Dieting, overweight, and obesity: Self-regulation in a food-rich environment.

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Stroebe
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Overweight And Obesity

scholarly journals Establishing good dietary habits – capturing the minds of children

2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (1a) ◽  
pp. 125-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Westenhoefer
Keyword(s):  
Weight Control ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Social Meaning ◽  
The Social

AbstractObjective:To review the psycho-social research with respect to relevance for the development of nutritional education strategies.Results:The eating behaviour of the newborn baby is controlled by innate preferences and dislikes, and by biological self-regulation. These innate control-systems are modified by learning processes, most importantly by the mere exposure to unknown food, by social influences, and by associating the physiological consequences of food intake with taste cues. The last decades have witnessed a change of the social meaning of food and eating, and the social context of eating is subject to dramatic changes. While on the one hand, prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing, even young children deliberately practise weight control measures ranging from selective food choice to self-induced vomiting thus including behaviours which are clearly symptomatic of eating disorders. Such behaviour is motivated by unrealistic conceptions of a healthy body weight and shape. Children are interested in a range of nutrition topics. However, these topics have to be related to direct perceivable benefits from nutrition.Conclusions:Educational strategies should: firstly, focus on providing a variety of foods, including a range of nutrient-dense ‘healthy’ food and encouraging children to taste it; secondly, provide a stable and predictive pattern of social eating occasions to promote the social meaning and importance of eating and to enable social learning of food preferences; and finally, encourage a positive body image by providing advice and reassurance regarding the range of healthy and acceptable body weights and shapes.

Nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and self-regulation as predictors of overweight and obesity

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 502-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roula Balani ◽  
Heidi Herrington ◽  
Emily Bryant ◽  
Colleen Lucas ◽  
Son Chae Kim
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Overweight And Obesity

scholarly journals Advertising of ultra-processed foods and beverages: children as a vulnerable population

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 1006-1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Mallarino ◽  
Luis F Gómez ◽  
Laura González-Zapata ◽  
Yazmín Cadena ◽  
Diana C Parra
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Nutrition Transition ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Target Market ◽  
Processed Foods ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
American Children

The rapid nutrition transition occurring in Latin America has resulted in a sharp increase of childhood overweight and obesity. Recent evidence has shown that food and beverage advertising has a great influence on children’s eating behavior. This population has become a key target market for the ultra-processed foods and beverages industry, which is marketing products in an aggressive way. Evidence shows that Latin American countries have poor regulation of ultra-processed foods and beverages advertising, where the discourse of self-regulation still prevails over statutory regulations. The following commentary explores how advertising might play an important role in developing unhealthy dietary patterns and obesity in Latin American children, as well as the urgent need for government action and the involvement of civil society to tackle this public health issue.

scholarly journals Exercise Program-Related Psychosocial Changes Promote Healthy Weight in Youth

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-131
Author(s):  
James J. Annesi
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Exercise Program ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
After School ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Care Protocol

Background: An inappropriately high weight in children is a predictor of health risks. Reliable interventions that are easily disseminated are needed. Objective: Based on findings with adults, exercise-support methods might be leveraged to change behavioral predictors of a healthy body composition in youth. Analyses of changes in theory-based psychological variables’ association with changes in body composition within the context of youth-tailored treatment are required. Method: A 45 minute/day, 4 day/week, social cognitive/self-efficacy theory-based after-school care protocol, Youth Fit 4 Life, was tested in children of a normal (n=54) and overweight/obese (n=32) body composition over a school year. The treatment’s emphasis was on improvements in mood, self-efficacy, and self-regulation related to physical activity. Validated self-report measures of negative mood, self-regulation, and self-efficacy, and BMI, were administered at baseline, and months 3 and 9. The prediction of BMI change from changes in the psychosocial variables was assessed using multiple regression analyses. Results: Change in BMI and improvements in the aforementioned psychosocial factors were significant over both 3 and 9 months, and did not differ between body composition groups. Analyses indicated that over 3 months, self-regulation change was a significant predictor of BMI change (β=-0.26, SE=0.05, P=0.03), while over 9 months, self-efficacy change significantly predicted BMI change (β=-0.21, SE=0.02, P=0.05). Conclusion: After replications and extensions focused also on eating behaviors, it was suggested that the inexpensive and efficient Youth Fit 4 Life protocol might be scalable across community venues to address childhood overweight and obesity.

