Effects of goal setting on dietary and physical activity changes in the Boy Scout badge projects.
Document Type
Article
Department
Paediatrics and Child Health
Abstract
Background: This study evaluates the relationship of goal setting to low-fat vegetable (LV) and fruit/100% juice (FJ) consumption and physical activity (PA) change. Methods: A total of 473 10- to 14-year-old Boy Scouts from Houston took part in a 9-week intervention. A two-group (LV and FJ or PA) intervention design was used with each group serving as the control for the other. Internet-based activities included goal setting at home. Food frequencies measured dietary intake. Results: Goals attained were not related to LV intake or PA. Immediate posttest FJ consumption increased about 0.7 servings as home FJ availability increased, but social desirability of response appeared to confound reports of FJ intake at posttest 6 months assessment. Conclusions: Goals attained were not related to LV intake or PA but was related to FJ intake, but only when home FJ availability was high and the relationship was confounded by social desirability of response. Further research is needed with higher quality measures of dietary intake to clarify these relationships.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Health Education & Behavior : the official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education
Recommended Citation
Latif, H.,
Watson, K.,
Nguyen, N.,
Thompson, D.,
Baranowski, J.,
Jago, R.,
Cullen, K.,
Baranowski, T.
(2011). Effects of goal setting on dietary and physical activity changes in the Boy Scout badge projects.. Health Education & Behavior : the official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education, 38(5), 521-9.
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