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Latif, Hira; Watson, Kathy; Nguyen, Nga; Thompson, Debbe; Baranowski, Janice; Jago, Russell; Cullen, Karen W.; Baranowski, Tom – Health Education & Behavior, 2011
Background: This study evaluates the relationship of goal setting to low-fat vegetable (LV) and fruit/100% juice (FJ) consumption and physical activity (PA) change. Methods: A total of 473 10- to 14-year-old Boy Scouts from Houston took part in a 9-week intervention. A two-group (LV and FJ or PA) intervention design was used with each group…
Descriptors: Food, Intervention, Physical Activities, Social Desirability
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Cerin, Ester; Barnett, Anthony; Baranowski, Tom – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2009
Objective: To review and critique current experimentally-based evidence of theoretical mechanisms of dietary behavior change in youth and provide recommendations on ways to enhance theory evaluation. Methods: Interventions that examined mediators of dietary behavior change in youth (age 5-18 years) were identified via electronic database searches…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Behavior Change, Behavior Theories, Youth
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Baranowski, Tom; Allen, Diane D.; Masse, Louise C.; Wilson, Mark – Health Education Research, 2006
There has been some concern that participation in an intervention and exposure to a measurement instrument can change participants' interpretation of the items on a self-report questionnaire thereby distorting subsequent responses and biasing results. Differential item functioning (DIF) analysis using item response modeling can ascertain possible…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Test Bias, Intervention, Self Efficacy