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Friends and Family: How African-American Adolescents’ Perceptions of Dietary Beliefs and Behaviors of Others Relate to Diet Quality
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Vol. 118Issue 12p2302–2310Published online: October 15, 2018
- Margaret M. Wrobleski
- Elizabeth A. Parker
- Erin Hager
- Kristen M. Hurley
- Sarah Oberlander
- Brian C. Merry
- and others
Cited in Scopus: 5
Adolescents’ dietary intake often fails to meet national dietary guidelines, especially among low-income African-American youth. The dietary habits established in adolescence are likely to continue into adulthood, and a poor-quality diet increases the risk of developing obesity and chronic disease. Based on principles from ecological and social-cognitive behavior change health theories, perceptions of parental beliefs about healthy eating, perceptions of peer eating behaviors, and parental monitoring of what adolescents eat may positively influence adolescent diet quality.