backgroundmalnutrition can threaten mental and physical development of children while healthy nutrition can improve mental and physical status of children. to select the best foods, children need nutrition education. this study aimed to determine the effect of nutrition education on reducing the consumption of unhealthy snacks in female primary school students in qom- iran.materials and methods...

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the snack intake and snack availability of elementary school children. Data analyzed were from 722 4th to 6th graders' food availability and food intake questionnaires collected in the Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan Elementary School Children 2001-2002. The snacks commonly eaten were divided into two groups. Healthy snacks...

Background & Aims: Unhealthy snacks contain high amounts of calories, simple sugars, fat, cholesterol, salt, additives, and conservatives. Increased consumption of these unhealthy snacks is one of the underlying factors for the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and metabolic disorders. In this study, we investigated the effects of unhealthy snacks on diet and the risk of metabolic syndrome aft...

BACKGROUND Given the increasing prevalence of obesity among Iranian adolescents and the role of consumption of unhealthy snacks in this issue, interventions that focus on factors influencing food choice are needed. This study was designed to delineate factors associated with unhealthy snack use among female Iranian adolescents. METHODS The theory of Planned Behavior served as the framework of...

BACKGROUND Research suggests that while capacities for self-regulation gradually improve during adolescence, eating habits become unhealthier. This study investigated whether there are age-related patterns in using self-regulation strategies (SRS) as well as in the self-reported dietary intake of fruit, vegetables, and unhealthy snacks. Moreover, we tested the strength of the relationship betwe...

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...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to investigate whether feeding styles and parenting styles are associated with children's unhealthy snacking behaviour and whether the associations differ according to children's ethnic background. METHOD Cross-sectional data from the population-based 'Water Campaign' study were used. Parents (n=644) of primary school children (6-13 years) completed ...

BACKGROUND Advertising has been implicated in the declining quality of the American diet, but much of the research has been conducted with children rather than adults. This study tested the effects of televised food advertising on adult food choice. METHODS Participants (N = 351) were randomized into one of 4 experimental conditions: exposure to food advertising vs. exposure to non-food adver...