhealthy weight control behaviors are common among adolescents and questions exist regarding their long-term effect on weight status. OBJECTIVE: To examine 10-year longitudinal associations between dieting and unhealthy weight cont ... Full text Link to item Cite

Secular trends in weight status and weight-related attitudes and behaviors in adolescents from 1999 to 2010.

Journal Article Prev Med · January 2012 OBJECTIVE: To examine secular trends from 1999 to 2010 in weight status and weight-related attitudes and behaviors among adolescents. METHODS: A repeated cross-sectional design was used. Participants were from Minneapolis/St. Paul middle schools and high s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Summer effects on body mass index (BMI) gain and growth patterns of American Indian children from kindergarten to first grade: a prospective study.

Journal Article BMC Public Health · December 23, 2011 BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are highly prevalent among American Indian children, especially those living on reservations. There is little scientific evidence about the effects of summer vacation on obesity development in children. The purpose of thi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Differential prevalence of alcohol use among 2-year and 4-year college students.

Journal Article Addict Behav · December 2011 PURPOSE: To determine whether alcohol use behaviors and alcohol-related consequences differed among students attending two-year versus four-year colleges. METHODS: Participants (N=13,700) from 7 two-year and 11 four-year colleges completed the 2010 College ... Full text Link to item Cite

Food policy, systems, and environment: Strategies for making healthful food the easiest choice

Journal Article Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care · December 1, 2011 The goal of this roundtable is to have a discussion about the role of food policy, food systems and food environments in assuring that all people, but especially children, have regular access to healthful food. It is an opportunity to share your expertise ... Full text Cite

Identifying correlates of young adults' weight behavior: survey development.

Journal Article Am J Health Behav · November 2011 OBJECTIVE: To describe the development and psychometric properties of survey measures relevant to eating, physical activity, and weight-related behaviors among young adults. METHODS: Focus groups and reliability testing guided the development of the Projec ... Link to item Cite

Young adults and eating away from home: associations with dietary intake patterns and weight status differ by choice of restaurant.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · November 2011 BACKGROUND: Young adults report frequent away-from-home eating; however, little is known regarding what types of restaurants are patronized or whether associations with dietary intake and weight status differ according to restaurant type. OBJECTIVE: This c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Associations of American Indian children's screen-time behavior with parental television behavior, parental perceptions of children's screen time, and media-related resources in the home.

Journal Article Prev Chronic Dis · September 2011 INTRODUCTION: American Indian children have high rates of overweight and obesity, which may be partially attributable to screen-time behavior. Young children's screen-time behavior is strongly influenced by their environment and their parents' behavior. We ... Link to item Cite

Industry progress to market a healthful diet to American children and adolescents.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · September 2011 CONTEXT: The IOM released an expert committee report in 2005 that assessed the nature, extent, and influence of food and beverage marketing practices on the diets and health of American children and adolescents. The report concluded that prevailing marketi ... Full text Link to item Cite

What role can child-care settings play in obesity prevention? A review of the evidence and call for research efforts.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · September 2011 Given the widespread use of out-of-home child care and an all-time high prevalence of obesity among US preschool-aged children, it is imperative to consider the opportunities that child-care facilities may provide to reduce childhood obesity. This review e ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of an individualized counseling approach as part of a multicomponent school-based program to prevent weight-related problems among adolescent girls.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · August 2011 School-based interventions show inconsistent results in reducing weight-related problems. One limitation of school programs is that they do not easily allow for individualization of targeted messages. An important question regards the feasibility and effec ... Full text Link to item Cite

Relationships between the family environment and school-based obesity prevention efforts: can school programs help adolescents who are most in need?

Journal Article Health Educ Res · August 2011 Identifying factors that contribute to students' behavior and weight improvements during school-based obesity prevention interventions is critical for the development of effective programs. The current study aims to determine whether the support and resour ... Full text Link to item Cite

Food systems and food security: A conceptual model for identifying food system deficiencies

Journal Article Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition · July 1, 2011 This research briefly describes a conceptual model of hunger and food insecurity that utilizes integrative conceptual work on food systems, identifying key food subsystems and processes involved in the transformation of environmental inputs into individual ... Full text Cite

Adolescent girls' weight-related family environments, Minnesota.

Journal Article Prev Chronic Dis · May 2011 Significant sociodemographic disparities exist in the prevalence of obesity among adolescent girls, and in girls' participation in physical activity, sedentary activity, and healthful dietary intake. However, little is known of how factors in the family en ... Link to item Cite

Physical activity and sedentary activity patterns among children and adolescents: a latent class analysis approach.

Journal Article J Phys Act Health · May 2011 BACKGROUND: While much is known about the overall levels of physical activity and sedentary activity among youth, few studies have attempted to define clusters of such behaviors. The purpose of this study was to identify and describe unique classes of yout ... Full text Link to item Cite

Substance use and dietary practices among students attending alternative high schools: results from a pilot study.

Journal Article BMC Public Health · April 25, 2011 BACKGROUND: Substance use and poor dietary practices are prevalent among adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine frequency of substance use and associations between cigarette, alcohol and marijuana use and selected dietary practices, such as ... Full text Link to item Cite

Familial correlates of adolescent girls' physical activity, television use, dietary intake, weight, and body composition.

Journal Article Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act · March 31, 2011 BACKGROUND: The family environment offers several opportunities through which to improve adolescents' weight and weight-related behaviors. This study aims to examine the cross-sectional relationships between multiple factors in the family environment and p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight-related teasing in a racially diverse sample of sixth-grade children.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · March 2011 Negative outcomes are associated with weight-based teasing. Among children, little research to date has explored the extent to which teasing occurs, the effects of teasing, or differences among sources of teasing. The purpose of this secondary data analysi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Food insecurity and weight status among U.S. children and families: a review of the literature.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · February 2011 CONTEXT: Food insecurity disproportionately affects U.S. demographic groups of children and adult family members at the highest risk for obesity and may lead to weight gain through various pathways. This article reviews research regarding the relationship ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence rates and psychological predictors of secretive eating in overweight and obese adolescents

Journal Article Childhood Obesity · February 1, 2011 Background: To date, there is no research describing secretive eating behaviors in overweight and obese youth despite research supporting the existence of eating disturbances and aberrant eating behaviors in these populations. Knowledge of these behaviors ... Full text Cite

The differential prevalence of obesity and related behaviors in two- vs. four-year colleges.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · February 2011 The objective of this study was to determine whether obesity prevalence and weight-related behaviors (e.g., diet, physical activity) differ among students enrolled in 2-year community/technical colleges and those attending 4-year colleges/universities. Thi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessing foodshelves' ability to distribute healthy foods to foodshelf clients

Journal Article Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition · January 1, 2011 Foodshelves provide a vital service of distributing food to food insecure families, but the resources foodshelves have to source and distribute healthy food and the extent to which this emergency food is healthy have not been evaluated. All member foodshel ... Full text Cite

Association between food opportunities during the school day and selected dietary behaviors of alternative high school students, Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota, 2006.

Journal Article Prev Chronic Dis · January 2011 INTRODUCTION: Availability of competitive foods in schools has been linked to unhealthful dietary behaviors of students. Little is known about the food environment of alternative high schools, schools that enroll students at risk of academic failure. We ex ... Link to item Cite

Focus groups with working parents of school-aged children: what's needed to improve family meals?

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · 2011 OBJECTIVE: To conduct focus groups to identify parents' perceptions of barriers to family meals and elucidate ideas to guide the development of interventions to overcome barriers. METHODS: Focus groups were conducted with a convenience sample of 27 working ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictors of adolescent breakfast consumption: longitudinal findings from Project EAT.

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · 2011 OBJECTIVE: To identify predictors of breakfast consumption among adolescents. METHODS: Five-year longitudinal study Project EAT (Eating Among Teens). Baseline surveys were completed in Minneapolis-St. Paul schools and by mail at follow-up by youth (n = 800 ... Full text Link to item Cite

The co-occurrence of obesity, elevated blood pressure, and acanthosis nigricans among American Indian school children: identifying individual heritage and environment-level correlates.

Journal Article Am J Hum Biol · 2011 OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and explore the social and cultural etiologic roots of weight status, blood pressure, and acanthosis nigricans among American Indian children on a reservation in South Dakota. METHODS: This observational study was cond ... Full text Link to item Cite

Family Meal Patterns and Eating in Children and Adolescents

Journal Article · December 1, 2010 Families shape the food preferences and eating behaviors of young people in many ways. Mealtime socialization may be a particularly powerful influence, as youth learn about eating through active observations of their relatives and direct participation in m ... Full text Cite

The relative influence of demographic, individual, social, and environmental factors on physical activity among boys and girls

Journal Article International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · November 3, 2010 Background: This study aimed to evaluate the associations of selected demographic, individual, social, and environmental factors with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in a sample of children and adolescents.Methods: MVPA was assessed among you ... Full text Cite

New moves-preventing weight-related problems in adolescent girls a group-randomized study.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · November 2010 BACKGROUND: Weight-related problems are prevalent in adolescent girls. PURPOSE: To evaluate New Moves, a school-based program aimed at preventing weight-related problems in adolescent girls. DESIGN: School-based group-randomized controlled design. SETTING/ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perceived barriers mediate the association between self-efficacy and fruit and vegetable consumption among students attending alternative high schools.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · October 2010 Compared to students attending regular high schools, alternative high school students are more likely to be racial/ethnic minorities, have higher levels of poverty, and higher rates of risky and poor health behaviors, including weight-related behaviors lik ... Full text Link to item Cite

Poverty, food insecurity, and obesity: A conceptual framework for research, practice, and policy

Journal Article Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition · October 1, 2010 Alarming trends in obesity and food insecurity in the United States have raised public health concerns and efforts to understand and address these potentially related public health problems. Although much research has been done to discern whether food inse ... Full text Cite

Family weight talk and dieting: how much do they matter for body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors in adolescent girls?

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · September 2010 PURPOSE: To learn about parent weight talk, parent dieting, and family weight-teasing in the homes of adolescent girls at risk for obesity and weight-related problems. To examine associations between these family variables and girls' weight status, body sa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Parent and family associations with weight-related behaviors and cognitions among overweight adolescents.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · September 2010 PURPOSE: To examine parent and family variables in relation to adolescent weight-control and eating behaviors, body satisfaction, and importance of thinness among overweight adolescents. METHODS: This study examined parent-reported use of weight-control be ... Full text Link to item Cite

Family meals and adolescents: what have we learned from Project EAT (Eating Among Teens)?

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · July 2010 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the present paper is to provide an integrated overview of the research methodology and key findings from a decade of research on family meals as part of Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), a large, population-based study of adolesce ... Full text Link to item Cite

Parenting style and family meals: cross-sectional and 5-year longitudinal associations.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · July 2010 BACKGROUND: Research on family meals in the past decade has shown a positive association between family meal frequency and adolescent healthy dietary intake. However, less is known about factors within the home environment, such as parenting style, that ma ... Full text Link to item Cite

State but not district nutrition policies are associated with less junk food in vending machines and school stores in US public schools.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · July 2010 BACKGROUND: Policy that targets the school food environment has been advanced as one way to increase the availability of healthy food at schools and healthy food choice by students. Although both state- and district-level policy initiatives have focused on ... Full text Link to item Cite

Family Meal Patterns and Eating in Children and Adolescents

Chapter · May 25, 2010 Families shape the food preferences and eating behaviors of young people in many ways. Mealtime socialization may be a particularly powerful influence, as youth learn about eating through active observations of their relatives and direct participation in m ... Full text Cite

Understanding young adult physical activity, alcohol and tobacco use in community colleges and 4-year post-secondary institutions: A cross-sectional analysis of epidemiological surveillance data.

Journal Article BMC Public Health · April 26, 2010 BACKGROUND: Young adults experience many adverse health behavior changes as they transition from adolescence into adulthood. A better understanding of the relationships between health promoting and risky health behaviors may aid in the development of healt ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Smart Choices front-of-package nutrition labeling program: rationale and development of the nutrition criteria.

Journal Article Am J Clin Nutr · April 2010 The goal of the Smart Choices Program (SCP) is to provide a simple front-of-the-package icon system to direct consumers to smarter food choices in the supermarket, which will eventually lead to more balanced diets and to more beneficial foods as food manuf ... Full text Link to item Cite

Review of the nutritional implications of farmers' markets and community gardens: a call for evaluation and research efforts.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · March 2010 The development and promotion of farmers' markets and community gardens is growing in popularity as a strategy to increase community-wide fruit and vegetable consumption. Despite large numbers of farmers' markets and community gardens in the United States, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dietary patterns and home food availability during emerging adulthood: do they differ by living situation?

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · February 2010 OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present work was to cross-sectionally examine and compare dietary behaviours and home food environments by young adults' living situation. DESIGN: Using data from Project EAT (Eating Among Teens)-II, a large diverse youth co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME): feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes of a pilot study.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · February 2010 The primary objective was to develop and test the feasibility and acceptability of the Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME) program, a pilot childhood obesity prevention intervention aimed at increasing the quality of foods in the hom ... Full text Link to item Cite

Whole-grain intake correlates among adolescents and young adults: findings from Project EAT.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · February 2010 BACKGROUND: National survey data indicate few adolescents or young adults consume whole grains in the amount recommended to prevent chronic disease and maintain a healthful weight. Interventions are needed to address this gap; however, little is known abou ... Full text Link to item Cite

Are 'competitive foods' sold at school making our children fat?

