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Influences On School-Age Children’s Milk And Soft Drink Intake

Balian, Arax
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1228451014

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2008, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Nursing.
Over the past decades milk intake among 6-to11-year-olds declined 24% among boys and 32% among girls. Concomitantly, consumption of calorie and carbohydrate-rich soft drinks doubled, raising concerns related to overweight. Prevalence of childhood overweight has more than tripled since 1976 leading to serious health conditions. A cross-sectional descriptive correlational study was undertaken using the Theory of Planned Behavior. The purposes were to: (1) determine influences on school-age children’s milk and soft drink intake and (2) determine the effect of gender, ethnicity, and body mass index (BMI) on behavioral beliefs, normative beliefs, control beliefs, attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, intention, and milk/soft drink intake behaviors. Using the roster of Kaiser Permanente Ohio, a random sample of six hundred 10 to 11-year-olds were asked to complete a mailed survey including a demographics form, 24-hour dietary recall, and Milk and Soda Pop Intake Questionnaires. Ninety-seven children responded. The majority of the children had ≥ 1 glass of milk on a usual day during the school week and two-thirds consumed soft drinks. Multiple regression was used to explain the relationships among the variables. Intention predicted milk and soda intake, attitude had the strongest contribution, followed by perceived behavioral control in predicting soda intention. Within the beliefs, taste and being healthy predicted attitudes, friends predicted subjective norms, and availability of milk in home refrigerator predicted perceived behavioral control to drink milk. No gender and BMI differences were found in the milk and soda TPB variables and both behaviors. Compared to the minority group, white participants had: stronger intention to drink milk, stronger perception that drinking milk makes them healthy, that someone in their family thinks they should drink milk every day, and that having milk in home refrigerator makes it easier to drink it. Compared to the white participants, the minority group had stronger perception that someone in their family and friends think they should drink soda every day and they drank significantly more soda. Ultimately, prospective studies assessing beverage patterns over time and replication of this study with various foods are needed to intervene and possibly halt the rising proportion of overweight children.
Elizabeth Madigan (Committee Chair)
Donna Dowling (Committee Member)
Susan Tullai-McGuinness (Committee Member)
Hope Barkoukis (Committee Member)
188 p.
Health; Nursing
Milk; Soft Drink; School-Age Children

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  • Balian, A. (2008). Influences On School-Age Children’s Milk And Soft Drink Intake [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1228451014

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Balian, Arax. Influences On School-Age Children’s Milk And Soft Drink Intake. 2008. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1228451014.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Balian, Arax. "Influences On School-Age Children’s Milk And Soft Drink Intake." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1228451014

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