Adolescent acceptance of different foods by obesity status and by sex

Perl, Marija Adam; Mandić, Milena L.; Primorac, Ljiljana; Klapec, Tomislav; Perl, Antonija

doi:10.1016/s0031-9384(98)00117-6

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“…Ortega et al [31] found that intake of cereals at breakfast was signifi cantly higher among normoweight children aged 9-13 years. Other authors examined the acceptance of different foods by 101 adolescents aged 13 years and reported that normal-weight subjects had signifi cantly higher acceptance scores for cereal products than their overweight counterparts [32] . More recently, Albertson et al [17] examined a total of 603 US children aged 4-12 years and found that children in the upper tertile of RTEC consumption had lower mean BMI than those in the lowest tertile consistently across all age groups.…”

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Consumption of Ready-to-Eat Cereals in Relation to Health and Diet Indicators among School Adolescents in Crete, Greece

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Background/Aims: We aimed at examining the intake of ready-to-eat cereals (RTEC) among adolescents in Crete, Greece, and investigate relationships with health and diet indicators. Methods: A sample of 392 adolescents (183 boys, 209 girls) aged 15 ± 0.4 years, attending high schools of two major counties in Crete, was studied to determine consumption of RTEC using a frequency questionnaire. Anthropometric measurements were performed and blood was drawn for analysis of serum lipoproteins and blood glucose (BG). The physical fitness was assessed with the 20-meter shuttle run test (SRT) and the amount of time watching television was estimated. Nutrient intakes were calculated through 24-hour dietary recalls. Results: 42% (n = 77) of boys and 43% (n = 90) of girls reported consumption of RTEC at least once per week. Approximately 40% of the male and 47% of the female consumers reported eating RTEC only at meals other than breakfast. RTEC consumption was inversely related to the obesity indices and BG levels, and positively related to the SRT (p < 0.05 in all analyses). RTEC consumers had significantly higher intakes of fibre, magnesium, calcium, iron, folate, and vitamins A, B₂ and B₆ (p < 0.05 in all analyses). Conclusion: Our results demonstrated favourable associations between RTEC intake and health and diet indicators in Greek adolescents, with potential implications for improved health status and chronic disease risk reduction.

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Consumption of Ready-to-Eat Cereals in Relation to Health and Diet Indicators among School Adolescents in Crete, Greece

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“…Meat consumption is negatively correlated with age (cf. Aranceta et al, 1998;Hudy, Caster, & Hames, 1985;Von Post-Skagegard et al, 2002), and women eat meat less frequently than men, (Beardsworth & Bryman, 1999;Fraser et al, 2000;Perl et al, 1998;Richardson et al, 1993), a difference which is primarily due to lower rates of red meat consumption (cf. Baghurst, 1999;Smit, Nieto, Crespo, & Mitchell, 1999).…”

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“…Among Western vegetarians, women greatly outnumber men (Beardsworth & Bryman, 1999;Neumark-Sztainer, Story, Resnick, & Blum, 1997;Worsley & Skrzypiec, 1998), and even nonvegetarian Western women eat considerably less meat than men as a proportion of the diet (Beardsworth & Bryman, 1999;Fraser, Welch, Luben, Bingham, & Day, 2000;Perl, Mandic, Primorac, Klapec, & Perl, 1998;Richardson, Shepherd, & Elliman, 1993). Correspondingly, in the US, Japan, Indonesia, and the Netherlands women and girls exhibit lower thresholds for the elicitation of disgust (Druschel & Sherman, 1999;Haidt et al, 1994;Koukounas & McCabe, 1997;Oppliger & Zillmann, 1997;Quigley, Sherman, & Sherman, 1997; first author's field notes; J.…”

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Disgust sensitivity and meat consumption: a test of an emotivist account of moral vegetarianism

Fessler¹,

Arguello²,

Mekdara³

et al. 2003

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Emotivist perspectives on moral reasoning hold that emotional reactions precede propositional reasoning. Published findings indicate that, compared with health vegetarians, those who avoid meat on moral grounds are more disgusted by meat [Psychol. Sci. 8 (1997) 67]. If, as per emotivist perspectives, such disgust precedes moral rationales for meat avoidance, then the personality trait of disgust sensitivity should generally be inversely related to meat eating. We surveyed 945 adults regarding meat consumption, reasons for meat avoidance, and disgust sensitivity. Contrary to the emotivist prediction, (a) meat consumption was positively correlated with disgust sensitivity, and (b) individuals who reported avoiding meat for moral reasons were not more sensitive to disgust than those who avoided meat for other reasons. We conclude that moral vegetarianism conforms to traditional explanations of moral reasoning, i.e. moral vegetarians' disgust reactions to meat are caused by, rather than causal of, their moral beliefs. q

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“…Most studies assessing attitudes have used self-reports, which are considered explicit measures because questions are asked in a direct way (e.g., Brug, Lechner, & Devries, 1995;Smith & Biddle, 1999). Some of these studies revealed that children with obesity report a positive attitude towards physical activity (Deforche, De Bourdeaudhuij, Tanghe, Hills, & De Bode, 2004), and a less positive one towards unhealthy food than controls (Perl, Mandic, Primorac, Klapec, & Perl, 1998). Although explicit measures are often accurate predictors of eating and exercising, there are several reasons why their predictive and explanatory value may be limited in some situations.…”

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Do children with obesity implicitly identify with sedentariness and fat food?

Craeynest

Crombez

Houwer

et al. 2006

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

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We investigated whether youngsters with obesity (n ¼ 39) differed from a control group (n ¼ 39) in their self-reported attitudes towards and in their implicit identification with physical activity and food. Self-reported attitudes were assessed using a rating scale; implicit identification was assessed using a self-concept Implicit Association Task (IAT). Results revealed a marked group difference on the implicit identification with food: Only youngsters without obesity identified themselves more with non-fat food than with fat food. r

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Adolescent acceptance of different foods by obesity status and by sex

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Consumption of Ready-to-Eat Cereals in Relation to Health and Diet Indicators among School Adolescents in Crete, Greece

Consumption of Ready-to-Eat Cereals in Relation to Health and Diet Indicators among School Adolescents in Crete, Greece

Disgust sensitivity and meat consumption: a test of an emotivist account of moral vegetarianism

Do children with obesity implicitly identify with sedentariness and fat food?

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