title: "I should remember I don't want to become fat": Adolescents' views on self-regulatory strategies for healthy eating.
abstract: Few studies have investigated the strategies adolescents identify to self-regulate eating behavior. Aiming to address this gap in the literature, the current article describes a bottom-up investigation of strategies adolescents identify for the successful self-regulation of eating behavior. Sixty-two adolescents generated statements about self-regulation strategies for eating and rated the utility of each statement. From an initial pool of 357 statements, thirteen overarching self-regulatory strategies were distilled (e.g. preparation; stimulus control). Significant differences were found between the strategies with regard to perceived utility. Findings indicate that, in apparent contradiction to growing obesity rates, adolescents have knowledge of various self-regulatory strategies. Possible explanations for this contradiction are discussed.
authors: Utrecht University, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht, The Netherlands. F.M.Stok@uu.nl
authors: F Marijn
authors: FM
authors: Stok
authors: Emely
authors: E
authors: de Vet
authors: Denise T D
authors: DT
authors: de Ridder
authors: John B F
authors: JB
authors: de Wit
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D004032:Diet; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012927:Social Control, Informal / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires