Individual and Environmental Influences on Adolescent Eating Behaviors

Story, Mary; Neumark‐Sztainer, Dianne; French, Simone A.

doi:10.1016/s0002-8223(02)90421-9

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“…This makes the GSARAR specification preferable to others, at least as long as the normality assumption is an appropriate assumption. To sum up, we can say that results in general are consistent with the hypothesis that fast food consumption is linked to issues of identity and friends (Story et al, 2002).…”

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Peer effects, fast food consumption and adolescent weight gain

Fortin

Yazbeck

2015

Journal of Health Economics

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This paper aims at opening the black box of peer effects in adolescent weight gain. Using Add Health data on secondary schools in the U.S., we investigate whether these effects partly flow through the eating habits channel. Adolescents are assumed to interact through a friendship social network. We first propose a social interaction model of fast food consumption. Our approach allows to control for correlated effects at the network level and to solve the simultaneity (reflection) problem. We exploit results by Bramoullé, Djebbari and Fortin (2009) which show that if there are two agents who are separated by a link of distance 3 within a network (i.e., two adolescents who are not friends but are linked by two friends), peer effects are identified. The model is estimated using maximum likelihood and generalized 2SLS strategies. We also estimate a panel dynamic weight gain production function relating an adolescent's Body Mass Index (BMI) to his current fast food consumption and his lagged BMI level. Results show that there are positive significant peer effects in fast food consumption among adolescents belonging to a same friendship school network. The estimated social multiplier is 1.59. Our results also suggest that, at the network level, an extra day of weekly fast food restaurant visits increases BMI by 2.4%, when peer effects are taken into account.

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Peer effects, fast food consumption and adolescent weight gain

Fortin

Yazbeck

2015

Journal of Health Economics

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“…The data suggest that girls, compared to boys, and younger students, compared to older ones, were more likely to have healthful eating habits, consuming fruits and vegetables more frequently and choosing high-fat and high-sugar foods less frequently. Gender and age are known factors that influence the adoption of healthful eating patterns in adolescents (Fraser et al, 2000;Lytle et al, 2000;Lien et al, 2002;Story et al, 2002). Girls are more likely to report healthier food choices, more fruits and vegetables and less high-fat content foods, such as potato crisps and chips, hamburgers, cakes, and pastries (Andersen et al, 1995;Inchley et al, 2001;Paulus et al, 2001).…”

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Nutrition-related habits of Greek adolescents

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Objective: To investigate nutrition-related habits of Greek school-aged adolescents. Design: Epidemiological survey. Setting and subjects: The study was part of the Health Behavior in School Aged Children (HBSC) survey. A representative sample of school-aged adolescents aged 11.5, 13.5, and 15.5 y was obtained. The final sample consisted of 4211 students (51.6% girls and 48.4% boys). They were asked to complete a translated form of the international HBSC questionnaire, including several thematic entities. The Unhealthy Food Choices Score (UFCS) was devised in order to evaluate the overall quality of reported eating habits of respondents; the higher the score, the lower the diet quality. Results: Among all students surveyed, 14.7% were reported to be on a diet to lose weight (girls: 19.5%; boys: 9.7%; Po0.001), and 22.9% were dissatisfied with their body weight but not on a diet. Girls were found to have lower UFCS values compared to boys (24.774.6 vs 24.174.5, Po0.001). Girls dissatisfied with their weight, but not on a diet, showed the highest UFCS values compared to both those on a diet and those not on a diet. TV viewing was positively associated with the consumption of sodas, crisps, cakes and pastries, and sweets and chocolates. Conclusions: Dieting is becoming a major problem, especially among older girls. The findings of this study suggest that eating habits of Greek school-aged adolescents are in the process of changing from more traditional to more Westernized ones.

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“…Many different factors influence food habits in a complex interactive way. Parents and the family environment are very important for young children to learn and develop food preferences and eating habits in a dual way (Story et al, 2002). On the one hand as providers of the food children eat, family members are also relevant role models and establish rules and norms related to food and eating practices.…”

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Sociodemographic and lifestyle determinants of food patterns in Spanish children and adolescents: the enKid study

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Objective: To analyse prevailing food patterns among Spanish children and young people and their relationship to sociodemographic and lifestyle factors. Design: Cross-sectional population survey. Setting: Population study. Data were collected at participants' home addresses. Subjects: Random sample of the Spanish population aged 2-24 y (n ¼ 3534; 1629 boys and 1905 girls). Interventions: Food consumption was assessed by means of a 24-h recall and a food frequency questionnaire. Sociodemographic and lifestyle related data were collected by specially designed questionnaires, previously pretested and validated. All the information was collected during a personal interview by trained dietitians. Data collection: May 1998-April 2000.Results: Average consumption of fruit and vegetables was low. The youngest age group (2-5 y) showed the lowest proportions of inadequacy for the dairy group (Po0,001; w 2 ¼ 39.11 boys; w 2 ¼ 49.60 girls). Factor analysis identified five main components of dietary patterns. The 'Snacky' pattern was characterised by more frequent and higher consumption of bakery products (buns, cakes and biscuits), sweets, salted snacks and soft drinks. Higher intakes of fruit, vegetables and fish were associated to the 'Healthy' pattern. Children whose mother had a low level of education and those who spent more than 2 h daily watching TV were more likely to follow the 'Snacky' pattern. Girls were more likely to follow the 'Healthy' pattern, while children and young people whose mother had a lower level of education were less likely. Conclusion: Results from this study highlight the importance of enhancing school-based and community-based actions to promote healthy eating and physical activity addressed to children and young people.

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Individual and Environmental Influences on Adolescent Eating Behaviors

Cited by 1,237 publications

References 60 publications

Peer effects, fast food consumption and adolescent weight gain

Peer effects, fast food consumption and adolescent weight gain

Nutrition-related habits of Greek adolescents

Sociodemographic and lifestyle determinants of food patterns in Spanish children and adolescents: the enKid study

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