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ArticleAppetite2026

Evaluating bidirectional, longitudinal associations between adolescent executive control and eating behaviors.

Hope Thilges, Eric M Phillips, Emily L Goldberg, Rebecca L Brock, Katherine M Kidwell, Amy Lazarus Yaroch, Jennie L Hill, Kimberly Andrews Espy, Jennifer Mize Nelson, W Alex Mason and 1 more

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Hope ThilgesDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA. Electronic address: hthilges2@huskers.unl.edu.
Eric M PhillipsDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA. Electronic address: ephillips9@huskers.unl.edu.
Emily L GoldbergDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA. Electronic address: egoldberg2@huskers.unl.edu.
Rebecca L BrockDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA. Electronic address: rebecca.brock@unl.edu.
Katherine M KidwellDepartment of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA. Electronic address: kmkidwel@syr.edu.
Amy Lazarus YarochCenter for Nutrition & Health Impact, Omaha, NE, USA. Electronic address: ayaroch@centerfornutrition.org.
Jennie L HillDepartment of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Electronic address: jennie.hill@hsc.utah.edu.
Kimberly Andrews EspyDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA. Electronic address: kaespy13@wayne.edu.
Jennifer Mize NelsonDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA; Office of Research and Innovation, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA. Electronic address: jnelson18@unl.edu.
W Alex MasonDepartment of Child, Youth, and Family Studies, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA. Electronic address: amason19@unl.edu.
Timothy D NelsonDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA. Electronic address: tnelson3@unl.edu.

Funding

Neural Vulnerabilities for Obesity: A Contextualized, Longitudinal Study in AdolescenceR01DK116693 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI Timothy David Nelson, Maital Neta · 2018 to 2026
$4.0M
Role of Executive Control in Adolescent Substance Use and Co-occuring ProblemsR01DA041738 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI MASON, W ALEX, NELSON, TIMOTHY DAVID · 2017 to 2021
$3.1M
Modifiable predictors of neural vulnerabilities for obesityR01DK125651 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI NELSON, TIMOTHY DAVID, SAVAGE, CARY R · 2020 to 2024
$3.0M
Neurocognitive Mechanisms Linking Early Parent-Child Relationship Quality to Transdiagnostic Psychopathology at School AgeF31HD111293 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI PHILLIPS, ERIC · 2023 to 2024
$97k
NICHD NIH HHS F31 HD111293NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA041738NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK116693NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK125651
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Abstract

Adolescent eating behaviors are often characterized by poor dietary quality. Executive control (EC), also called executive function, a collection of cognitive processes under continued development in adolescence, has been proposed to influence and be affected by adolescent eating behaviors. However, conceptual and methodological limitations have hindered our understanding of the nature of these associations. The current study investigated bidirectional, longitudinal associations between adolescent EC and eating behaviors (i.e., dietary quality, fruit and vegetable intake, added sugar and saturated fat intake) across a one-year interval. As part of a longitudinal study on cognitive development and health, U.S. adolescents (N = 222, 54 % female, ages 14-18; data collected between 2017 and 2024) completed a battery of neuropsychological EC tasks and multiple 24-h dietary recalls during two timepoints in adolescence, approximately one year apart. Structural equation modeling with autoregressive controls was used. Better EC task performance at Time 1 (M age = 15.33, SD = 1.15), as modeled by a unitary latent factor, significantly predicted greater fruit and vegetable intake during the Time 2 assessment (M age = 16.2, SD = .99). No other paths between EC and eating behaviors were significant. Findings suggest adolescent EC may be an important intervention target to increase fruit and vegetable intake.

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Adolescent BehaviorDietExecutive FunctionFeeding BehaviorAdolescentDiet, HealthyFemaleFruitHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleUnited StatesVegetablesAdolescenceCognitive developmentDietEating behaviorsExecutive controlExecutive function

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PMID41338289
PMCPMC12704826

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