Anna Kate Edgemon, Carla N Martinez-Perez, M Christopher Newland, John T Rapp
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Abstract
Obesity may be more prevalent among populations who are of low socioeconomic status, have limited access to nutrient-dense foods, or both. One such population is justice-involved youth. This series of translational experiments builds on previous research on food reinforcement and behavioral demand by (a) assaying demand for snack foods among justice-involved adolescents and (b) evaluating the effect of a nutrition intervention on justice-involved adolescents' demand for healthier alternatives. In Experiment 1, participants completed preference assessments for high- and low-energy-density snack foods and corresponding commodity purchasing tasks. The results indicated significant differences in demand based on energy density and preference. In Experiment 2, justice-involved adolescents received a nutrition intervention. Following intervention, participants repeated preference assessments and commodity purchasing tasks. The researchers used mixed-effects modeling to evaluate the effect of (a) the intervention, (b) participant age, and (c) the amount of intervention received on pre-post differences in demand for healthier alternatives. Results and implications are discussed along with future directions for improving conditions of confinement for justice-involved adolescents.
期刊介绍:
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior is primarily for the original publication of experiments relevant to the behavior of individual organisms.