Journal Article Health Aff (Millwood) · 2010 Almost one-third of American children and adolescents are now either overweight or obese. One contributing factor may be the foods and beverages sold outside of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) school meal programs, which are often called "competi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluating a model of youth physical activity.

Journal Article Am J Health Behav · 2010 OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between social influences, self-efficacy, enjoyment, and barriers and physical activity. METHODS: Structural equation modeling examined relationships between parent and peer support, parent physical activity, individu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Longitudinal and secular trends in adolescent whole-grain consumption, 1999-2004.

Journal Article Am J Clin Nutr · January 2010 BACKGROUND: The replacement of refined grains in the diet with whole grains may help prevent chronic disease and excess weight gain, but intakes in adolescents are often lower than recommended. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine demographic disparitie ... Full text Link to item Cite

State school nutrition and physical activity policy environments and youth obesity.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · January 2010 BACKGROUND: With the epidemic of childhood obesity, there is national interest in state-level school policies related to nutrition and physical activity, policies adopted by states, and relationships to youth obesity. PURPOSE: This study develops a compreh ... Full text Link to item Cite

Health Statements Made in Infant Formula Advertisements in Pregnancy and Early Parenting Magazines: A Content Analysis

Journal Article ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition · January 1, 2010 Pregnant women and mothers of infants are the target audience for advertisements of infant formula. The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the prevalence and content of health statements made in infant formula advertisements found in pregnancy and e ... Full text Cite

A review of environmental influences on food choices.

Journal Article Ann Behav Med · December 2009 BACKGROUND: Diet-related environmental and policy interventions are being advocated at a population level because individual change is more likely to be facilitated and sustained if the environment within which choices are made supports healthful food opti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Latent class analysis of lifestyle characteristics and health risk behaviors among college youth.

Journal Article Prev Sci · December 2009 Few studies have examined the context of a wide range of risk behaviors among emerging adults (ages 18-25 years), approximately half of whom in the USA enroll in post-secondary educational institutions. The objective of this research was to examine behavio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight control strategies of overweight adolescents who successfully lost weight.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · December 2009 The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the differences in weight control behaviors, dietary intake, and physical activity between overweight adolescents who lost weight and overweight adolescents who did not lose weight. This cross-sectional study ... Full text Link to item Cite

Five-year longitudinal predictive factors for disordered eating in a population-based sample of overweight adolescents: implications for prevention and treatment.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · November 2009 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to identify predictors of prevalence and incidence of disordered eating (binge eating and extreme weight control behaviors) among overweight adolescents. METHOD: Five-year longitudinal associations were examined in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Household food insecurity is a risk factor for iron-deficiency anaemia in a multi-ethnic, low-income sample of infants and toddlers.

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · November 2009 OBJECTIVE: The present study examines the relationships of household food security status with Fe deficiency (ID) and Fe-deficiency anaemia (IDA) among children less than 3 years of age, and associated factors that contribute to ID and IDA. DESIGN: Cross-s ... Full text Link to item Cite

The commercial marketing of healthy lifestyles to address the global child and adolescent obesity pandemic: prospects, pitfalls and priorities.

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · November 2009 Public- and private-sector initiatives to promote healthy eating and physical activity, called 'healthy lifestyles', are a relatively recent response to the global obesity pandemic. The present paper explores different views about marketing healthy lifesty ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight control behaviors and dietary intake among adolescents and young adults: longitudinal findings from Project EAT.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · November 2009 BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional research has found that dieting during adolescence and the use of extreme weight control behaviors are related to less healthful dietary patterns; however, little is known regarding longitudinal relationships. OBJECTIVE: To desc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Are there nutritional and other benefits associated with family meals among at-risk youth?

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · October 2009 PURPOSE: The literature suggests positive associations between family dinner frequency and dietary practices and psychosocial well-being, and inverse associations between family dinner frequency and overweight status among general adolescent populations. T ... Full text Link to item Cite

Socio-environmental, personal and behavioural predictors of fast-food intake among adolescents.

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · October 2009 OBJECTIVE: To identify the socio-environmental, personal and behavioural factors that are longitudinally predictive of changes in adolescents' fast-food intake. DESIGN: Population-based longitudinal cohort study. SETTING: Participants from Minnesota school ... Full text Link to item Cite

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Nutrition at School: Creating a Healthy Food Environment

Journal Article · September 1, 2009 This chapter describes nutritional concerns for youth, the impact of school nutrition programs, the current environment in schools, tools for assessing school nutrition environments, and model efforts to improve school nutrition. A healthy school food envi ... Full text Cite

Disparities in dietary intake, meal patterning, and home food environments among young adult nonstudents and 2- and 4-year college students.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · July 2009 We examined whether young adult meal patterning, dietary intake, and home food availability differed among nonstudents, 2-year college students, and 4-year college students (N = 1687; mean age = 20.5 years). Unadjusted analyses showed that few young adults ... Full text Link to item Cite

Food systems and public health: Linkages to achieve healthier diets and healthier communities

Journal Article Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition · July 1, 2009 The Airlie Conference on "Food Systems and Public Health: Linkages to Achieve Healthier Diets and Healthier Communities" was convened to discuss how we as a nation can shift toward promoting healthy, sustainably produced foods that are aligned with nationa ... Full text Cite

Research and action priorities for linking public health, food systems, and sustainable agriculture: Recommendations from the airlie conference

Journal Article Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition · July 1, 2009 One hundred leading researchers, practitioners, and advocates in public health, health care, nutrition, obesity, economics, sustainable agriculture, and food systems met at the Airlie Conference Center in April 2009 to discuss creating linkages among food ... Full text Cite

Food environments in university dorms: 20,000 calories per dorm room and counting.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · June 2009 BACKGROUND: Few young adults meet national dietary recommendations. Although home food availability likely has important influences on dietary intake, little research has examined this issue among young adults. The objective of this research was to conduct ... Full text Link to item Cite

Competitive foods in schools: availability and purchasing in predominately rural small and large high schools.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · May 2009 OBJECTIVES: Schools have an important role to play in obesity prevention, but little is known about the food environment in small, predominately rural schools. The primary purpose of this study was to compare the availability and student purchasing of food ... Full text Link to item Cite

Eating when there is not enough to eat: eating behaviors and perceptions of food among food-insecure youths.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · May 2009 OBJECTIVES: We explored differences in adolescents' eating habits, perceptions, and dietary intakes by food security status. METHODS: As part of Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), we surveyed 4746 multiethnic middle and high school students in 31 primarily ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self-weighing and weight control behaviors among adolescents with a history of overweight.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · May 2009 PURPOSE: To assess the relationships between self-weighing frequency, weight control behaviors, and weight status among male and female adolescents who have a history of being overweight. METHODS: This study compared weight control behaviors between two gr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sociodemographic differences in selected eating practices among alternative high school students.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · May 2009 BACKGROUND: Students attending alternative high schools are an at-risk group of youth for poor health behaviors and obesity. However, little is known about their dietary practices. OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between sex, race/ethnicity, and socioec ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adolescent and young adult vegetarianism: better dietary intake and weight outcomes but increased risk of disordered eating behaviors.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · April 2009 OBJECTIVE: Examine characteristics of current and former adolescent and young adult vegetarians and investigate the relationships between vegetarianism, weight, dietary intake, and weight-control behaviors. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis using data from ... Full text Link to item Cite

Low awareness of overweight status among parents of preschool-aged children, Minnesota, 2004-2005.

Journal Article Prev Chronic Dis · April 2009 INTRODUCTION: Many studies have found that parents of overweight children do not perceive their child to be overweight. Little is known, however, about the extent to which such misperceptions exist among parents of preschool-aged children. METHODS: We anal ... Link to item Cite

Work group IV: Future directions for measures of the food and physical activity environments.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · April 2009 Much progress has been made in the past 5 to 10 years in measuring and understanding the impact of the food and physical activity environments on behavioral outcomes. Nevertheless, this research is in its infancy. A work group was convened to identify curr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fast food intake among adolescents: secular and longitudinal trends from 1999 to 2004.

Journal Article Prev Med · March 2009 OBJECTIVES: To examine secular and longitudinal changes (1999-2004) in fast food intake among adolescents. METHODS: Adolescents from Minnesota participating in Project EAT (n=2516) were surveyed in 1999 and 2004. Mixed-model regressions were used to assess ... Full text Link to item Cite

Schools and obesity prevention: creating school environments and policies to promote healthy eating and physical activity.

Journal Article Milbank Q · March 2009 CONTEXT: Research consistently shows that the majority of American children do not consume diets that meet the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, nor do they achieve adequate levels of daily physical activity. As a result, more childr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Five-year longitudinal and secular shifts in adolescent beverage intake: findings from project EAT (Eating Among Teens)-II.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · February 2009 Detailed research examining concurrent longitudinal and secular changes in adolescent beverage intake is not currently available, particularly since the year 2000. This study's objective was to evaluate these trends in beverage intake in a large, diverse a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of garden-based youth nutrition intervention programs: a review.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · February 2009 Garden-based nutrition-education programs for youth are gaining in popularity and are viewed by many as a promising strategy for increasing preferences and improving dietary intake of fruits and vegetables. This review examines the scientific literature on ... Full text Link to item Cite

Study designs and analytic strategies for environmental and policy research on obesity, physical activity, and diet: recommendations from a meeting of experts.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · February 2009 Numerous authoritative reports have identified environmental and policy interventions as the most promising strategies for creating population-wide improvements in diet, physical activity, and obesity. Yet many methodologic challenges to conducting environ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Does television viewing predict dietary intake five years later in high school students and young adults?

Journal Article International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · January 30, 2009 Background: Prior research has found that television viewing is associated with poor diet quality, though little is known about its long-term impact on diet, particularly during adolescence. This study examined the associations between television viewing b ... Full text Cite

Alternative high school students: prevalence and correlates of overweight.

Journal Article Am J Health Behav · 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine prevalence and correlates of overweight among adolescents attending alternative high schools (AHS). METHODS: AHS students (n=145) from 6 schools completed surveys and anthropometric measures. Cross-sectional associations were assess ... Full text Link to item Cite

Alcohol use, eating patterns, and weight behaviors in a university population.

Journal Article Am J Health Behav · 2009 OBJECTIVE: To explore associations between alcohol, alcohol-related eating, and weight-related health indicators. METHODS: Cross-sectional, multivariate regression of weight behaviors, binge drinking, and alcohol-related eating, using self-reported student ... Full text Link to item Cite

Are family meal patterns associated with overall diet quality during the transition from early to middle adolescence?

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine longitudinal associations of participation in regular family meals (>or= 5 meals/week) with eating habits and dietary intake during adolescence. DESIGN: Population-based, longitudinal study (Project EAT: Eating Among Teens). Surveys w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Calcium and dairy intake: Longitudinal trends during the transition to young adulthood and correlates of calcium intake.

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · 2009 OBJECTIVE: To describe changes in calcium and dairy intake during the transition from middle adolescence to young adulthood and to identify baseline correlates of calcium intake in young adulthood. DESIGN: Population-based, 5-year follow-up study (Project ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characteristics and dietary patterns of adolescents who value eating locally grown, organic, nongenetically engineered, and nonprocessed food.

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine characteristics of adolescents who value eating locally grown, organic, nongenetically engineered, and/or nonprocessed food and whether they are more likely than their peers to meet Healthy People 2010 dietary objectives. DESIGN: Cros ... Full text Link to item Cite

Child care as an untapped setting for obesity prevention: state child care licensing regulations related to nutrition, physical activity, and media use for preschool-aged children in the United States.

Journal Article Prev Chronic Dis · January 2009 INTRODUCTION: Child care is a potential setting for obesity prevention; 8.6 million preschool-aged children participated in child care in 2001. Each US state creates and enforces its own child care licensing regulations. We analyzed obesity-related child c ... Link to item Cite

Effect of socioeconomic status on weight change patterns in adolescents.

Journal Article Prev Chronic Dis · January 2009 INTRODUCTION: Although socioeconomic differences in prevalence of obesity are well documented, whether patterns of weight gain during key periods of growth and development differ among youth from different socioeconomic backgrounds is unknown. This study e ... Link to item Cite

Food and beverage brands that market to children and adolescents on the internet: a content analysis of branded web sites.

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · 2009 OBJECTIVE: To identify food and beverage brand Web sites featuring designated children's areas, assess marketing techniques present on those industry Web sites, and determine nutritional quality of branded food items marketed to children. DESIGN: Systemati ... Full text Link to item Cite

Making time for meals: meal structure and associations with dietary intake in young adults.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · January 2009 BACKGROUND: Prior studies have found that family meals and other aspects of meal structure are associated with dietary intake during adolescence, but little research has characterized meals in young adulthood. OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to describe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neighborhood environments: disparities in access to healthy foods in the U.S.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · January 2009 BACKGROUND: Poor dietary patterns and obesity, established risk factors for chronic disease, have been linked to neighborhood deprivation, neighborhood minority composition, and low area population density. Neighborhood differences in access to food may ha ... Full text Link to item Cite

Motivational interviewing as a component of a school-based obesity prevention program for adolescent girls.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · January 2009 Over the past decade, motivational interviewing has been used by health professionals to promote health behavior changes and help individuals increase their motivation or "readiness" to change. This paper describes a preliminary study that evaluated the fe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Providing calorie information on fast-food restaurant menu boards: consumer views.

