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Published on: July 16, 2016

Parental information, motivation, and behavioral skills correlate with child sweetened beverage consumption

L Suzanne Goodell1, Michelle B Pierce, K Rivet Amico

  • 1Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
|June 4, 2011
PubMed

Insights

Parental factors like information, motivation, and behavioral skills influence children's sweetened beverage (SB) consumption. The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model shows promise for nutrition education strategies.

Area of Science:

  • Nutrition Science
  • Behavioral Science
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Childhood sweetened beverage (SB) consumption is a public health concern.
  • Understanding factors influencing SB intake is crucial for intervention development.
  • The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) model offers a framework to explore these factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the applicability of the IMB model to children's SB consumption.
  • To examine the relationships between parental information, motivation, behavioral skills, and child SB intake.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study with 198 parents of low socioeconomic status.
  • Data collected via home beverage inventory and IMB survey.
  • Structural equation modeling used to analyze relationships.

Main Results:

  • Parental information negatively related to SB consumption (direct and indirect effects).
  • Parental motivation indirectly influenced SB consumption via behavioral skills.
  • Parental behavioral skills showed a negative correlation with child SB consumption.

Conclusions:

  • Preliminary support found for the IMB model in explaining child SB consumption.
  • The model highlights complex interactions influencing dietary behaviors.
  • The IMB model can aid nutrition educators in targeting and assessing interventions.
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