Behavioral Economic Factors Related to Pediatric Obesity.
Behavioral economics (BE) suggests that food and activity choices are governed by costs, available alternatives, and reinforcement. This article reviews basic, translational, and intervention research using a BE framework with overweight or obese children up to age 18. We address BE concepts and methods, and discuss developmental issues, the continuum of BE intervention approaches, findings of studies focused on increasing the cost of unwanted behaviors (ie, energy-dense food intake and sedentary behavior) and decreasing the cost of desired behaviors (ie, healthy food intake and PA), and our team's recent basic behavioral studies using BE approaches with minority adolescents.
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, iBio - Behavioral Health, Wayne State University, 6135 Woodward, H206, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. Electronic address: atiura@med.wayne.edu.
Angela J
AJ
Jacques-Tiura
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, School of Medicine, iBio -Behavioral Health, Wayne State University, Tolan Park Medical Building, 3901 Chrysler Service Drive, Suite 2A, Detroit, MI 48201, USA; Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, iBio -Behavioral Health, Wayne State University, Tolan Park Medical Building, 3901 Chrysler Service Drive, Suite 2A, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Mark K
MK
Greenwald
D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000191:economics*; D004032:Diet / Q000191:economics*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000191:economics; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States
Behavioral economics; Demand; Energy intake; Food reinforcement; Incentives; Obesity; Pediatric; Physical activity