Journal Article Am J Health Promot · 2009 PURPOSE: To gather consumer input about approaches to providing energy composition information for foods on fast-food restaurant menus. DESIGN: We asked a subset of individuals (n = 150) in an experimental study about the influence of nutrition labeling on ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of calorie labeling and value size pricing on fast food meal choices: Results from an experimental trial

Journal Article International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · December 5, 2008 Background: Although point-of-purchase calorie labeling at restaurants has been proposed as a strategy for improving consumer food choices, a limited number of studies have evaluated this approach. Likewise, little research has been conducted to evaluate t ... Full text Cite

Dietary approaches to healthy weight management for adolescents: the New Moves model.

Journal Article Adolesc Med State Art Rev · December 2008 This article describes the dietary component of New Moves, a school-based obesity-prevention program for adolescent girls. New Moves is a multicomponent intervention that integrates nutrition, social support, and physical activity sessions within an all-gi ... Link to item Cite

Why eat at fast-food restaurants: reported reasons among frequent consumers.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · December 2008 A convenience sample of adolescents and adults who regularly eat at fast-food restaurants were recruited to participate in an experimental trial to examine the effect of nutrition labeling on meal choices. As part of this study, participants were asked to ... Full text Link to item Cite

The adolescent obesity epidemic: why, how long, and what to do about it.

Journal Article Adolesc Med State Art Rev · December 2008 The epidemic of obesity among adolescents is a serious public health concern. If the epidemic is not reversed, millions of youth will be affected, and the nation will be left to face the staggering health and economic consequences of obesity. The burden of ... Link to item Cite

Family meal frequency and weight status among adolescents: cross-sectional and 5-year longitudinal associations.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · November 2008 This study examined cross-sectional and 5-year longitudinal associations between the frequency of family meals and overweight status (>85th percentile for age and gender) in a large, diverse population of adolescents (n = 2,516). The population included tw ... Full text Link to item Cite

Providing obesity prevention counseling to children during a primary care clinic visit: results from a pilot study.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · November 2008 The purpose of this study was to evaluate parent response to a clinic-based primary prevention intervention to increase the proportion of 5- to 10-year-old children receiving annual body mass index screening and counseling about physical activity, dietary ... Full text Link to item Cite

Teasing, disordered eating behaviors, and psychological morbidities among overweight adolescents.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · November 2008 OBJECTIVE: To assess whether weight-related teasing is associated with weight control behaviors, disordered eating thoughts and behaviors, and psychological comorbidities in overweight adolescents. METHODS AND PROCEDURES: A sample of 46 male and 84 female ... Full text Link to item Cite

Are body dissatisfaction, eating disturbance, and body mass index predictors of suicidal behavior in adolescents? A longitudinal study.

Journal Article J Consult Clin Psychol · October 2008 Disordered eating, body dissatisfaction, and obesity have been associated cross sectionally with suicidal behavior in adolescents. To determine the extent to which these variables predicted suicidal ideation and attempts, the authors examined these relatio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Family meals and substance use: is there a long-term protective association?

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · August 2008 PURPOSE: To examine 5-year longitudinal associations between family meal patterns and subsequent substance use in adolescents. METHODS: A total of 806 Minnesota adolescents were surveyed in public schools in 1998-1999 (mean age, 12.8 years) and again by ma ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fast food intake: longitudinal trends during the transition to young adulthood and correlates of intake.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · July 2008 PURPOSE: Frequent fast food intake is associated with poorer diet quality and greater weight gain. The aims of this study were to describe changes in fast food intake during the transition from middle adolescence to young adulthood, and to identify baselin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fruit and vegetable intake correlates during the transition to young adulthood.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · July 2008 BACKGROUND: During the transition from adolescence to young adulthood, the intake of fruit and vegetables tends to decline, and national survey data indicate that few young adults consume the recommended amounts. This study aimed to identify longitudinal c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Accurate parental classification of overweight adolescents' weight status: does it matter?

Journal Article Pediatrics · June 2008 OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to explore whether parents of overweight adolescents who recognize that their children are overweight engage in behaviors that are likely to help their adolescents with long-term weight management. METHODS: The study population incl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characteristics associated with older adolescents who have a television in their bedrooms.

Journal Article Pediatrics · April 2008 OBJECTIVES: The goals were to examine the prevalence of adolescents having a television in their bedroom and to describe associated personal, social, and behavioral characteristics. METHODS: Participants included 781 adolescents (mean age: 17.2 years) who ... Full text Link to item Cite

Family meals: perceptions of benefits and challenges among parents of 8- to 10-year-old children.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · April 2008 The study purpose was to examine parental perceptions of the mealtime environment in families with school-aged children and identify strategies to improve the dietary quality of meals. Cross-sectional surveys were completed by a convenience sample of 107 p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nine out of 10 food advertisements shown during Saturday morning children's television programming are for foods high in fat, sodium, or added sugars, or low in nutrients.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · April 2008 A 2005 review by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies concluded that food marketing influences children's food preferences, consumption, and health. Given the powerful influence of marketing on children's diets, this cross-sectional study ex ... Full text Link to item Cite

Breakfast eating and weight change in a 5-year prospective analysis of adolescents: Project EAT (Eating Among Teens).

Journal Article Pediatrics · March 2008 OBJECTIVE: Breakfast-eating frequency declines through adolescence and has been inversely associated with body weight in cross-sectional studies, with few prospective studies on this topic. This study was conducted to examine the association between breakf ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pediatric obesity: the unique issues in Latino-American male youth.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · February 2008 Pediatric obesity in the United States has been steadily rising over the past few decades, and it is a clear risk factor for adult obesity and obesity-related morbidity and mortality. A review of the literature from three major national databases reveals t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Creating healthy food and eating environments: policy and environmental approaches.

Journal Article Annu Rev Public Health · 2008 Food and eating environments likely contribute to the increasing epidemic of obesity and chronic diseases, over and above individual factors such as knowledge, skills, and motivation. Environmental and policy interventions may be among the most effective s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Credit card debt, stress and key health risk behaviors among college students.

Journal Article Am J Health Promot · 2008 PURPOSE: To examine cross-sectional associations between credit card debt, stress, and health risk behaviors among college students, focusing particularly on weight-related behaviors. DESIGN: Random-sample, mailed survey. SUBJECTS/SETTING: Undergraduate an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Factors associated with overweight among urban American Indian adolescents: findings from Project EAT.

Journal Article Ethn Dis · 2008 OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of overweight in a sample of urban American Indian adolescents and identify associated behavioral, personal, and socioenvironmental factors. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: Participants were 246 American Indian boys and gir ... Link to item Cite

Family meals and disordered eating in adolescents: longitudinal findings from project EAT.

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · January 2008 OBJECTIVE: To examine 5-year longitudinal associations between family meal frequency and disordered eating behaviors in adolescents. DESIGN: Longitudinal study. SETTING: Participants from 31 Minnesota schools completed in-class assessments in 1999 (time 1) ... Full text Link to item Cite

Suicidal behavior in adolescents: relationship to weight status, weight control behaviors, and body dissatisfaction.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · January 2008 OBJECTIVE: Suicide is associated with full syndromal eating disorders, but it is unclear whether subsyndromal eating disorders carry the same risk. This study examined associations between suicidal behaviors and extreme and less extreme weight control beha ... Full text Link to item Cite

School-Based Prevention of Child and Adolescent Obesity

Chapter · January 1, 2008 Schools have the potential to make valuable contributions to help improve children’s eating and physical activity behaviors and thus to reduce child and adolescent obesity. More than 95% of American youth ages 5 to 17 years are enrolled in school, and no o ... Full text Cite

Parental eating behaviours, home food environment and adolescent intakes of fruits, vegetables and dairy foods: longitudinal findings from Project EAT.

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · November 2007 OBJECTIVE: To examine longitudinal associations of parental report of household food availability and parent intakes of fruits, vegetables and dairy foods with adolescent intakes of the same foods. This study expands upon the limited research of longitudin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Personal, behavioral, and environmental risk and protective factors for adolescent overweight.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · November 2007 OBJECTIVE: The objective was to examine a breadth of personal, behavioral, and socio-environmental factors as potential risk and protective factors of overweight among male and female adolescents. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: A longitudinal study was c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Shared risk and protective factors for overweight and disordered eating in adolescents.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · November 2007 BACKGROUND: Weight-related problems, including obesity, eating disorders, and disordered eating, are major public health problems in adolescents. The identification of shared risk and protective factors for these problems can guide the development of relev ... Full text Link to item Cite

Family meals during adolescence are associated with higher diet quality and healthful meal patterns during young adulthood.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · September 2007 BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional research in adolescents has found that eating family meals is associated with better nutritional intake. OBJECTIVE: To describe meal patterns of young adults and determine if family meal frequency during adolescence is associate ... Full text Link to item Cite

Developing school-based BMI screening and parent notification programs: findings from focus groups with parents of elementary school students.

Journal Article Health Educ Behav · August 2007 School-based body mass index (BMI) screening and parent notification programs have been advanced as an obesity prevention strategy. However, little is known about how to develop and implement programs. This qualitative study explored the opinions and belie ... Full text Link to item Cite

Are diet and physical activity patterns related to cigarette smoking in adolescents? Findings from Project EAT.

Journal Article Prev Chronic Dis · July 2007 INTRODUCTION: An inadequate diet and physical inactivity may compound the many deleterious effects of smoking on health. Some research indicates that smoking behavior is related to other health behaviors, but little research has examined how smoking may be ... Link to item Cite

Food and weight-related patterns and behaviors of Hmong adolescents.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · June 2007 OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the food and weight-related behaviors of Hmong adolescents. This study assessed these behaviors in Hmong adolescents and determined if they differed between Hmong and white teens or by country of birth. DESIGN: School-based ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fruits and vegetables taken can serve as a proxy measure for amounts eaten in a school lunch.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · June 2007 This study tests the hypothesis that fruits and vegetables taken on students' lunch trays are usable proxies for fruits and vegetables eaten, and that the proxy is useful with children in the youngest school grade (ie, grade 1; ages 6 to 8 years). A total ... Full text Link to item Cite

Obesity prevention in schools: current role and future practice of school nurses.

Journal Article Prev Med · June 2007 OBJECTIVE: To determine responsibilities of school nurses in delivering obesity prevention services, assess opinions and beliefs about school-based obesity prevention and determine factors associated with school nurses supporting and providing obesity prev ... Full text Link to item Cite

Participation in weight-related sports is associated with higher use of unhealthful weight-control behaviors and steroid use.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · March 2007 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether adolescents who participate in a weight-related sport are at increased risk for unhealthful weight-control behaviors and steroid use. DESIGN: This was a population-based study (Project EAT [Eating Among Teens]). SUBJECTS/SET ... Full text Link to item Cite

Why does dieting predict weight gain in adolescents? Findings from project EAT-II: a 5-year longitudinal study.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · March 2007 OBJECTIVE: Dieting has been found to predict weight gain in adolescents, but reasons for this association remain unclear. This study aimed to explore potential mechanisms by which dieting predicts weight gain over time in adolescents. DESIGN: Population-ba ... Full text Link to item Cite

Correlates of psychosocial well-being among overweight adolescents: the role of the family.

Journal Article J Consult Clin Psychol · February 2007 An ethnically diverse sample of at-risk-for-overweight and overweight youths (body mass index greater than the 85th percentile for age and gender; n = 667 male participants, and n = 684 female participants) completed a school-based survey measuring family ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trends in adolescent fruit and vegetable consumption, 1999-2004: project EAT.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · February 2007 BACKGROUND: Diets abundant in fruits and vegetables are associated with reduced risk for chronic disease, but intakes of adolescents are often inadequate. To design effective interventions it is important to understand how dietary intake changes longitudin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Associations between maternal concern for healthful eating and maternal eating behaviors, home food availability, and adolescent eating behaviors.

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · 2007 OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the relationship between maternal concern for healthful eating and maternal and adolescent dietary intake, eating behavior, and home food environment. DESIGN: Mothers of a subsample of adolescents who participated in a school-based surv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Associations between watching TV during family meals and dietary intake among adolescents.

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · 2007 OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between watching television during family meals and dietary intake among adolescents. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study using survey data from a diverse sample of adolescents. SETTING: Data were collected from a school-based ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fast food for family meals: relationships with parent and adolescent food intake, home food availability and weight status.

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · January 2007 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the present study was to examine the prevalence of fast-food purchases for family meals and the associations with sociodemographic variables, dietary intake, home food environment, and weight status in adolescents and their parent ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adolescence

Chapter · January 1, 2007 The nutritional requirements of females are greater during adolescence than at any other time of life [1]. A healthful diet that provides adequate amounts of all essential nutrients is critical to support the rapid physical growth and development that char ... Cite

Food preparation by young adults is associated with better diet quality.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · December 2006 OBJECTIVE: To describe food-preparation behaviors, cooking skills, resources for preparing food, and associations with diet quality among young adults. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analyses were performed in a sample of young adults who responded to the second ... Full text Link to item Cite

Longitudinal and secular trends in physical activity and sedentary behavior during adolescence.

