Journal article
Does eating in the absence of hunger extend to healthy snacks in children?
Pediatric obesity, v 15(11), pp e12659-n/a
Nov 2020
PMID: 32548966
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Abstract
To assess if eating in the absence of hunger (EAH) extends to healthier snacks and examine the relationship between the home food environment and EAH in children with normal weight (NW) or overweight/obesity (OB) who are at low risk (LR) or high risk (HR) for obesity based on maternal obesity.
EAH was assessed after lunch and dinner when children received either low energy dense fruit snacks or high energy dense sweet/savoury snacks. The availability of obesogenic foods in the home was assessed by the Home Food Inventory.
Data showed significant main effects of risk group (P=.0003) and snack type (P < .001). EAH was significantly greater in HR-OB (284±8 kcal) than LR-NW (249±9 kcal) or HR-NW (251±8 kcal) children. Serving fruit rather than sweet/savoury snacks reduced energy intake, on average, by 60% (223 kcal) across risk groups. For each unit increase in the obesogenic home food environment, EAH of sweet/savoury snacks decreased by 1.83 calories.
Offering low energy dense snacks after a meal can moderate EAH and increase children's intake of healthy foods. Increased access to obesogenic foods in the home may reduce the salience of high energy dense snacks when they become available in other settings.
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- Title
- Does eating in the absence of hunger extend to healthy snacks in children?
- Creators
- Tanja V E Kral - University of PennsylvaniaReneé H Moore - Emory UniversityJesse Chittams - University of PennsylvaniaLauren O'Malley - University of PennsylvaniaElizabeth Jones - University of PennsylvaniaRyan J Quinn - University of PennsylvaniaJennifer O Fisher - Temple University
- Publication Details
- Pediatric obesity, v 15(11), pp e12659-n/a
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Grant note
- R01DK101480 / NIDDK NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000540433400001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85091901885
- Other Identifier
- 991021448154104721
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- Pediatrics