scholarly journals National and Local Strategies in the Netherlands for Obesity Prevention and Management in Children and Adolescents

Obesity Facts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 418-429
Author(s):  
Jacob C. Seidell ◽  
Jutka Halberstadt
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Obesity Prevention ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Obesity In Children

<b><i>Background:</i></b> As in many other countries around the world, the Netherlands has a high prevalence of overweight and obesity in children. About 1 in 7 of children aged 2–19 years has either overweight or obesity. <b><i>Summary:</i></b> In this paper the national and local activities aimed at the prevention and management of obesity in children and adolescents in the Netherlands are reviewed. It is recommended to, nationally as well as locally, take an integrated-systems approach that tackles the obesogenic food environment as well as upstream and downstream determinants of obesity. Efforts should take a life course approach and be focused on promoting obesity prevention as well as improving the management of children who already have obesity. The national policies in the Netherlands rely heavily on self-regulation by stakeholders such as supermarkets, restaurants, and the food industry. Local policies and actions such as the whole-systems approach in Amsterdam are promising. Future directions include development of tools for the operationalization and evaluation of local systems approaches. Regulation by national and local governments is necessary to ensure a healthy food environment for children and their families, but health policies require intersectoral action. <b><i>Key Messages:</i></b> In the Netherlands many policies are in place or under development, especially at the municipal level (e.g., in Amsterdam), but more substantial action is urgently required.

Obesity as self-regulation failure: A “disease of affluence” that selectively hits the less affluent?

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pier Luigi Sacco
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Global Development ◽  
Substantial Problem ◽  
Post Industrial

AbstractAn effect of the long-term cycle of industrial and post-industrial global development is the increasingly generalized access to abundant and diversified food sources. This poses a substantial problem of self-regulation that mainly affects the less affluent and whose failures may play an important role in the explanation of the increasing social incidence of overweight and obesity problems.

scholarly journals Portion size has sustained effects over 5 days in preschool children: a randomized trial

2019 ◽  
Vol 109 (5) ◽  
pp. 1361-1372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alissa D Smethers ◽  
Liane S Roe ◽  
Christine E Sanchez ◽  
Faris M Zuraikat ◽  
Kathleen L Keller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Size Effect ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Prolonged Exposure ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Portion Size ◽  
Daily Consumption ◽  
Regulatory Systems

ABSTRACT Background Although short-term studies have found that serving larger portions of food increases intake in preschool children, it is unknown whether this portion size effect persists over a longer period or whether energy intake is moderated through self-regulation. Objectives We tested whether the portion size effect is sustained in preschool children across 5 consecutive days, a period thought to be sufficient for regulatory systems to respond to the overconsumption of energy. Methods With the use of a crossover design, over 2 periods we served the same 5 daily menus to 46 children aged 3–5 y in their childcare centers. In 1 period, all foods and milk were served in baseline portions, and in the other period, all portions were increased by 50%. The served items were weighed to determine intake. Results Increasing the portion size of all foods and milk by 50% increased daily consumption: weighed intake increased by a mean ± SEM of 143 ± 21 g/d (16%) and energy intake increased by 167 ± 22 kcal/d (18%; both P &lt; 0.0001). The trajectories of intake by weight and energy across the 5-day period were linear and the slopes did not differ between portion conditions (both P &gt; 0.13), indicating that there were sustained increases in intake from larger portions without compensatory changes over time. Children differed in their response to increased portions: those with higher weight status, lower ratings for satiety responsiveness, or higher ratings for food responsiveness had greater increases in intake from larger portions (all P &lt; 0.03). Conclusions This demonstration that preschool children failed to adjust their intake during prolonged exposure to larger portions challenges the suggestion that their self-regulatory behavior is sufficient to counter perturbations in energy intake. Furthermore, overconsumption from large portions may play a role in the development of overweight and obesity, as the magnitude of the effect was greater in children of higher weight status. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02963987.

Self-Regulation and the Writing Process: Enhancing the Performance of Students With Language and Learning Difficulties

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary A. Troia
Keyword(s):  
Writing Process ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Struggling Learners ◽  
Evidence Based Practices

Abstract This article first provides an overview of components of self-regulation in writing and specific examples of each component are given. The remainder of the article addresses common reasons why struggling learners experience trouble with revising, followed by evidence-based practices to help students revise their papers more effectively.

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