Journal Article Pediatrics · December 2006 OBJECTIVE: There is little epidemiologic research on longitudinal and secular trends in weight-related health behaviors throughout the stages of adolescence. In particular, few data are available to assess secular trends in various sedentary behaviors. The ... Full text Link to item Cite

Parents of elementary school students weigh in on height, weight, and body mass index screening at school.

Journal Article J Sch Health · December 2006 School-based body mass index (BMI) screening and parent notification programs have been recommended as a childhood overweight prevention strategy. However, there are little empirical data available to guide decision making about the acceptability and safet ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self-weighing in adolescents: helpful or harmful? Longitudinal associations with body weight changes and disordered eating.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · December 2006 PURPOSE: This study addresses the question: Is frequent self-weighing related to changes in body weight and disordered eating behaviors over a 5-year period among adolescent females and males? METHODS: Project EAT is a 5-year population-based longitudinal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Calcium and dairy intakes of adolescents are associated with their home environment, taste preferences, personal health beliefs, and meal patterns.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · November 2006 OBJECTIVE: To identify correlates of calcium, dairy, and milk intakes among male and female adolescents. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study design. Adolescents self-reported measures pertaining to correlates on the Project EAT (Eating Among Teens) survey and co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Food choices of young African-American and Latino adolescents: where do parents fit in?

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · November 2006 To gain insight into parents' perceptions of the food preferences of their young adolescents, and their negotiating and decision-making strategies around food purchasing and meals, four focus groups were held with 32 African-American parents and three focu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reliability and validity of a brief questionnaire to assess calcium intake of middle-school-aged children.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · November 2006 OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the validity and reliability of a short (10-item) calcium food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for use with middle-school-aged (11 to 14 years of age) children. DESIGN: The calcium FFQ was completed twice, with 1 week between administrati ... Full text Link to item Cite

Author's Response

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Family dinner meal frequency and adolescent development: relationships with developmental assets and high-risk behaviors.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · September 2006 PURPOSE: To examine associations between family meal frequency and developmental assets and high-risk behaviors among a national sample of adolescents. METHODS: Anonymous surveys were distributed to 99,462 sixth to 12th grade students from public and alter ... Full text Link to item Cite

Internet food marketing strategies aimed at children and adolescents: a content analysis of food and beverage brand web sites.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · September 2006 Americans are spending an increasing amount of time using "new media" like the Internet. There has been little research examining food and beverage Web sites' content and marketing practices, especially those that attract children and adolescents. The purp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Should we discuss weight and calories in adolescent obesity prevention and weight-management programs? Perspectives of adolescent girls.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · September 2006 The purpose of this pilot study was to explore adolescent girls' perspectives on potentially sensitive topics related to weight management. Data were collected using individual semistructured interviews. Thirty high school-aged girls, who were at risk for ... Full text Link to item Cite

Does body satisfaction matter? Five-year longitudinal associations between body satisfaction and health behaviors in adolescent females and males.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · August 2006 PURPOSE: This study addresses the question, "Does body satisfaction matter?" by examining longitudinal associations between body satisfaction and weight-related health-promoting and health-compromising behaviors five years later among adolescents. METHODS: ... Full text Link to item Cite

Influencing healthful food choices in school and home environments: results from the TEENS study.

Journal Article Prev Med · July 2006 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of an intervention designed to increase the availability of fruits, vegetables and lower fat foods in homes and schools. This research is part of the TEENS study, a school-based interventio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Overweight status and weight control behaviors in adolescents: longitudinal and secular trends from 1999 to 2004.

Journal Article Prev Med · July 2006 BACKGROUND: This study examined 5-year longitudinal and secular trends in weight status and the use of healthy and unhealthy weight control behaviors in adolescents. METHODS: Project EAT-II followed 2516 adolescents from Minnesota longitudinally from 1999 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Relationships between maternal and adolescent weight-related behaviors and concerns: the role of perception.

Journal Article J Psychosom Res · July 2006 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between maternal and adolescent weight-related behaviors and concerns in a population-based sample. METHODS: Participants were 810 adolescents (n=429 girls and n=381 boys) and their mothe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adolescents involved in weight-related and power team sports have better eating patterns and nutrient intakes than non-sport-involved adolescents.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · May 2006 OBJECTIVE: To examine eating habits and energy and nutrient intake among adolescents participating in weight-related and power team sports and non-sport-involved adolescents. DESIGN: Data were drawn from Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), which was conducte ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychosocial and behavioral correlates of dieting among overweight and non-overweight adolescents.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · May 2006 PURPOSE: To examine correlates of dieting behavior in overweight and non-overweight youth. METHODS: Data came from Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), a study of eating and weight-related attitudes, behaviors, and psychosocial variables among 4746 adolescent ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adolescent and parent views of family meals.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · April 2006 OBJECTIVE: To examine and compare the family mealtime environment from the perspectives of both adolescents and parents. DESIGN: Adolescents completed a school-based survey and parents participated in a telephone interview as part of Project EAT (Eating Am ... Full text Link to item Cite

Obesity, disordered eating, and eating disorders in a longitudinal study of adolescents: how do dieters fare 5 years later?

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · April 2006 OBJECTIVE: To determine if adolescents who report dieting and different weight-control behaviors are at increased or decreased risk for gains in body mass index, overweight status, binge eating, extreme weight-control behaviors, and eating disorders 5 year ... Full text Link to item Cite

Food preparation and purchasing roles among adolescents: associations with sociodemographic characteristics and diet quality.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · February 2006 OBJECTIVE: To describe adolescent involvement in preparing and shopping for food and examine if extent of involvement is related to diet quality. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study design. Past week frequency of involvement in preparing and shopping for food wa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Increasing prevalences of overweight and obesity in Northern Plains American Indian children.

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · January 2006 OBJECTIVES: To report prevalences of overweight and obesity in a large sample of American Indian children from a survey in 2002-2003, and to evaluate the change in prevalences since 1995-1996 when children on the same reservations were measured. DESIGN: An ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nutrition labeling and value size pricing at fast-food restaurants: a consumer perspective.

Journal Article Am J Health Promot · 2006 PURPOSE: This pilot study examined nutrition-related attitudes that may affect food choices at fast-food restaurants, including consumer attitudes toward nutrition labeling of fast foods and elimination of value size pricing. METHODS: A convenience sample ... Full text Link to item Cite

Observations of parent-child co-shoppers in supermarkets: children's involvement in food selections, parental yielding, and refusal strategies.

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · 2006 The study aimed to collect descriptive information on the decision-making processes of adult shoppers around food purchases when young children are present. Anthropological field observations were conducted on adult-child grocery shoppers. Eleven supermark ... Full text Link to item Cite

Parent-child connectedness and behavioral and emotional health among adolescents.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · January 2006 BACKGROUND: This study sought to examine teen perceptions of mother-child and father-child connectedness, with focus on valuing parental opinions and perception of parental communication and caring, and associations with behavioral and emotional health. ME ... Full text Link to item Cite

The role of child care settings in obesity prevention.

Journal Article Future Child · 2006 Mary Story, Karen Kaphingst, and Simone French argue that researchers and policymakers focused on childhood obesity have paid insufficient attention to child care. Although child care settings can be a major force in shaping children's dietary intake, phys ... Full text Link to item Cite

The role of schools in obesity prevention.

Journal Article Future Child · 2006 Mary Story, Karen Kaphingst, and Simone French argue that U.S. schools offer many opportunities for developing obesity-prevention strategies by providing more nutritious food, offering greater opportunities for physical activity, and providing obesity-rela ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dietary intakes of nutrients thought to modify cardiovascular risk from three groups of American Indians: The Strong Heart Dietary Study, Phase II.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · December 2005 BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality among American Indians. Rates of CVD appear to be increasing among American Indians while they are decreasing among other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Rates of com ... Full text Link to item Cite

Schoolwide food practices are associated with body mass index in middle school students.

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · December 2005 OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between body mass index in young adolescents and schoolwide food practices such as foods used in school fundraising and in the classroom as incentives and rewards. DESIGN: Using a cross-sectional study design, we colle ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adolescent girls with high body satisfaction: who are they and what can they teach us?

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · November 2005 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was 2-fold: (1) to determine the prevalence of high body satisfaction in a multi-ethnic, urban population of adolescent females, and (2) to examine the demographic, socioenvironmental, personal, and behavioral factors ass ... Full text Link to item Cite

School lunch and snacking patterns among high school students: Associations with school food environment and policies

Journal Article International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · October 6, 2005 Objectives: This study examined associations between high school students' lunch patterns and vending machine purchases and the school food environment and policies. Methods: A randomly selected sample of 1088 high school students from 20 schools completed ... Full text Cite

Use of a Web-based component of a nutrition and physical activity behavioral intervention with Girl Scouts.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · September 2005 This study describes the development and usage of a Web-based component of a nutrition and physical activity behavioral intervention to promote bone health among preadolescent girls. Thirty Girl Scout troops were randomized to either an intervention or con ... Full text Link to item Cite

Increasing weight-bearing physical activity and calcium-rich foods to promote bone mass gains among 9-11 years old girls: Outcomes of the Cal-Girls study

Journal Article International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · July 19, 2005 Background: A two-year, community-based, group-randomized trial to promote bone mass gains among 9-11 year-old girls through increased intake of calcium-rich foods and weight-bearing physical activity was evaluated. Methods: Following baseline data collect ... Full text Cite

The role of social norms and friends' influences on unhealthy weight-control behaviors among adolescent girls.

Journal Article Soc Sci Med · March 2005 Dieting is common among adolescent girls and may place them at risk of using unhealthy weight-control behaviors (UWCBs), such as self-induced vomiting, laxatives, diet pills, or fasting. Research has suggested that social factors, including friends and bro ... Full text Link to item Cite

Associations between parental report of the home food environment and adolescent intakes of fruits, vegetables and dairy foods.

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · February 2005 OBJECTIVE: This study examines parental report of household food availability, parent dietary intake and associations with adolescent intakes of fruits, vegetables and dairy foods. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. Adolescents completed the Project EAT survey ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perceptions of adolescents involved in promoting lower-fat foods in schools: associations with level of involvement.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · February 2005 This article describes perceptions of adolescents involved in peer-led school-based nutrition promotions encouraging lower-fat food purchases and assesses the differences by level of student involvement. Surveys were administered at schools. Data were coll ... Full text Link to item Cite

Soft drinks, candy, and fast food: what parents and teachers think about the middle school food environment.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · February 2005 OBJECTIVE: To assess the opinions and beliefs of parents and teachers of middle school students regarding the school food environment. DESIGN: Surveys mailed to parents and placed in teachers' school mailboxes included questions about adolescents' eating p ... Full text Link to item Cite

A perspective on family meals: Do they matter?

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Bone outcomes and technical measurement issues of bone health among children and adolescents: considerations for nutrition and physical activity intervention trials.

Journal Article Osteoporos Int · December 2004 Weight-bearing physical activity and calcium intake are two important behavioral influences for bone health. Physical-activity and calcium-intake intervention trials with youth have been implemented to evaluate their efficacy and effectiveness to decrease ... Full text Link to item Cite

Physical activity as a predictor of body composition in American Indian children.

Journal Article Obes Res · December 2004 OBJECTIVE: To examine physical activity in second grade American Indian children as a predictor of percentage body fat 3 years later. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Physical activity was assessed as average vector magnitude (AVM) counts from an accelerom ... Full text Link to item Cite

Are family meal patterns associated with disordered eating behaviors among adolescents?

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · November 2004 PURPOSE: To examine associations between family meal patterns (frequency, priority, atmosphere, and structure of family meals) and disordered eating (unhealthy weight control behaviors, binge eating, and chronic dieting) in adolescent girls and boys. METHO ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mothers' perceptions of their adolescents' weight status: are they accurate?

Journal Article Obes Res · November 2004 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of mothers' perceptions of adolescents' weight status. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Parent interviews and adolescent surveys (755) were conducted in an ethnically diverse sample from Project EAT (Eating among Teens). ... Full text Link to item Cite

Well-child visits in the video age: pediatricians and the American Academy of Pediatrics' guidelines for children's media use.

Journal Article Pediatrics · November 2004 OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to evaluate awareness of, agreement with, and implementation of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) media use guidelines among pediatricians. Pediatricians' beliefs about several media effects were also measured, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Parental attitudes towards soft drink vending machines in high schools.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · October 2004 Soft drink vending machines are available in 98% of US high schools. However, few data are available about parents' opinions regarding the availability of soft drink vending machines in schools. Six focus groups with 33 parents at three suburban high schoo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anthropometric, parental, and psychosocial correlates of dietary intake of African-American girls.

