Squire's Quest! II: Implementation Intentions & Children's FJV Consumption

描述（由申请人提供）：肥胖在年轻人中日益增加，并与某些癌症和其他慢性疾病的风险增加有关。水果，果汁和蔬菜（FJV）的摄入量与许多类型的癌症和肥胖的风险降低有关，但远低于每天五份的建议最低摄入量。需要采取创新方法，促进青年增加消费。目标设定可以促进目标的实现，从而促进行为的改变。然而，很少有人研究对青年人使用的最有效的目标设定方法。在成年人中，实施意图的形成（何时，何地以及如何实现目标的详细计划）已被证明可以提高目标实现和/或行为改变，包括饮食改变。需要进行研究，以确定是否扩大目标设定过程，包括执行意图是一个有效的方法，以提高目标的实现，因此，增加FJV摄入量的青年。乡绅的任务！是一个行之有效的10节，5周的互动多媒体节目，使儿童增加FJV消费1.0份一天。然而，总消费量仍远低于每天五份。此外，在某些青年亚群体中，目标实现与FJV消费有关。因此，有必要在这一领域开展更多工作。本申请中概述的研究将扩展这一成功干预的目标设定部分，以包括实施意图的形成。然后将检验与实施意图对目标实现和FJV消费的影响有关的假设。还将探讨与维持青年饮食行为改变有关的问题。该项目与公共卫生有关，因为提高我们对如何更有效地帮助幼儿制定和实现FJV目标的理解应该会导致FJV消费的增加，这应该会降低弱势群体中肥胖和某些癌症的风险。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Obesity is increasing among youth and is associated with increased risk of certain cancers and other chronic diseases. Fruit, juice, and vegetable (FJV) intake is associated with decreased risk of many types of cancer and obesity, but is well below the recommended minimum of five servings a day. Innovative methods are needed to promote increased consumption among youth. Goal setting enhances goal attainment and, therefore, facilitates behavior change. Little research has been conducted, however, on the most effective goal setting methods to use with youth. Among adults, the formation of implementation intentions (a detailed plan of when, where, and how goals will be achieved) has been shown to enhance goal attainment and/or behavior change, including dietary change. Research is needed to determine if extending the goal setting process to include implementation intentions is an effective method for enhancing goal attainment, and therefore, increasing FJV intake among youth. Squire's Quest! is a proven-effective 10-session, 5 week interactive multi media program that enabled children to increase FJV consumption by 1.0 servings a day. Total consumption was still well below five servings a day, however. Additionally, goal attainment was related to FJV consumption among certain sub- groups of youth. Therefore, additional work in this area is warranted. The research outlined in th7is application will expand the goal setting component of this successful intervention to include the formation of implementation intentions. Hypotheses related to the impact of implementation intentions on goal attainment and FJV consumption will then be tested. Issues related to maintenance of youth dietary behavior change will also be explored. This project is relevant to public health because enhancing our understanding of how to more effectively help young children set and achieve FJV goals should result in increased FJV consumption, which should decrease risk of both obesity and certain cancers in a vulnerable segment of the population.