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

描述(申请人提供)：肥胖在年轻人中正在增加，并与某些癌症和其他慢性病的风险增加有关。水果、果汁和蔬菜(FJV)的摄入与降低患多种癌症和肥胖的风险有关，但远低于推荐的每天最少五份。需要创新的方法来促进青年消费的增加。目标设置可以提高目标的实现程度，从而促进行为的改变。然而，对于年轻人使用的最有效的目标设定方法，几乎没有进行过研究。在成年人中，实施意图(关于何时、何地和如何实现目标的详细计划)的形成已被证明可以促进目标的实现和/或行为变化，包括饮食变化。需要进行研究，以确定扩展目标设定过程以包括执行意向是否是提高目标实现程度的有效方法，从而增加青年中的FJV摄入量。乡绅的任务！是一个经过验证的有效的10节课，5周的互动多媒体计划，使儿童每天的FJV消费量增加1.0份。然而，总消费量仍然远低于每天五份。此外，在某些青年亚群中，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，以包括执行意图的形成。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。还将探讨与维持青少年饮食行为改变有关的问题。该项目与公共卫生相关，因为加强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，这应该会降低人口中易受伤害的部分患肥胖症和某些癌症的风险。

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.