Journal Article Obes Res · September 2004 OBJECTIVE: This paper identifies the anthropometric, parental, and psychosocial characteristics and meal practices (e.g., breakfast skipping and number of meals and snacks consumed) associated with consumption of total energy, percent energy from fat, frui ... Full text Link to item Cite

An environmental intervention to promote lower-fat food choices in secondary schools: outcomes of the TACOS Study.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · September 2004 OBJECTIVES: We evaluated an environmental intervention intended to increase sales of lower-fat foods in secondary school cafeterias. METHODS: Twenty secondary schools were randomly assigned to either an environmental intervention or a control group for a 2 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Covariability in diet and physical activity in African-American girls.

Journal Article Obes Res · September 2004 OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to examine 12-week covariability in diet and physical activity changes among 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls and if these changes predicted percent change in BMI. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Covariability among percent ... Full text Link to item Cite

Physical activity among African-American girls: the role of parents and the home environment.

Journal Article Obes Res · September 2004 OBJECTIVES: African-American girls are at increased risk for becoming overweight. Increased physical activity may prevent this. This study examines measurements of girls' physical activity and associations with: BMI, parent's reported self-efficacy and sup ... Full text Link to item Cite

School soft drink intervention study.

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Correlations between family meals and psychosocial well-being among adolescents.

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · August 2004 OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between frequency of family meals and multiple indicators of adolescent health and well-being (tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use; academic performance; self-esteem; depressive symptoms; and suicide involvement) aft ... Full text Link to item Cite

Factors associated with soft drink consumption in school-aged children.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · August 2004 OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with nonalcoholic carbonated beverage (soft drink) consumption in children. DESIGN: Mail-in surveys collected by Dragonfly, a children's educational magazine distributed nationally to elementary and middle schools, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Promotions to increase lower-fat food choices among students in secondary schools: description and outcomes of TACOS (Trying Alternative Cafeteria Options in Schools).

Journal Article Public Health Nutr · August 2004 OBJECTIVES: (1) To describe promotional activities, particularly student-led, targeting lower-fat à la carte foods that were conducted in secondary schools; and (2) to describe the relationships between the number and duration of total promotional activiti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Associations between body satisfaction and physical activity in adolescents: Implications for programs aimed at preventing a broad spectrum of weight-related disorders

Journal Article Eating Disorders · June 1, 2004 This study examined associations among body satisfaction and physical and sedentary activities in 4,746 adolescents. Boys with lower body satisfaction reported significantly less physical activity and more TV viewing than boys with higher body satisfaction ... Full text Cite

Depressive symptoms and adolescent eating and health behaviors: a multifaceted view in a population-based sample.

Journal Article Prev Med · June 2004 BACKGROUND: Previous research has shown significant associations between depression and substance use and eating disordered behaviors. However, no research to date has described associations between depressive symptoms and nutritional intake or physical ac ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight-control behaviors among adolescent girls and boys: implications for dietary intake.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · June 2004 OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between healthful and unhealthful weight-control behaviors and dietary intake among adolescents. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey (Project EAT [Eating Among Teens]).Subjects/Setting The study population included 4144 middle ... Full text Link to item Cite

Measurement characteristics of weight concern and dieting measures in 8-10-year-old African-American girls from GEMS pilot studies.

Journal Article Prev Med · May 2004 BACKGROUND: Reliability and validity were established for weight concern measures completed by 8-10-year-old African-American girls participating in a pilot obesity prevention program. METHODS: Two hundred ten girls and parents participated in the program. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Soda isn't only low in calcium.

Journal Article J Bone Miner Res · May 2004 Full text Link to item Cite

School-based approaches to affect adolescents' diets: results from the TEENS study.

Journal Article Health Educ Behav · April 2004 This article reports on the outcomes of the Teens Eating for Energy and Nutrition at School (TEENS) study, a 2-year intervention study conducted in 16 middle schools with a goal of increasing students' intakes of fruits, vegetables, and lower fat foods. De ... Full text Link to item Cite

Food advertising and marketing directed at children and adolescents in the US

Journal Article International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · February 10, 2004 In recent years, the food and beverage industry in the US has viewed children and adolescents as a major market force. As a result, children and adolescents are now the target of intense and specialized food marketing and advertising efforts. Food marketer ... Full text Cite

A randomized school trial of environmental strategies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption among children.

Journal Article Health Educ Behav · February 2004 The Cafeteria Power Plus project examined whether a cafeteria-based intervention would increase the fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption of children. Twenty-six schools were randomly assigned to either an intervention or control condition. Baseline lunch o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adolescents' attitudes about and consumption of low-fat foods: associations with sex and weight-control behaviors.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · February 2004 The objective of the study was to examine adolescents' attitudes about and consumption of low-fat foods by sex and weight-control behaviors. Ninth- to 12th-grade students (n=1,083) in 20 Minnesota high schools completed mail surveys (response rate=74%) as ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight-bearing physical activity among girls and mothers: relationships to girls' weight status.

Journal Article Obes Res · February 2004 OBJECTIVE: To assess weight-bearing physical activity (WBPA) barriers, benefits, self-efficacy, social influence, and behaviors [WBPA and physical activity (PA)] among girls and their mothers according to girls' weight status (nonoverweight vs. overweight) ... Full text Link to item Cite

Changes in the nutrient content of school lunches: results from the Pathways study.

Journal Article Prev Med · December 2003 BACKGROUND: Pathways, a randomized trial, evaluated the effectiveness of a school-based multicomponent intervention to reduce fatness in American-Indian schoolchildren. The goal of the Pathways food service intervention component was to reduce the fat in s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Obesity in American-Indian children: prevalence, consequences, and prevention.

Journal Article Prev Med · December 2003 BACKGROUND: American Indians of all ages and both sexes have a high prevalence of obesity. The health risks associated with obesity are numerous and include Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and respiratory problems. Obesity has become ... Full text Link to item Cite

School climate and implementation of the Pathways study.

Journal Article Prev Med · December 2003 BACKGROUND: Pathways was a multisite school-based study to prevent obesity in American Indian school children by encouraging healthy eating and physical activity. METHODS: Over the 3-year study, a total of 290 in-depth interviews were conducted with school ... Full text Link to item Cite

The impact of the Pathways intervention on psychosocial variables related to diet and physical activity in American Indian schoolchildren.

Journal Article Prev Med · December 2003 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the Pathways intervention on pychosocial variables related to physical activity and diet in American Indian children. METHODS: Schools serving American Indian children were randomized to a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and implementation of a visual card-sorting technique for assessing food and activity preferences and patterns in African American girls.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · November 2003 OBJECTIVE: Card-sorting tasks for assessing food and activity preferences and patterns among African American girls were developed. Associations among food preference and intake frequency, activity preference and frequency, and body mass index were examine ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pathways: a school-based, randomized controlled trial for the prevention of obesity in American Indian schoolchildren.

Journal Article Am J Clin Nutr · November 2003 BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is a major public health problem in the United States, particularly among American Indian communities. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based, multicomponent intervention for reducing perc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Couch potatoes or french fries: are sedentary behaviors associated with body mass index, physical activity, and dietary behaviors among adolescents?

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · October 2003 OBJECTIVE: To describe the demographic characteristics of adolescent boys and girls who engage in three sedentary behaviors (television/video use, computer use, and reading/homework), and to explore how each sedentary activity is associated with body mass ... Full text Link to item Cite

Correlates of fruit and vegetable intake among adolescents. Findings from Project EAT.

Journal Article Prev Med · September 2003 BACKGROUND: This study aims to identify correlates of fruits and vegetables from within the domains of personal factors (taste preferences, health/nutrition attitudes, weight/body concerns, and self-efficacy), behavioral factors (meal frequency, fast food ... Full text Link to item Cite

Associations of weight-based teasing and emotional well-being among adolescents.

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · August 2003 BACKGROUND: Verbal harassment, such as bullying and hate speech, has received considerable attention recently, but less is known about weight-based teasing and its potential harmful effects on young people's psychosocial well-being. OBJECTIVE: To determine ... Full text Link to item Cite

Developing a school functioning index for middle schools.

Journal Article J Sch Health · August 2003 Despite widespread recognition of schools' role in the healthy development of youth, surprisingly little research has examined the relationships between schools' overall functioning and the health-related behavior of students. School functioning could beco ... Full text Link to item Cite

Factors associated with changes in physical activity: a cohort study of inactive adolescent girls.

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · August 2003 OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with changes in physical activity in adolescent girls at risk for sedentary lifestyles and obesity. DESIGN: A cohort study was performed with 201 high school girls recruited to participate in an evaluation study of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Food environment in secondary schools: a la carte, vending machines, and food policies and practices.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · July 2003 OBJECTIVES: This study described the food environment in 20 Minnesota secondary schools. METHODS: Data were collected on school food policies and the availability and nutritional content of foods in school à la carte (ALC) areas and vending machines (VMs). ... Full text Link to item Cite

New Moves: a school-based obesity prevention program for adolescent girls.

Journal Article Prev Med · July 2003 BACKGROUND: This study tests the feasibility of an innovative school-based program for obesity prevention among adolescent girls. New Moves was implemented as a multicomponent, girls-only, high-school physical education class. METHODS: Six schools were equ ... Full text Link to item Cite

The association of the school food environment with dietary behaviors of young adolescents.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · July 2003 OBJECTIVES: We examined the association between young adolescents' dietary behaviors and school vending machines, à la carte programs, and fried potatoes' being served at school lunch. METHODS: Using a cross-sectional study design, we measured à la carte a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Family meal patterns: associations with sociodemographic characteristics and improved dietary intake among adolescents.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · March 2003 OBJECTIVE: To examine family meal patterns and associations with sociodemographic characteristics and dietary intake in adolescents. DESIGN: A population-based cross-sectional study design was employed. Adolescents completed the Project EAT (Eating Among T ... Full text Link to item Cite

An after-school obesity prevention program for African-American girls: the Minnesota GEMS pilot study.

Journal Article Ethn Dis · 2003 OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the development of an after-school obesity-prevention program for African-American girls, and presents findings from a 12-week pilot trial conducted by the University of Minnesota. This study was part of the GEMS project, cr ... Link to item Cite

Associations between perceived family meal environment and parent intake of fruit, vegetables, and fat.

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · 2003 OBJECTIVE: To describe the family mealtime environment and assess associations with adult fruit, vegetable, and fat intake. DESIGN: Telephone survey. PARTICIPANTS: A convenience sample of 277 adults in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area were recruited through 4 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Body image perceptions and dieting among African-American pre-adolescent girls and parents/caregivers.

Journal Article Ethn Dis · 2003 This study describes body image and weight concern attitudes of pre-adolescent African-American (AA) girls and their parent/caregivers. Cross-sectional survey data were collected from 189 low-income 8- to 10-year-old AA girls and 179 parents/caregivers of ... Link to item Cite

Common design elements of the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS).

Journal Article Ethn Dis · 2003 The Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS) was a multi-center research program created for the purpose of testing interventions designed to prevent excess weight gain by African-American girls, as they enter and proceed through puberty. However, ... Link to item Cite

Collaborative planning for formative assessment and cultural appropriateness in the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS): a retrospection.

Journal Article Ethn Dis · 2003 OBJECTIVE: The Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS), Phase 1, developed and pilot-tested interventions to prevent obesity in African-American preadolescent girls. This article describes the collaborative planning process undertaken to take ful ... Link to item Cite

Correlates of unhealthy weight-control behaviors among adolescents: implications for prevention programs.

Journal Article Health Psychol · January 2003 This study aimed to identify correlates of unhealthy weight-control behaviors in adolescents to guide the development of programs aimed at the primary prevention of disordered eating. A model explaining unhealthy weight-control behaviors was tested among 4 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Overeating among adolescents: prevalence and associations with weight-related characteristics and psychological health.

Journal Article Pediatrics · January 2003 OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of overeating among adolescents and to examine associations between overeating and sociodemographic characteristics, weight status, dieting behaviors, body satisfaction, depressive mood, self-esteem, and suicide. METHOD: ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predicting adolescents' intake of fruits and vegetables.

Journal Article J Nutr Educ Behav · 2003 OBJECTIVE: To explore potential predictors of adolescents' fruit and vegetable intake by expanding on current theory and drawing from other adolescent research. DESIGN: This research reports on baseline and interim data from a school-based intervention stu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reading magazine articles about dieting and associated weight control behaviors among adolescents.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · January 2003 The purpose was to examine the sociodemographic characteristics of adolescents who read magazine articles about dieting/weight loss and the relationship between reading these types of magazine articles and psychosocial well-being and weight control behavio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Recruitment of African-American pre-adolescent girls into an obesity prevention trial: the GEMS pilot studies.

Journal Article Ethn Dis · 2003 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this report is to describe the methods used to recruit 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls into four 12-week randomized controlled pilot studies on obesity prevention. DESIGN: The Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Study (G ... Link to item Cite

Nutritional guidelines during pregnancy and lactation

Chapter · January 1, 2003 Pregnancy and lactation are critical periods during which good nutrition is a key factor influencing the health of both child and mother. A woman’s dietary intake and nutritional status prior to conception and during pregnancy profoundly influence embryoni ... Cite

School food policies and practices: a state-wide survey of secondary school principals.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · December 2002 OBJECTIVE: To describe food-related policies and practices in secondary schools in Minnesota. DESIGN: Mailed anonymous survey including questions about the secondary school food environment and food-related practices and policies. SUBJECTS/SETTING: Members ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight-related attitudes and behaviors of adolescent boys and girls who are encouraged to diet by their mothers.

