Attentional bias for food cues in overweight children
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.02.013
- VernacularTitle:超重儿童对食物线索的注意偏向特点
- Author:
HUO Mingzhu, YIN Pengjiao, WU Yunxia, LI Wenhui
1
Author Information
1. School of Preschool and Primary Education, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang (110034) , China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Overweight;
Attention;
Mental health;
Child;
Food
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2023;44(2):215-218
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the characteristics of overweight children s attention bias to food cues, so as to provide a theoretical basis for the behavior and life intervention of overweight children.
Methods:From September to October 2017, 28 normal weight children and 28 overweight children in grades 3 to 4 of a primary school in Shenyang were screened by body mass index (BMI). The point detection paradigm was used to evaluate the attention bias of overweight children to food cues.
Results:There was no significant difference between overweight children and control children in the score of attention bias to food cues [ F (1,52)=0.01, P> 0.05 , ηp 2 <0.01]; there was significant difference between overweight children and normal weight children in the score of facilitated attention to food cues[ F (1,52)=5.94, P<0.05, ηp 2 =0.10], normal weight children had higher score of facilitated attention to food cues than that of overweight children; there was significant difference between overweight children and normal weight children in the score of difficulty in disengaging to food cues[ F (1,52)=7.74, P<0.05, ηp 2 =0.13], overweight children had higher score of difficulty in disengaging to food cues than that of normal weight children.
Conclusion:Compared with normal weight children, overweight children didn t have higher attention bias to food cues; in the specific indicators of attention bias to food cues, normal weight children are more alert to food cues, while overweight children are more difficult to remove attention from food cues.
