background: this study aimed to assess the frequency of consuming different types of snacks among iranian students according to socio-economic status (ses) of their living region. methods: data were obtained from the fourth national school-based surveillance survey entitled caspian-iv study. overall, 14880 school students, aged 6-18 years, were selected through multistage, cluster sampling from...

Research into least fattening eating patterns indicates that in England 'a snack' is a term that refers to different eating habits from 'snacking' and that neither pattern of behaviour necessarily involves 'snack food'. These hypotheses were tested by randomised mailings to a convenience sample of university campus addressees with the subject heading of the message and the topic of questions in...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The consumption of unhealthy snack and beverages can lead to childhood obesity, which has become a major concern globally. Television food advertisements may influence children's snack and beverages preferences. This article aims to explore children's snack and beverage consumption habits; examine the extent of television advertising for non-core (energy-dense, nutrien...

The effects of reinforcement pairing and fading on preschoolers' snack selections were evaluated in a multiple baseline design. Baseline preferences for snack options were assessed via repeated paired-item preference assessments. Edible, social, and activity-based reinforcers were then exclusively paired with a less preferred snack option. Once the snack paired with reinforcement was selected m...

OBJECTIVE To determine if uncooked cornstarch, as part of the evening snack, can avert nocturnal hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Fifty-one campers and counselors at the American Diabetes Association Camp in San Bernardino, CA were randomly assigned to receive 5 g of uncooked cornstarch as part of the 21:00 evening snack vs. a standard snack of equivalent carbohydr...

4 Objective: To examine whether home availability of energy-dense snack foods mediates the 5 association between television viewing (TV) and energy-dense snack consumption among 6 adolescents. 7 Design: Cross-sectional. 8 Setting: Secondary schools in Victoria, Australia. 9 Subjects: Adolescents (n=2984) from Years 7 and 9 of secondary school completed a web10 based survey, between September 20...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether home availability of energy-dense snack foods mediates the association between television (TV) viewing and energy-dense snack consumption among adolescents. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Secondary schools in Victoria, Australia. SUBJECTS Adolescents (n 2984) from Years 7 and 9 of secondary school completed a web-based survey, between September 2004 and July ...

This study investigates individual differences in the reinforcing value of snack food. More specifically, it was investigated whether differences in restraint status are associated with differences in working for high-caloric snack food. Thirty-six unrestrained non-dieters, twenty restrained non-dieters and fifteen current dieters performed a concurrent schedules task in which they had the opti...

External eaters reportedly increase snack intake when stressed, which could be due to an attentional shift towards food stimuli. Attentional biases for food stimuli were tested in high and low external eaters in stress and control conditions, using a computerised Stroop. A significant interaction was observed between external eating group and condition for snack word bias. This suggested that l...

BACKGROUND School-based mass treatment with praziquantel is the cornerstone for schistosomiasis control in school-aged children. However, uptake of treatment among school-age children in Uganda is low in some areas. The objective of the study was to examine the effectiveness of a pre-treatment snack on uptake of mass treatment. METHODS AND FINDINGS In a cluster randomized trial carried out in...