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Using a gamified monitoring app to change adolescents' snack intake : the development of the REWARD app and evaluation design [PDF]
, 2016 Background: As the snacking pattern of European adolescents is of great concern, effective interventions are necessary. Till now health promotion efforts in children and adolescents have had only limited success in changing adolescents' eating patterns ...
B. Deforche +11 more
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BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Snacking is a prevalent dietary behaviour among young adults, which could independently contribute to weight gain. Vending machines provide easy access to unhealthy snacks and beverages for young adults in universities.
Yumeng Shi +2 more
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Dietary habits and children's family lives [PDF]
, 2005 Purpose : To investigate associations between 'less healthy eating' and 'unhealthy snacking' at age 11, and family life (family structure, meals and maternal employment status) together with potential socio-economic confounders and gender.
Sweeting, H., West, P.
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Perseverative Cognition and Snack Choice: An Online Pilot Investigation
Behavioral Sciences, 2021 Perseverative cognition (PC), consisting of worry and rumination, has been consistently linked to a variety of poorer health outcomes, namely via the worsening of stress-induced health risk behaviours. However, research into PC and unhealthy food choice,
Timothy M. Eschle, Dane McCarrick
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Modeling the Distinct Negative-Reinforcement Mechanisms Associated with Alcohol Misuse and Unhealthy Snacking [PDF]
Substance Use & Misuse, 2019 Negative personality characteristics have been implicated in promoting overconsumption of both alcohol and food. Furthermore, positive motivations (enhancement) and negative motivations (coping) may mediate the association between personality and alcohol or food (over)consumption.This study hypothesized that i.) drinking to cope and ii.) eating to cope
Reaves, DL +5 more
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Normative misperceptions of unhealthy snacking amongst 11- to 12-year-old secondary school students [PDF]
Appetite, 2021 Younger adolescents are at an age where they have increasing control of their diet, and where peers become an important social reference for acceptable and normative dietary behaviours. These normative perceptions are often inaccurate and can lead to the development of unhealthy eating practices; although, the role of normative misperceptions of peers'
Calvert, Sian +2 more
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Effect of Training Program on Snack Consumption in Elementary School Girls: Application of the BASNEF Model [PDF]
Journal of Education and Community Health, 2021 Aims: Many non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, osteoporosis, and high blood pressure are related to unhealthy eating habits and patterns formed in childhood and the teenage period. This study investigated the effect of a training program based on
Zahra Jalili +2 more
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Use of fitness and nutrition apps : associations with body mass index, snacking, and drinking habits in adolescents [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Efforts to improve snacking and drinking habits are needed to promote a healthy body mass index (BMI) in adolescents. Although commercial fitness and nutrition mobile phone apps are widely used, little is known regarding their potential to ...
Beullens, Kathleen +13 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess the most consumed school snacks using the free listing and understand how marketing strategies on food labels influenced children's perceptions of snacks via focus groups.DesignThe study design involved free lists and ...
Priscila de Morais Sato +4 more
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Uses and abuses of snack foods in child health [PDF]
, 2017 Snack foods, though regarded as unhealthy, are widely eaten by children, particularly those with eating and feeding difficulties. This article outlines the ways in which paediatricians have traditionally made use of snack foods as incentives and then ...
Wright, Charlotte M.
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