Journal Article Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord · December 2002 OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationships between mothers' reports of dieting and encouraging adolescents to diet and adolescents' reports of their own dieting practices and weight-related concerns. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of parent interviews and adole ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ethnic/racial differences in weight-related concerns and behaviors among adolescent girls and boys: findings from Project EAT.

Journal Article J Psychosom Res · November 2002 OBJECTIVE: To compare weight-related concerns and behaviors across ethnicity/race among a population-based sample of adolescent boys and girls. METHODS: The study population included 4746 adolescents from urban public schools in the state of Minnesota who ... Full text Link to item Cite

Food-related beliefs, eating behavior, and classroom food practices of middle school teachers.

Journal Article J Sch Health · October 2002 This study examined classroom food practices and eating behavior of middle school teachers from 16 schools in a metropolitan area, located in the upper Midwest. In winter 1999-2000, teachers in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade were surveyed (response rate ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight control behaviors among obese, overweight, and nonoverweight adolescents.

Journal Article J Pediatr Psychol · September 2002 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate weight control behaviors, eating, and physical activity behaviors among obese, overweight, and nonoverweight female and male adolescents. METHODS: A representative sample of 8,330 7th, 9th, and 11th grade public school students in Co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Are differences in exposure to a multicomponent school-based intervention associated with varying dietary outcomes in adolescents?

Journal Article Health Educ Behav · August 2002 Multicomponent interventions are recommended for health behavior change among adolescents. However, it is difficult to disentangle the effects of multiple intervention components. This article reports outcomes associated with varying levels of exposure to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Factors in the school cafeteria influencing food choices by high school students.

Journal Article J Sch Health · August 2002 This study set three objectives: 1) to examine the perceived influence of health concerns, labeling and nutrition information, taste, cost, availability, and peers on adolescents' food choices, particularly in the school cafeteria; 2) to determine whether ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence and correlates of weight-control behaviors among Caribbean adolescent students.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · August 2002 Adolescent students from nine English-speaking Caribbean countries completed a survey that assessed weight-control behaviors. Weight-control behaviors were prevalent and similar across gender. Extreme weight-control behaviors were related to several psycho ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence and risk and protective factors related to disordered eating behaviors among adolescents: relationship to gender and ethnicity.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · August 2002 PURPOSE: To examine the current prevalence of disordered eating behaviors in a large sample of adolescents, by gender and ethnicity, and to identify gender and ethnic-specific risk and protective factors. METHODS: The study population included 81,247 9th- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Unhealthy behaviors and psychosocial difficulties among overweight adolescents: the potential impact of familial factors.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · August 2002 PURPOSE: To compare overweight and non-overweight youth on a selection of self-reported eating, physical activity, dieting, educational, and emotional variables and identify familial factors that serve as protective forces against unhealthy behaviors and p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight control practices and disordered eating behaviors among adolescent females and males with type 1 diabetes: associations with sociodemographics, weight concerns, familial factors, and metabolic outcomes.

Journal Article Diabetes Care · August 2002 OBJECTIVE: This study examines the prevalence of specific weight control practices/disordered eating behaviors and associations with sociodemographic characteristics, BMI and weight perceptions, family functioning, and metabolic control among adolescent fe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Management of child and adolescent obesity: attitudes, barriers, skills, and training needs among health care professionals.

Journal Article Pediatrics · July 2002 OBJECTIVE: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate among health care professionals their attitudes, perceived barriers, perceived skill level, and training needs in the management of child and adolescent obesity. METHODS: A national needs assessment ... Link to item Cite

Adolescent vegetarians: how well do their dietary patterns meet the healthy people 2010 objectives?

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · May 2002 OBJECTIVES: To examine whether adolescent vegetarians were more likely than nonvegetarian peers to meet the dietary recommendations of the Healthy People 2010 objectives and to examine differences in other nutrients between these 2 groups. DESIGN: A total ... Full text Link to item Cite

Overweight status and eating patterns among adolescents: where do youths stand in comparison with the healthy people 2010 objectives?

Journal Article Am J Public Health · May 2002 OBJECTIVES: This study determined the prevalence of Minnesota urban youths reaching the Healthy People 2010 objectives for obesity and intake of fat, calcium, fruits, vegetables, and grains and compared prevalence rates across sociodemographic characterist ... Full text Link to item Cite

Parental correlates of physical activity in a racially/ethnically diverse adolescent sample.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · April 2002 PURPOSE: To evaluate relationships between parents' and adolescents' physical activity and television usage and whether these relationships differed among adolescents from different racial/ethnic backgrounds. METHODS: Adolescents and their parents were sep ... Full text Link to item Cite

Steroid use among adolescents: findings from Project EAT.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · April 2002 PURPOSE: To explore the prevalence and correlates of using steroids for the purpose of gaining muscle among adolescent males and females. More specifically, the study objectives were to: (a) assess the prevalence of anabolic steroid use in a large populati ... Full text Link to item Cite

Individual and environmental influences on adolescent eating behaviors.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · March 2002 Food choices of adolescents are not consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Food intakes tend to be low in fruits, vegetables, and calcium-rich foods and high in fat. Skipping meals is also a concern among adolescents, especially girls. Facto ... Full text Link to item Cite

Peer-led, school-based nutrition education for young adolescents: feasibility and process evaluation of the TEENS study.

Journal Article J Sch Health · March 2002 Peer education has become a popular strategy for health promotion interventions with adolescents, but it has not been used widely in school-based nutrition education. This paper describes and reports on the feasibility of the peer leader component of a sch ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight-related concerns and behaviors among overweight and nonoverweight adolescents: implications for preventing weight-related disorders.

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · February 2002 OBJECTIVES: To assess weight-related concerns and behaviors in a population-based sample of adolescents and to compare these concerns and behaviors across sex and weight status. DESIGN: The study population included 4746 adolescents from St Paul or Minneap ... Full text Link to item Cite

A pricing strategy to promote sales of lower fat foods in high school cafeterias: acceptability and sensitivity analysis.

Journal Article Am J Health Promot · 2002 Prices of four low fat foods were reduced about 25% and prices of three high fat foods were increased about 10% to determine the impact on food purchases in a Midwestern suburban high school cafeteria to explore the impact of price on purchases. Low fat fo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Correlates of time spent in physical activity and television viewing in a multi-racial sample of adolescents

Journal Article Pediatric Exercise Science · January 1, 2002 This study assessed whether the correlates related to physical activity and television viewing differed across gender, grade, and racial groups. Adolescents (n = 4746) from 31 junior and senior high schools completed a self-administered survey. Adolescents ... Full text Cite

Obesity. A public health perspective

Journal Article Clinics in Family Practice · January 1, 2002 Full text Cite

Survey development for assessing correlates of young adolescents' eating.

Journal Article Am J Health Behav · 2002 OBJECTIVE: To describe the development and psychometric testing of a survey to assess multiple influences on young adolescents' eating behaviors. METHODS: A 204-item survey was piloted with middle-school students. We incorporated a broad view of determinan ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight-related sports involvement in girls: who is at risk for disordered eating?

Journal Article Am J Health Promot · 2002 A 225-item questionnaire was completed by 5163 female 7th, 9th and 11th grade public school students in their classrooms to examine factors associated with eating disorders among girls involved in weight-related sports. Eating disorder symptoms were found ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight-teasing among adolescents: correlations with weight status and disordered eating behaviors.

Journal Article Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord · January 2002 OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of perceived weight-teasing and associations with unhealthy weight-control behaviors and binge eating in a population-based sample of youth. Particular focus was placed on overweight youth, who may be m ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characteristics of vegetarian adolescents in a multiethnic urban population.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · December 2001 PURPOSE: To examine the prevalence of adolescents' vegetarianism in a multiethnic, urban population, and its correlates with demographic, personal, weight-related, and behavioral factors. METHODS: Self-report and anthropometric data were collected from a r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fast food restaurant use among adolescents: associations with nutrient intake, food choices and behavioral and psychosocial variables.

Journal Article Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord · December 2001 OBJECTIVE: To examine demographic, behavioral and dietary correlates of frequency of fast food restaurant use in a community-based sample of 4746 adolescent students. DESIGN: A survey was administered to students in classrooms at 31 secondary schools in a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ethnic issues in the epidemiology of childhood obesity.

Journal Article Pediatr Clin North Am · August 2001 Childhood obesity may be seen as a marker for high-risk dietary and physical inactivity practices. Recent increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among American children are not limited to one age, gender, or ethnic group, which suggests that ... Full text Link to item Cite

Binge and purge behavior among adolescents: associations with sexual and physical abuse in a nationally representative sample: the Commonwealth Fund survey.

Journal Article Child Abuse Negl · June 2001 OBJECTIVES: (1) To examine associations between binge and purge behavior and sexual and physical abuse among adolescents; (2) to determine if these associations remain significant after controlling for sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics; a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight loss attempts and attitudes toward body size, eating, and physical activity in American Indian children: relationship to weight status and gender.

Journal Article Obes Res · June 2001 OBJECTIVE: This study examined dieting, weight perceptions, and self-efficacy to eat healthy foods and engage in physical activity and their relationships to weight status and gender among American Indian elementary schoolchildren. RESEARCH METHODS AND PRO ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adolescent binge/purge and weight loss behaviors: associations with developmental assets.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · March 2001 PURPOSE: To study associations between binge/purge and weight loss behaviors and "developmental assets" among adolescent girls and boys. METHODS: The Search Institute's Profile of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors self-report questionnaire was administ ... Full text Link to item Cite

A practical, theory-based approach to establishing school nutrition advisory councils.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · February 2001 This article describes a process for establishing school nutrition advisory councils (SNACs) as an integral part of a school environment approach to promoting the nutritional health of students. The application of social cognitive theory as the conceptual ... Full text Link to item Cite

Environmental influences on eating and physical activity.

Journal Article Annu Rev Public Health · 2001 Obesity has increased dramatically over the past two decades and currently about 50% of US adults and 25% of US children are overweight. The current epidemic of obesity is caused largely by an environment that promotes excessive food intake and discourages ... Full text Link to item Cite

Healthy eating: what does it mean to adolescents?

Journal Article J Nutr Educ · 2001 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the meanings of "healthy" and "unhealthy" eating and the importance of healthy eating among adolescents. DESIGN: Twenty-five structured focus groups were conducted. SUBJECTS: These focus groups cons ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perceptions of the family mealtime environment and adolescent mealtime behavior: do adults and adolescents agree?

Journal Article J Nutr Educ · 2001 The family mealtime environment has great potential to affect the eating behaviors of youth in the family. It is difficult to determine the important elements of a healthy mealtime environment because a valid assessment of the family environment is so diff ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pricing and promotion effects on low-fat vending snack purchases: the CHIPS Study.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · January 2001 OBJECTIVES: This study examined the effects of pricing and promotion strategies on purchases of low-fat snacks from vending machines. METHODS: Low-fat snacks were added to 55 vending machines in a convenience sample of 12 secondary schools and 12 worksites ... Full text Link to item Cite

Social, educational, and psychological correlates of weight status in adolescents.

Journal Article Obes Res · January 2001 OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this research was to examine the social, educational, and psychological correlates of weight status in an adolescent population. It was hypothesized that obese adolescents would differ on psychological, social, and educational va ... Full text Link to item Cite

Increasing weight-bearing physical activity and calcium intake for bone mass growth in children and adolescents: a review of intervention trials.

Journal Article Prev Med · December 2000 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this review is to evaluate the current state-of-the-science for interventions to increase bone mass gains in children and adolescents using weight-bearing physical activity or calcium supplementation. METHODS: Studies were located ... Full text Link to item Cite

Disordered eating among adolescents: associations with sexual/physical abuse and other familial/psychosocial factors.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · November 2000 OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between disordered eating behaviors and a range of familial/psychosocial factors, including sexual and physical abuse experiences, among adolescent girls and boys. METHOD: A statewide representative sample of 9,943 studen ... Full text Link to item Cite

Relationships between vitamin and mineral supplement use, dietary intake, and dietary adequacy among adolescents.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · August 2000 OBJECTIVE: To examine patterns of supplement use among US adolescents and the relationship between supplement use and dietary intake and adequacy. DESIGN: Adolescents self-reported 2 days of food intake using the 24-hour recall method and supplement use du ... Full text Link to item Cite

5-a-day Power Plus: process evaluation of a multicomponent elementary school program to increase fruit and vegetable consumption.

