- Title
- Social cognitive mediators of dietary behavior change in adolescent girls
- Creator
- McCabe, Brianne E.; Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Dewar, Deborah L.; Collins, Clare E.; Lubans, David R.
- Relation
- ARC 26816 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP1092646
- Relation
- American Journal of Health Behavior Vol. 39, Issue 1, p. 51-61
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.39.1.6
- Publisher
- PNG Publications
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- Objectives: To examine potential mediators of adolescent girls' dietary behavior change in the Nutrition and Enjoyable Activity for Teen Girls (NEAT Girls) intervention for obesity prevention. Methods: Participants were 294 adolescent girls attending 12 secondary schools located in low-income communities of New South Wales, Australia. Hypothesized social cognitive mediators of dietary behavior change were assessed using valid and reliable scales. Results: The intervention effects on dietary outcomes and hypothesized mediators were not statistically significant. However, changes in hypothesized mediators were associated with changes in key dietary behaviors. Conclusions: Continued research is needed to examine effective strategies for improving dietary outcomes in youth, and to explore alternative theoretical mechanisms of dietary behavior change.
- Subject
- dietary change; adolescents; mediation; intervention; nutrition
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1332240
- Identifier
- uon:26816
- Identifier
- ISSN:1087-3244
- Language
- eng
- Full Text
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