Do children with obesity implicitly identify with sedentariness and fat food?

Mietje Craeynest, Geert Crombez, Jan De Houwer, Benedicte Deforche, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij

Journal: Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry 2007;37(4):347-57

PMID: 16701077

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Abstract

We investigated whether youngsters with obesity (n=39) differed from a control group (n=39) in their self-reported attitudes towards and in their implicit identification with physical activity and food. Self-reported attitudes were assessed using a rating scale; implicit identification was assessed using a self-concept Implicit Association Task (IAT). Results revealed a marked group difference on the implicit identification with food: Only youngsters without obesity identified themselves more with non-fat food than with fat food.

Address: Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2006.02.003

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MeSH Terms: Adolescent, Algorithms, Association Learning, Attitude, Child, Dietary Fats, Exercise, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Life Style, Male, Motor Activity, Obesity, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Personality Inventory, Reaction Time, Self Concept, Semantics, Social Values