We utilized the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as the theoretical framework to accomplish this. The TPB is often used to study health related decision making behavior in youth [14–19]. The TPB is an extension of the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) [20], but incorporates a third ...
“He knows how to spin a yarn,”said Barbara Rolls, an obesity researcher at Pennsylvania State University.“What frightens me,"she said of Taubes,"is that he picks and chooses his facts.”Taubes interviewed her for some six hours, and she sent him“a huge bundle of papers,”which he s...
2.1. The Theory of Planned Behavior The TPB [33] is a theory that explains the psychological determinants of decision-making, which posits that people make reasoned decisions to engage in a specific behavior. The TPB is frequently applied to the study of consumer food choice [32,45]. Accordin...
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Figure 1. (A) Drive as a function of the internal sodium level. The optimal sodium level is denoted by H*, indicated by a dot. The current sodium state of the agent at time t is 𝐻𝑡Ht. An action apports an outcome that impacts the sodium level denoted by 𝐾𝑡Kt, transitionin...
Researchers and community planners working with Hispanic families can use this instrument to measure theory-based determinants of parenting behaviors related to preschoolers' consumption of fruits and vegetables, and SSB. Keywords: integrated behavioral model; childhood obesity; Hispanic health; health ...