Social movement involvement and healthy diet and activity behaviors among US adults.

Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, namely poor diet and inadequate physical activity, significantly contribute to poor health and obesity risk, which in turn impact chronic illness outcomes. A possible approach to improving these health behaviors and subsequent outcomes is to capitalize on the theorized link between social movement involvement and overlapping health behaviors. Social movement involvement may be a viable stealth intervention for health, utilizing intrinsic motivators to improve health without an explicit focus on changing health behavior.

Mindful feeding and child dietary health.

Objective: This study examined the relationship between mindful feeding as a novel construct and parent-reported child dietary intake.

Methods: Participants (N=497) were parents of children ages 2.9 to 7.