Journal Article Health Educ Behav · April 2000 The 5-a-Day Power Plus program targeted multiethnic fourth- and fifth-grade students in 10 intervention and 10 control urban elementary schools in St. Paul, Minnesota, to increase fruit and vegetable consumption. The intervention included behavioral curric ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight-loss practices, nutrition beliefs, and weight-loss program preferences of urban American Indian women.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · April 2000 OBJECTIVE: To describe health beliefs, weight concern, dieting practices, and weight-loss program preferences of American Indian women residing in an urban setting. DESIGN: Face-to-face interviews using a semistructured questionnaire were conducted and hei ... Full text Link to item Cite

Family meals among adolescents: Findings from a pilot study

Journal Article Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior · January 1, 2000 This study aimed to increase our understanding of family meal patterns among adolescents. A school-based survey was completed by 252 junior and senior high school students. Nearly a third (30.7%) reported that their families had eaten a meal together at le ... Full text Cite

Food perceptions and dietary behavior of American-Indian children, their caregivers, and educators: Formative assessment findings from pathways

Journal Article Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior · January 1, 2000 Dietary findings from a school-based obesity prevention project (Pathways) are reported for children from six different American-Indian nations. A formative assessment was undertaken with teachers, caregivers, and children from nine schools to design a cul ... Full text Cite

School-based programs for obesity prevention: what do adolescents recommend?

Journal Article Am J Health Promot · 2000 Twenty-five focus groups conducted with 203 adolescent boys and girls from junior high and high schools in St. Paul, Minnesota, showed that students want weight control programs that are fun, interactive, accessible, convenient, low in cost, sensitive to t ... Full text Link to item Cite

The "family meal": Views of adolescents

Journal Article Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior · January 1, 2000 The study objectives were to (1) increase our knowledge about family meal patterns of adolescents, (2) identify factors that adolescents perceive as reasons for not eating meals with their family, and (3) assess adolescents' perceptions on whether they eat ... Full text Cite

Factors influencing food choices of adolescents: findings from focus-group discussions with adolescents.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · August 1999 OBJECTIVE: To assess adolescents' perceptions about factors influencing their food choices and eating behaviors. DESIGN: Data were collected in focus-group discussions. SUBJECTS/SETTING: The study population included 141 adolescents in 7th and 10th grade f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diet and physical activity patterns of Lakota Indian adults.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · July 1999 OBJECTIVES: This study assessed specific dietary practices and overall physical activity patterns of Lakota adults residing on Indian reservations in South Dakota. Perceived barriers to changing dietary and physical activity behaviors were also examined. D ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development of a questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in American Indian children.

Journal Article Am J Clin Nutr · April 1999 One aim of the Pathways study is to improve the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of American Indian children in grades 3-5 regarding physical activity and diet in. This article describes the development of a culturally sensitive, age-appropriate questio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multisite formative assessment for the Pathways study to prevent obesity in American Indian schoolchildren.

Journal Article Am J Clin Nutr · April 1999 We describe the formative assessment process, using an approach based on social learning theory, for the development of a school-based obesity-prevention intervention into which cultural perspectives are integrated. The feasibility phase of the Pathways st ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pathways family intervention for third-grade American Indian children.

Journal Article Am J Clin Nutr · April 1999 The goal of the feasibility phase of the Pathways family intervention was to work with families of third-grade American Indian children to reinforce health behaviors being promoted by the curriculum, food service, and physical activity components of this s ... Full text Link to item Cite

The epidemic of obesity in American Indian communities and the need for childhood obesity-prevention programs.

Journal Article Am J Clin Nutr · April 1999 American Indians of all ages and both sexes have a high prevalence of obesity. The high prevalence of diabetes mellitus in American Indians shows the adverse effects that obesity has in these communities. Obesity has become a major health problem in Americ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Soft drink consumption among US children and adolescents: nutritional consequences.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · April 1999 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether carbonated soft drink consumption is associated with consumption of milk, fruit juice, and the nutrients concentrated in these beverages. DESIGN: Data collected as part of the 1994 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Indivi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in American Indian School children and adolescents in the Aberdeen area: a population study.

Journal Article Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord · March 1999 OBJECTIVES: This study estimated the prevalences of overweight and obesity in American Indian children and adolescents attending schools in the Aberdeen area Indian Health Service (including SD, ND, IA, NE). METHODS: Stature and weight were measured for 12 ... Full text Link to item Cite

School-based approaches for preventing and treating obesity.

Journal Article Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord · March 1999 Schools have the potential to make valuable contributions to both the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity. This article reviews the research on school-based interventions to prevent and treat obesity. A literature search from 1965 to the present ... Full text Link to item Cite

Introduction

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Promoting healthy eating and physical activity in adolescents.

Journal Article Adolesc Med · February 1999 The purpose of this article is to provide an update on promoting healthy dietary and physical activity behaviors in adolescents. In the first part of the article the authors discuss the importance of healthy eating and physical activity during adolescence, ... Link to item Cite

Beliefs and attitudes about obesity among teachers and school health care providers working with adolescents

Journal Article Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior · January 1, 1999 The aim of the present study was to assess and describe obesity-related beliefs and attitudes among school staff. Mailed surveys were completed by 115 science, health, home economics, and physical education teachers, school nurses, and school social worker ... Full text Cite

Diet and physical activity patterns of urban American Indian women.

Journal Article Am J Health Promot · 1999 A cross sectional survey was conducted of American Indian women ages 18 years and older and residing in Minneapolis to assess dietary and physical activity practices. Results indicate a high amount of fat foods and low amount of fruits or vegetables consum ... Full text Link to item Cite

Issues of self-image among overweight African-American and Caucasian adolescent girls: A qualitative study

Journal Article Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior · January 1, 1999 This study aimed to gather in-depth descriptions of the experiences of overweight adolescent girls to understand how they view themselves and their social context. The study further aimed to compare body and self-image issues among African-American and Cau ... Full text Cite

Nutrition beliefs and weight loss practices of Lakota Indian adults

Journal Article Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior · January 1, 1999 Primary objectives were to describe beliefs about diet and health, weight perceptions, and weight loss practices among Lakota Indian adults. In-person interviews were conducted with a total of 219 adults from two reservations in South Dakota. Overall, 55.5 ... Full text Cite

Sociodemographic and personal characteristics of adolescents engaged in weight loss and weight/muscle gain behaviors: who is doing what?

Journal Article Prev Med · January 1999 BACKGROUND: Prevalence rates of behaviors aimed at weight loss and weight/muscle gain among adolescents were examined across sociodemographic and personal anthropometric variables to provide insight into these behaviors and identify high-risk subgroups. ME ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight-related attitudes and behaviors in fourth grade American Indian children.

Journal Article Obes Res · January 1999 OBJECTIVE: American Indian children have a high prevalence of obesity, yet little is known about weight-related attitudes and the prevalence of dieting in this population. This study assessed weight concerns, body size perceptions, weight reduction attempt ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lessons learned about adolescent nutrition from the Minnesota Adolescent Health Survey.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · December 1998 In 1986-1987, more than 30,000 adolescents completed the Minnesota Adolescent Health Survey, a comprehensive assessment of adolescent health status, health behaviors, and psychosocial factors. Although the survey included relatively few items on nutrition- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perceived stigmatization among overweight African-American and Caucasian adolescent girls.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · November 1998 PURPOSE: To explore how African-American and Caucasian adolescent girls describe weight-related stigmatization experiences and their responses to these experiences. METHODOLOGY: Fifty girls from five urban Midwest high schools participated in the study (me ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dieting status and its relationship to eating and physical activity behaviors in a representative sample of US adolescents.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · October 1998 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether adolescents engaging in extreme weight loss methods (i.e., vomiting and diet pills) and those using more moderate methods differ from each other in dietary intake (fruits, vegetables, and higher-fat foods) and physical activ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Disordered eating among adolescents with chronic illness and disability: the role of family and other social factors.

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · September 1998 OBJECTIVES: To compare prevalence rates of weight-control behaviors among adolescents with and without chronic illness and to explore the role of familial and other social factors on associations between disordered eating and chronic illness. DESIGN AND SE ... Full text Link to item Cite

Guess who's cooking? The role of men in meal planning, shopping, and preparation in US families.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · September 1998 OBJECTIVES: To determine the role of men in meal-related tasks in households with both a male and female head, and to identify households in which the man is more likely to be involved in these tasks. DESIGN: Data collected as part of the US Department of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pathways: A school-based program for the primary prevention of obesity in American Indian children

Journal Article Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry · September 1, 1998 This report describes the proposed intervention and outcome measurement procedures for the Pathways study. Pathways is a multicenter school-based study aimed at reducing the alarming increase in the prevalence of obesity in American Indian children. It is ... Full text Cite

Adolescent satisfaction with postpartum contraception and body weight concerns.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · June 1998 PURPOSE: To explore factors that could be related to adolescents' satisfaction with postpartum contraceptives. METHODS: Three focus groups were conducted with a total of 22 adolescent mothers. The groups covered four content areas: feelings about birth con ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adolescents engaging in unhealthy weight control behaviors: are they at risk for other health-compromising behaviors?

Journal Article Am J Public Health · June 1998 OBJECTIVES: This study sought to determine whether adolescents engaging in weight control behaviors are at increased risk for tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use; suicide ideation and attempts; and unprotected sexual activity. METHODS: Data were collected ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diet and adolescent behavior: is there a relationship?

Journal Article Adolesc Med · June 1998 Behavioral problems such as hyperactivity, learning disabilities, mental illness, aggressive and antisocial behavior, and juvenile delinquency have been purportedly linked to the potential influence of foods or nutrients. This article examines the scientif ... Link to item Cite

Formative research in a school-based obesity prevention program for Native American school children (Pathways).

Journal Article Health Educ Res · June 1998 This paper describes how formative research was developed and implemented to produce obesity prevention interventions among school children in six different Native American nations that are part of the Pathways study. The formative assessment work presente ... Full text Link to item Cite

Profile of public health nutrition personnel: challenges for population/system-focused roles and state-level monitoring.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · June 1998 OBJECTIVE: Our 3 objectives were to document the current public health nutrition workforce in the United States, identify top public health nutrition priorities for the next 5 years, and assess the capacity of public health nutrition personnel to address t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Changing fruit and vegetable consumption among children: the 5-a-Day Power Plus program in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · April 1998 OBJECTIVES: A randomized school based trial sought to increase fruit and vegetable consumption among children using a multicomponent approach. METHODS: The intervention, conducted in 20 elementary schools in St. Paul, targeted a multiethnic group of childr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dieting and binge eating among adolescents: what do they really mean?

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · April 1998 The study objectives were to gain insight into how the terms "dieting" and "binge eating" are understood and used by adolescents and to assess whether interpretations of these terms are consistent across age and gender. Twenty-five focus groups were conduc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nutritional concerns in American Indian and Alaska Native children: transitions and future directions.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · February 1998 The nutritional health of American Indian and Alaska Native children has changed dramatically over the past 30 years. The prevention and treatment of malnutrition (primarily undernutrition) was a major health issue until the mid to late 1970s. Now, a gener ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nutrition education in Minnesota public schools: Perceptions and practices of teachers

Journal Article Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior · January 1, 1998 A random sample of 1890 elementary and secondary teachers in Minnesota public schools was surveyed to determine their perceptions and practices regarding nutrition education. The survey response rate was 47% (n = 894). Data were analyzed using cumulative f ... Full text Cite

Psychosocial factors and health behaviors associated with inadequate fruit and vegetable intake among American-Indian and Alaska-Native adolescents

Journal Article Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior · January 1, 1998 The purpose of the study was to examine fruit and vegetable intake patterns among American Indian and Alaska Native adolescents and to assess psychosocial factors and health behaviors related to inadequate consumption. The study was conducted in nonurban s ... Full text Cite

The relationship between suicide risk and sexual orientation: results of a population-based study.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · January 1998 OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relationship between sexual orientation and suicide risk in a population-based sample of adolescents. METHODS: Participants were selected from a cross-sectional, statewide survey of junior and senior public high school s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Agreement between survey and interview measures of weight control practices in adolescents.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · January 1998 OBJECTIVE: The present study examined agreement between survey and interview measures of weight control practices in a nonclinical sample of adolescents. METHOD: Surveys were administered in three school health classes. Clinical interviews were conducted i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dieting status and its relationship to eating and physical activity behaviors in a representative sample of US adolescents

Journal Article Journal of the American Dietetic Association · December 1, 1997 Objective To determine whether adolescents engaging in extreme weight loss methods (ie, vomiting and diet pills) and those using more moderate methods differ from each other in dietary intake (fruits, vegetables, and higher-fat foods) and physical activity ... Cite

Recommendations from overweight youth regarding school-based weight control programs.

Journal Article J Sch Health · December 1997 This study aimed to obtain recommendations from overweight youth on the development of school-based weight control programs; to determine their level of interest in participation; and to learn about the outcomes they desired from such a program. Because ob ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ethnic differences in psychosocial and health behavior correlates of dieting, purging, and binge eating in a population-based sample of adolescent females.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · November 1997 OBJECTIVE: To examine ethnic differences in factors associated with disordered eating behaviors. METHOD: Data were collected from 17,159 adolescent females who completed a school-based health survey conducted in 1987. RESULTS: In all ethnic groups, dieting ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adolescent vegetarians. A behavioral profile of a school-based population in Minnesota.

