Abstract
Objective
This study evaluated the association between children's daily negative affect (NA)
trajectories and unhealthy food consumption during weekends using ecological momentary
assessment (EMA).
Design
Children answered mobile phone-based EMA surveys 7 times a day for 2 weekend days
per wave, with each survey assessing current NA and past 2-hour consumption of fried
foods (chips or fries), sweets (pastries or sweets), and sugary beverages (drank soda
or energy drinks).
Setting
Los Angeles, California.
Participants
The sample consisted of 195 children (51% female; mean age, 9.65 years; SD, 0.93)
from the Mothers and Their Children's Health cohort study.
Main Outcomes Measures
Negative affect trajectory (independent variable), unhealthy food consumption (dependent
variable).
Analysis
Latent growth mixture modeling classified NA trajectories across days and examined
their association with unhealthy food consumption.
Results
The latent growth mixture modeling identified 3 classes of daily NA trajectories:
(1) stable low, (2) early increasing and late decreasing and (3) early decreasing
and late increasing. Fried food consumption was higher on early increasing and late
decreasing and early decreasing and late increasing NA trajectories than days with
stable low NA.
Conclusions and Implications
By better understanding day-to-day variability in children's affect and eating, we
can individually tailor obesity interventions to account for the emotional contexts
in which unhealthy eating occurs.
Key Words
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Publication history
Published online: May 27, 2022
Accepted:
February 7,
2022
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