Exploring the directionality in the relationship between descriptive and injunctive parental and peer norms and snacking behavior in a three-year-cross-lagged study

This current study surveyed 757 sets of adolescents and parents to test the amount of influence parents have on their adolescents compared to the power their peers have, with regard to fruit and vegetable consumption in this case. It was found that parents still hold more influence on the adolescents’ fruit and vegetable intake, with […]

This study by Shi et al. (2024) examined how psychosocial characteristics influence eating habits among Chinese school-age teenagers. In a cross-sectional survey, 7,862 teenagers from 100 schools in Shandong, China participated. The participants’ average age was 13.18 ± 1.15 years, with 48.5% being boys. Most participants (97.90%) were Han Chinese, and nearly half (50.90%) lived […]