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

描述（由申请人提供）：肥胖在年轻人中越来越多，并且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）的摄入量与降低多种癌症和肥胖的风险有关，但远远低于建议的每天最少五份。需要创新的方法来促进年轻人的消费。设定目标可以促进目标的实现，从而促进行为的改变。然而，很少有研究针对年轻人最有效的目标设定方法。在成年人中，实施意图的形成（关于何时、何地以及如何实现目标的详细计划）已被证明可以促进目标的实现和/或行为的改变，包括饮食的改变。需要进行研究，以确定扩大目标设定过程以包括实施意图是否是提高目标实现的有效方法，从而增加年轻人的FJV摄入量。乡绅的追求!是一项经过实践证明有效的互动式多媒体项目，为期5周，共10期，可使儿童每天多吃1.0份FJV。然而，总消费量仍远低于每天五份。此外，目标达成与某些青年亚群体的FJV消费有关。因此，在这方面的额外工作是必要的。本应用程序中概述的研究将扩展这一成功干预的目标设定部分，包括实施意图的形成。然后将测试与实施意图对目标实现和FJV消费的影响有关的假设。与维持青少年饮食行为改变有关的问题也将被探讨。这一项目与公共卫生有关，因为加强我们对如何更有效地帮助幼儿设定和实现FJV目标的理解，将导致增加FJV消费，这将降低弱势群体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.