title: Effects of goal setting on dietary and physical activity changes in the Boy Scout badge projects.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study evaluates the relationship of goal setting to low-fat vegetable (LV) and fruit/100% juice (FJ) consumption and physical activity (PA) change.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 473 10- to 14-year-old Boy Scouts from Houston took part in a 9-week intervention. A two-group (LV and FJ or PA) intervention design was used with each group serving as the control for the other. Internet-based activities included goal setting at home. Food frequencies measured dietary intake.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Goals attained were not related to LV intake or PA. Immediate posttest FJ consumption increased about 0.7 servings as home FJ availability increased, but social desirability of response appeared to confound reports of FJ intake at posttest 6 months assessment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Goals attained were not related to LV intake or PA but was related to FJ intake, but only when home FJ availability was high and the relationship was confounded by social desirability of response. Further research is needed with higher quality measures of dietary intake to clarify these relationships.
authors.affiliation: Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Hira
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Latif
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Nga
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Debbe
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baranowski
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jago
authors.forename: Karen W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Cullen
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baranowski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D004032:Diet; D006040:Goals; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas