Experimentally Manipulated Low Social Status and Food Insecurity Alter Eating Behavior Among Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This randomized trial experimentally manipulated social status to assess effects on acute eating behavior and 24-hour energy balance.

Methods

Participants (n = 133 Hispanics; age 15-21 years; 60.2% females) were randomized to low social status ("LOW") or high social status ("HIGH") conditions in a rigged game of Monopoly (Hasbro, Inc.). Acute energy intake in a lunchtime meal was measured by food scales. Twenty-four-hour energy balance was assessed via summation of resting metabolic rate (metabolic cart), physical activity energy expenditure (accelerometer), thermic effect of food, and subtraction of twenty-four-hour energy intake (food diary).

Results

In the total sample, no significant differences were observed by study condition at lunchtime. LOW females

SUBMITTER: Cardel MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7653825 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature