The Effect of Food Marketing and Attentional Biases on Eating Behaviors in African American Adolescent Girls

Abstract

Rates of overweight/obesity among Black/African American (hereafter referred toas African American) adolescent girls are greater than rates in other racial/ethnic groups, highlighting a critical health disparity. African American youth with obesity are more likely to remain obese throughout adulthood and to develop health consequences, such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Therefore, preventing overweight/obesity in this group is critical. Yet, prevention and intervention efforts must account for the multiple systems that influence obesity risk, specifically cultural, environmental, and individual factors. Given cultural food preferences, African American individuals may be more vulnerable to environmental factors, such as food marketing, compared to other groups.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 25, 2019
Accession Number
AD1127799

Entities

People

  • Omni Cassidy

Organizations

  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adolescents
  • African Americans
  • Body Weight
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cognition
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Deception
  • Demography
  • Depression
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Eating Disorders
  • Energy Consumption
  • Errors
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Families (Human)
  • Human Behavior
  • Hunger
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Media
  • Minority Groups
  • Motivation
  • Overweight
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Social Media
  • Statistical Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

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