Reinforcing value of food, enriched home environment, and changes in percent overweight in children
Authors' conclusion
These results suggest that providing an enriched home environment may reduce the effects of food reinforcement and being motivated to eat on weight gain in childhood, and this represents a novel approach to intervention that can be used to strengthen current behavioral approaches to prevent obesity in children.
Study context
- Population
- Children aged 6 to 9 years of varying socioeconomic status
- Participants
- 291 children
- Outcome
- Change in percent overweight predicted by RRVFOOD and enriched home environment
- Follow-up
- 2 years
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Change in percent overweight
- RRVFOOD and an enriched home environment interacted to predict change in percent overweight
- Children with a high relative RRVFOOD and a relatively non-enriched environment showed the greatest relative weight gain
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
- RRVFOOD and access to food positively associated with baseline percent overweight
- Enriched home environment negatively related to baseline percent overweight
Original publication
Reinforcing value of food, enriched home environment, and changes in percent overweight in children. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 28 February 2023. doi:10.
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