title: Executive cognitive function and food intake in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study investigated relations among neurocognitive skills important for behavioral regulation, and the intake of fruit, vegetables, and snack food in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed surveys at a single time point.
  
  
  METHODS
  Assessments took place during school.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 107 fourth-grade children from a large US city. Ninety-one percent were Latino, and 4% were African-American, which represented school ethnic distribution.
  
  
  METHODS
  Independent variable included was self-reported executive cognitive function (ECF). Dependent variables included self-reported fruit, vegetable, and snack food intake.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary analyses general linear regression models covarying for appropriate demographic variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analyses demonstrated that ECF proficiency was negatively related to snack food intake, but was not significantly related to fruit and vegetable intake.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Since ECF is correlated with snack food intake, future studies may consider assessing the potential of enhancing ECF in health promotion interventions.
authors: Institute for Prevention Research, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA. nriggs@usc.edu
authors: Nathaniel R
authors: NR
authors: Riggs
authors: Donna
authors: D
authors: Spruijt-Metz
authors: Kari-Lyn
authors: KL
authors: Sakuma
authors: Chih-Ping
authors: CP
authors: Chou
authors: Mary Ann
authors: MA
authors: Pentz
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D003071:Cognition; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004435:Eating; D005006:Ethnicity; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014675:Vegetables