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Effects of Goal Setting on Dietary and Physical Activity Changes in the Boy Scout Badge Projects
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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
Identifying and Clarifying Values and Reason Statements that Promote Effective Food Parenting Practices, Using Intensive Interviews
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Beltran, Alicia; Hingle, Melanie D.; Knesek, Jessica; O'Connor, Teresia; Baranowski, Janice; Thompson, Debbe; Baranowski, Tom – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2011
Objective: Generate and test parents' understanding of values and associated reason statements to encourage effective food parenting practices. Methods: This study was cross-sectional. Sixteen parents from different ethnic groups (African American, white, and Hispanic) living with their 3- to 5-year-old child were recruited. Interested parents…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, National Surveys
Diverse Food Items Are Similarly Categorized by 8- to 13-Year-Old Children
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Beltran, Alicia; Knight Sepulveda, Karina; Watson, Kathy; Baranowski, Tom; Baranowski, Janice; Islam, Noemi; Missaghian, Mariam – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2008
Objective: Assess how 8- to 13-year-old children categorized and labeled food items for possible use as part of a food search strategy in a computerized 24-hour dietary recall. Design: A set of 62 cards with pictures and names of food items from 18 professionally defined food groups was sorted by each child into piles of similar food items.…
Descriptors: Search Strategies, Nutrition Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Early Adolescents
Environmental Influences on Dietary Behavior Among Children: Availability and Accessibility of Fruits and Vegetables Enable Consumption.
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Hearn, Marsha Davis; Baranowski, Tom; Baranowski, Janice; Doyle, Colleen; Smith, Matthew; Lin, Lillian S.; Resnicow, Ken – Journal of Health Education, 1998
Two studies examined how availability and accessibility of fruits and vegetables (F&V) affected elementary students' F&V consumption. Surveys of parents and children, food consumption records, and examination of foods served at several schools indicated that children's F&V consumption was related to home and school availability and…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Eating Habits, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Influence of School Organizational Characteristics on the Outcomes of a School Health Promotion Program.
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Cullen, Karen Weber; Baranowski, Tom; Baranowski, Janice; Hebert, David; deMoor, Carl; Hearn, Marsha Davis; Resnicow, Ken – Journal of School Health, 1999
Assessed the impact of school organizational characteristics on outcomes of a teacher health behavior change program. Organizational, dietary, and psychologic data from intervention and control schools indicated that teachers at intervention schools with high organizational climate, organizational health, and job satisfaction reported better…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Eating Habits, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
Goal Setting Is Differentially Related to Change in Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Consumption among Fourth-Grade Children
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Cullen, Karen Weber; Zakeri, Issa; Pryor, Erin W.; Baranowski, Tom; Baranowski, Janice; Watson, Kathy – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
The impact of goal attainment in a dietary change program to increase fruit, 100% juice, and vegetable consumption was assessed among fourth-grade students. At each session, the students were given goals related to increasing fruit, juice, and vegetable consumption. Baseline consumption and postconsumption were assessed with up to 4 days of…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Eating Habits, Dietetics, Food