Purpose To evaluate an online ‘teachable moment’ intervention to promote healthy eating for overweight and food intolerance symptoms. Design/methodology/approach – The study involves a 2 x 2 factorial design with two conditions: group (weight loss vs food intolerance) and condition (intervention vs control). The intervention aimed to generate a ‘teachable moment’ by providing knowledge regardin...

BACKGROUND In the Netherlands, the first adolescents with diabetes mellitus type 2 as a result of obesity have recently been diagnosed. Therefore, it is very important that programs aiming at the prevention of type 2 diabetes of obese adolescents are developed and evaluated. METHODS Go4it is a multidisciplinary group treatment that focuses on: 1) increasing awareness of the current dietary an...

Available data reveals inconsistent relationships between eating behaviour traits and markers of adiposity level. It is thus relevant to investigate whether other factors also need to be considered when interpreting the relationship between eating behaviour traits and adiposity. The objective of this cross-sectional study was thus to examine whether the associations between variables of the Thr...

In a meta-analysis of longitudinal analyses the theory planned behaviour, we tested series extended or auxiliary theory-consistent hypotheses: construct stability, predictions within and between occasions, consistency over time stationarity in effects reciprocal among constructs. We also moderators on effects: measurement lag, health behaviour type (protection, risk) specific behaviours (alcoho...

Foods not included in the basic food groups, such as confectionary and savoury snacks, feature in the diet of urban South African adults.1,2,3 These foods are often not identified by users as major sources of dietary fat4 and the hidden fat present negatively influences lowering fat intake.5,6,7 Considering these aspects a study was undertaken to determine the sensory acceptability of bakery pr...

Subjects aged 1 6 6 4 years (592; 258 men and 334 women), randomly selected from the population of Northern Ireland, kept a 7 d weighed record of all food and drink consumed. Social, personal and anthropometric data were also collected. From the weighed records food consumption was described in terms of forty-one food groups. Using principal components analysis, four distinct dietary patterns w...

Subjects aged 16-64 years (592; 258 men and 334 women), randomly selected from the population of Northern Ireland, kept a 7 d weighed record of all food and drink consumed. Social, personal and anthropometric data were also collected. From the weighed records food consumption was described in terms of forty-one food groups. Using principal components analysis, four distinct dietary patterns wer...

Effectively assessing children's dietary intake is essential for understanding the complex relationships among dietary behaviours and obesity. Dietary assessment accuracy decreases when children are unable or unmotivated to complete accurate self-reports. Technology-based assessment instruments for children's self-report of diet can be enhanced in light of developments in media psychology and c...