Executive function and probabilities of engaging in long-term sedentary and high calorie/low nutrition eating behaviors in early adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Consumption of high calorie/low nutrition (HCLN) foods, as well as high levels of sedentary behavior (SB), may play a substantial role in the development of childhood overweight and obesity. However, the choice to engage or not engage in this behavior may be impacted by limits in executive functioning (EF) - a set of higher order functions related to decision making, planning, and inhibitory processes.

Methods

The present study, as part of a large multiple health risk behavior trial designed to prevent substance use and obesity, evaluated the relationship between specific subdomains of EF and long-term patterns of HCLN food consumption and SB among a population of elementary school students (n = 709).

Results

Utilizing a form of mixture modeling based on a lat

SUBMITTER: Cappelli C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6711174 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature