Reinforcing value of food, enriched home environment, and changes in percent overweight in children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The decision to eat is often a choice made in the context of food and non-food alternatives. However, no research, to the authors' knowledge, has assessed the combination of the motivation to eat, as indexed by the relative reinforcing value of food (RRV_FOOD ), and the enriched home environment, i.e., access to activities that can serve as alternatives to eating on weight gain.

Methods

This study used a cross-sectional design to study how RRV_FOOD and the enriched home environment predict percent overweight change over 2 years in 291 children aged 6 to 9 years and of varying socioeconomic status.

Results

Results showed that RRV_FOOD and access to food were positively associated with baseline percent overweight, and an enriched

SUBMITTER: Carr KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11822945 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature