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Pilot Study of a Virtual Nutrition Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder
OBJECTIVE: Examine the impact of a virtual nutrition education program, Bringing Adolescent Learners with Autism Nutrition and Culinary Education (BALANCE), on dietary intake and psychosocial determinants of healthy eating in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ME...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10164280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36087955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2022.01.008 |
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author | Buro, Acadia W. Gray, Heewon L. Kirby, Russell S. Marshall, Jennifer Strange, Mikaela Hasan, Syed Holloway, Jamie |
author_facet | Buro, Acadia W. Gray, Heewon L. Kirby, Russell S. Marshall, Jennifer Strange, Mikaela Hasan, Syed Holloway, Jamie |
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description | OBJECTIVE: Examine the impact of a virtual nutrition education program, Bringing Adolescent Learners with Autism Nutrition and Culinary Education (BALANCE), on dietary intake and psychosocial determinants of healthy eating in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHODS: A sample of AYA with ASD aged 12–21 years (n = 27; 6 groups of 2–7 adolescents) participated in BALANCE, a Social Cognitive Theory-based intervention, for eight 30–45-minute lessons. Outcomes were compared using a pre-post design and included dietary intake (assessed using a food frequency questionnaire) and psychosocial determinants of healthy eating (assessed by a validated survey). Wilcoxon signed-rank tests compared preintervention and postintervention medians with an alpha level of 0.05. RESULTS: Mean added sugar intake (P = 0.026) decreased, and behavioral strategies (P = 0.010), self-efficacy (P < 0.001), and outcome expectations (P = 0.009) improved. There was no difference in fruit or vegetable intake or other psychosocial determinants. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The BALANCE intervention may improve psychosocial determinants and dietary behaviors in AYA with ASD. Future virtual programs may incorporate more assistance and support to be accessible for AYA with ASD of varying severity levels. |
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spelling | pubmed-101642802023-05-07 Pilot Study of a Virtual Nutrition Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder Buro, Acadia W. Gray, Heewon L. Kirby, Russell S. Marshall, Jennifer Strange, Mikaela Hasan, Syed Holloway, Jamie J Nutr Educ Behav Article OBJECTIVE: Examine the impact of a virtual nutrition education program, Bringing Adolescent Learners with Autism Nutrition and Culinary Education (BALANCE), on dietary intake and psychosocial determinants of healthy eating in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHODS: A sample of AYA with ASD aged 12–21 years (n = 27; 6 groups of 2–7 adolescents) participated in BALANCE, a Social Cognitive Theory-based intervention, for eight 30–45-minute lessons. Outcomes were compared using a pre-post design and included dietary intake (assessed using a food frequency questionnaire) and psychosocial determinants of healthy eating (assessed by a validated survey). Wilcoxon signed-rank tests compared preintervention and postintervention medians with an alpha level of 0.05. RESULTS: Mean added sugar intake (P = 0.026) decreased, and behavioral strategies (P = 0.010), self-efficacy (P < 0.001), and outcome expectations (P = 0.009) improved. There was no difference in fruit or vegetable intake or other psychosocial determinants. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The BALANCE intervention may improve psychosocial determinants and dietary behaviors in AYA with ASD. Future virtual programs may incorporate more assistance and support to be accessible for AYA with ASD of varying severity levels. 2022-09 2022-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10164280/ /pubmed/36087955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2022.01.008 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ) |
spellingShingle | Article Buro, Acadia W. Gray, Heewon L. Kirby, Russell S. Marshall, Jennifer Strange, Mikaela Hasan, Syed Holloway, Jamie Pilot Study of a Virtual Nutrition Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title | Pilot Study of a Virtual Nutrition Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_full | Pilot Study of a Virtual Nutrition Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_fullStr | Pilot Study of a Virtual Nutrition Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_full_unstemmed | Pilot Study of a Virtual Nutrition Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_short | Pilot Study of a Virtual Nutrition Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder |
title_sort | pilot study of a virtual nutrition intervention for adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10164280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36087955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2022.01.008 |
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