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · August 1997 OBJECTIVE: To compare a population-based sample of vegetarian and nonvegetarian adolescents regarding food intake patterns, disordered eating, and a range of other non-food-related health-compromising and health-promoting behaviors. DESIGN: A cross-section ... Full text Link to item Cite

Covariations of eating behaviors with other health-related behaviors among adolescents.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · June 1997 PURPOSE: The study objectives are: (1) to examine and compare patterns of covariation of a wide range of health behaviors among adolescent boys and girls; (2) to determine whether eating behaviors are part of a larger construct of health-related behaviors ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of parental mental health status on adolescents' dietary behaviors.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · June 1997 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore whether adolescents of substance-abusing and depressed parents were more likely to have poor dietary behaviors than those in the health comparison families. METHODS: The sample consisted of 841 adolescents ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychosocial concerns and weight control behaviors among overweight and nonoverweight Native American adolescents.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · June 1997 OBJECTIVE: To compare the psychosocial and weight-related concerns and weight control, eating, and exercise behaviors of overweight and nonoverweight Native American adolescents living on or near reservations. STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey assesse ... Full text Link to item Cite

Promoting healthy eating and ensuring adequate weight gain in pregnant adolescents: issues and strategies.

Journal Article Ann N Y Acad Sci · May 28, 1997 The seven specific strategies discussed for promoting the nutritional health of pregnant adolescents can be categorized into three broad areas: (1) improve nutrition knowledge and skills of adolescents, as well as health care providers; (2) improve program ... Full text Link to item Cite

A pricing strategy to promote low-fat snack choices through vending machines.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · May 1997 OBJECTIVES: This study examined the role of price on purchases of low-fat snacks from vending machines. METHODS: Sales of low-fat and regular snacks were monitored in nine vending machines during a 4-week baseline, a 3-week intervention in which prices of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychosocial concerns and health-compromising behaviors among overweight and nonoverweight adolescents.

Journal Article Obes Res · May 1997 OBJECTIVE: To compare weight-specific and global psychosocial concerns and health-compromising behaviors among overweight and nonoverweight youth across gender and ethnicity. METHODS: A cross-sectional school-based survey of 31,122 adolescents in grades 7 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychosocial and behavioral correlates of dieting and purging in Native American adolescents.

Journal Article Pediatrics · April 1997 OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relationship of psychosocial factors and health behaviors to frequent dieting and purging behaviors in Native American adolescent boys and girls. DESIGN: School-based health survey. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A total sampl ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effects of cigarette smoking and gestational weight change on birth outcomes in obese and normal-weight women.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · April 1997 OBJECTIVES: The associations of infant birth outcomes with maternal pregravid obesity, gestational weight gain, and prenatal cigarette smoking were examined. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 1343 obese and normal-weight gravidas evaluated the associati ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychosocial correlates of health compromising behaviors among adolescents.

Journal Article Health Educ Res · March 1997 The objective of the present study was to examine psychosocial correlates of diverse health-compromising behaviors among adolescents of different ages. The study population included 123,132 adolescents in sixth, ninth and 12th grades. Psychosocial correlat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Correlates of inadequate consumption of dairy products among adolescents

Journal Article Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior · January 1, 1997 The objective of this study was to identify the sociodemographic, personal, psychosocial, and behavioral correlates of low consumption of dairy products among adolescents. A comprehensive, school-based health behavior survey was administered to 36,284 publ ... Full text Cite

Meeting the U.S. Dietary Guidelines in school meals: Current practices, perceived barriers, and future training needs

Journal Article Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior · January 1, 1997 A sample of 628 school food service personnel was surveyed to determine what changes had been instituted in school food service programs to ensure compliance with the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, perceived barriers that prevented making such changes, self-perc ... Full text Cite

Psychosocial and behavioral correlates of dieting and purging in Native American adolescents.

Journal Article Pediatrics · 1997 OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relationship of psychosocial factors and health behaviors to frequent dieting and purging behaviors in Native American adolescent boys and girls. DESIGN: School-based health survey. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A total sampl ... Cite

Formative research to devepolment cueturaely appropriate interventions and measurement instruments in the pathways study

Journal Article FASEB Journal · December 1, 1996 Formative research was conducted to develop culturally appropriate obesity prevention interventions and to refine measurement instruments for school children in six different Native American nations. In-depth interviews, semi-structured interviews , focus ... Cite

Patterns of health-compromising behaviors among Minnesota adolescents: sociodemographic variations.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · November 1996 OBJECTIVES: This study compared prevalence rates of health-compromising behaviors among boys and girls from different ethnic backgrounds in early, middle, and late adolescence and compared co-occurrences of such behaviors across gender and ethnic groups. M ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychosocial predictors of binge eating and purging behaviors among adolescents with and without diabetes mellitus.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · October 1996 PURPOSE: This study aims to compare dieting, binge eating, and purging behaviors, and to examine predictors of binge eating and purging behaviors among adolescents with and without Diabetes Mellitus (DM). METHODS: The index group included 310 adolescents w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Covariations of unhealthy weight loss behaviors and other high-risk behaviors among adolescents.

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · March 1996 OBJECTIVES: To determine if unhealthy weight loss methods are associated with other health-compromising behaviors among adolescents and to examine covariation patterns across gender and age groups. STUDY DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: The study sample was drawn ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pregnancy complications and birth outcomes in obese and normal-weight women: effects of gestational weight change.

Journal Article Obstet Gynecol · March 1996 OBJECTIVE: To compare the pregnancy course and outcomes in obese and normal-weight women and their associations with gestational weight change. METHODS: Multivariate logistic regression described the relation of weight change to pregnancy course and outcom ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sexual orientation and prevalence of body dissatisfaction and eating disordered behaviors: a population-based study of adolescents.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · March 1996 OBJECTIVE: The hypothesis that homosexual orientation would be associated with higher rates of body dissatisfaction, dieting, and eating disordered behaviors in males, but lower rates in females, relative to those of heterosexual orientation, was examined. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Correlates of inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescents.

Journal Article Prev Med · 1996 BACKGROUND: The present study aims to determine the prevalence of inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescents and to determine sociodemographic, personal, psychosocial, and behavioral correlates of inadequate consumption. METHODS: Data pre ... Full text Link to item Cite

Body dissatisfaction and unhealthy weight-control practices among adolescents with and without chronic illness: a population-based study.

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · December 1995 OBJECTIVE: To compare body dissatisfaction and unhealthy weight-loss practices among adolescents with and without chronic illness. DESIGN: Survey. PARTICIPANTS: The sample consisted of 2149 adolescent boys and girls with diabetes, asthma, attention deficit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Accuracy of Food Portion Size Estimations By Bulimic Subjects

Journal Article Journal of the American Dietetic Association · September 1, 1995 Dietary assessment is an integral component of the determination of medical, nutritional and educational needs of bulimic individuals. The ability to accurately assess portion size is an important aspect of dietary assessment, but may be altered in bulimic ... Full text Cite

Ethnic/racial and socioeconomic differences in dieting behaviors and body image perceptions in adolescents.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · September 1995 This study examined differences in perceptions of body weight, dieting, unhealthy eating behaviors, and weight control methods among adolescent males and females of various racial/ethnic and socioeconomic (SES) subgroups. Data were derived from a comprehen ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self-esteem and obesity in children and adolescents: a literature review.

Journal Article Obes Res · September 1995 The relationship between self-esteem and obesity has not received a great deal of empirical evaluation using strong research methodologies. Thus, it is not clear whether self-esteem is consistently related to obesity, whether the relationship is global or ... Full text Link to item Cite

Frequent dieting among adolescents: psychosocial and health behavior correlates.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · May 1995 OBJECTIVES: The present study examined correlates of frequent dieting in 33,393 adolescents. It was hypothesized that frequent dieting would be correlated with negative psychosocial and health behavior outcomes. METHODS: A comprehensive, school-based healt ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nutrition issues and adolescent pregnancy

Journal Article Nutrition Today · January 1, 1995 Pregnancy among adolescents—who are often poor, undereducated, and unmarried—is associated with prematurity and low birth weight infants. In spite of the many physical and psychosocial problems these young women experience, pregnant teenagers want to have ... Full text Cite

Food advertisements during children's Saturday morning television programming: are they consistent with dietary recommendations?

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · November 1994 Children in the United States spend more time watching television than they do in any other activity except sleep. Given the number of food commercials to which children are exposed, we thought it would be of interest to examine current food advertising du ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight perceptions and weight control practices in American Indian and Alaska Native adolescents. A national survey.

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · June 1994 OBJECTIVE: To assess weight perceptions and weight control practices among American Indian-Alaska Native adolescents. DESIGN: Survey. SETTING: Nonurban schools from eight Indian Health Service areas. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 13,454 seventh- through 12th-gr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Guidelines for overweight in adolescent preventive services: recommendations from an expert committee. The Expert Committee on Clinical Guidelines for Overweight in Adolescent Preventive Services.

Journal Article Am J Clin Nutr · February 1994 An expert committee was convened to determine specific criteria for overweight to be integrated into routine preventive screening of adolescents. Body mass index (BMI) should be used routinely to screen for overweight adolescents. Youth with BMIs > or = 95 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reducing fat and sodium in school lunch programs: the LUNCHPOWER! Intervention Study.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · September 1992 This study developed, implemented, and evaluated a healthful school lunch program that provided tasty food choices that were lower in fat and sodium. The LUNCHPOWER! Intervention Program was implemented in 34 elementary schools in four school districts tha ... Link to item Cite

Validity of self-reported weight and stature of American Indian youth.

Journal Article J Adolesc Health · March 1992 Stature, weight, and body mass index (BMI) were obtained by self-reports and by measurements for 69 American Indian youth, 12-19 years of age, to determine the validity of self-reported values for research and clinical use. Self-reported weight was signifi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Indications of early obesity in low-income Hmong children.

Journal Article Am J Dis Child · January 1992 OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is evidence of obesity in low-income Hmong children. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Women, Infants, and Children clinics in Minneapolis, Minn. PARTICIPANTS: 271 US-born Hmong children, ages 1.00 through 4.99 years ... Full text Link to item Cite

Demographic and risk factors associated with chronic dieting in adolescents.

Journal Article Am J Dis Child · September 1991 A comprehensive, school-based survey was administered to 36,320 Minnesota public school students in grades 7 through 12 during the 1987-1988 school year. Self-reported chronic dieting was much higher in girls than in boys (12.1% of all girls vs 2.1% of boy ... Full text Link to item Cite

The variability of young children's energy intake.

Journal Article N Engl J Med · June 20, 1991 Link to item Cite

Child nutrition: objectives for the decade.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · June 1991 Link to item Cite

Prevalence of obesity in American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Journal Article Am J Clin Nutr · June 1991 Obesity is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and non-insulin-dependent diabetes, which are chronic diseases that afflict American Indians and Alaska Natives today. Because American Indians are not represented in most national health and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Current perspectives on adolescent obesity

Journal Article Topics in Clinical Nutrition · January 1, 1991 Full text Cite

The prime time diet: a content analysis of eating behavior and food messages in television program content and commercials.

Journal Article Am J Public Health · June 1990 The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze messages related to food and eating behavior as presented on prime time television (8:00-11:00 pm) both in programming and commercials. Food references occurred an average of 4.8 times per 30 minutes of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Food habits and dietary change of Southeast Asian refugee families living in the United States.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · June 1989 Food habits and changes in food consumption patterns were assessed among 60 Southeast Asian refugee families (Cambodian and Hmong) living in the United States. With the use of a structured interview schedule, in-home interviews were conducted by a Hmong or ... Link to item Cite

Food preferences, beliefs, and practices of Southeast Asian refugee adolescents.

Journal Article J Sch Health · September 1988 Food preferences, beliefs, and practices were assessed among 207 Southeast Asian refugee high school students, all of whom had been in the U.S. five years or less. Questionnaires typed both in English as well as their native language of either Cambodian, V ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adolescent nutrition: self-perceived deficiencies and needs of practitioners working with youth.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · May 1988 Sixty-three percent of a random sample of 866 members within three practice groups of The American Dietetic Association responded to a survey designed to assess (a) perceived competency of nutrition management in 20 major areas of adolescent health, (b) de ... Link to item Cite

Anthropometric measurements and dietary intakes of Cherokee Indian teenagers in North Carolina.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · November 1986 Anthropometric measurements, rates of obesity, and food intake practices were investigated among 277 Cherokee Indian youths in North Carolina. Differences in food intake practices between lean and fat individuals were also assessed. Height, weight, and tri ... Link to item Cite

Food preferences of cherokee Indian teenagers in cherokee, North Carolina

Journal Article Ecology of Food and Nutrition · September 1, 1986 Food preferences of 257 Cherokee Indian teenagers living on tribal lands in Cherokee, North Carolina, were assessed. Differences between the sexes and body fat classes were also examined. There was a high preference for high fat foods and fried foods and a ... Full text Cite

Nutrition management and dietary treatment of bulimia.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · April 1986 Bulimia is a complex disorder that requires a multifaceted treatment approach. Treatment for bulimia, as for anorexia nervosa, is often difficult and challenging. Treatment approaches have been limited, and no single approach has emerged as a treatment of ... Link to item Cite

Adolescents' views on food and nutrition

Journal Article Journal of Nutrition Education · January 1, 1986 This study, which investigated the opinions and views of adolescents throughout the state of Minnesota, examines a range of nutrition-related topics. Using a small group discussion format and qualitative survey methods, we polled 900 high school students. ... Full text Cite