Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior to healthy eating behaviors in urban Native American youth

Table 2 Stepwise regression analyses of healthy eating behavior.

Variable	B	Standard error	R Square	P Value
Boys and Girls
Dependent variable: Behavior^a
Barriers	0.121	0.058	0.207	0.038
Attitude	0.519	0.142	0.286	0.000
Self-efficacy	-0.229	0.074	0.315	0.002
Subjective norm	0.105	0.035	0.357	0.004
Dependent variable: Barriers^b
Healthy foods not around	0.006	0.000	0.614	0.000
Healthy foods don't fill you up	0.005	0.000	0.762	0.000
Junk food taste better than healthy food	0.005	0.000	0.830	0.000
Friends make it hard to eat healthy	0.006	0.000	0.882	0.000
Fruits don't taste good	0.005	0.000	0.913	0.000
Boys
Dependent variable: Behavior^a
Subjective norm	0.133	0.045	0.212	0.004
Perceived behavioral control	0.104	0.040	0.299	0.011
Dependent variable: Subjective norm^c
Family says eat healthy to keep weight	3.125E-02	0.000	0.565	0.000
I get hungry for foods on TV	1.563E-02	0.000	0.735	0.000
After school program says eat healthy	1.562E-02	0.000	0.862	0.000
Friends say eat healthy	1.563E-02	0.000	0.927	0.000
Girls
Dependent variable: Behavior^a
Barriers	0.173	0.082	0.267	0.037
Attitude	0.538	0.187	0.354	0.005
Self-efficacy	-0.310	0.104	0.388	0.004
Subjective norm	0.134	0.047	0.446	0.006
Dependent variable: Barriers^b
Healthy foods are not around	5.102E-03	0.000	0.573	0.000
Parent's don't buy healthy foods	5.102E-03	0.000	0.738	0.000
Junk food taste better than healthy food	5.102E-03	0.000	0.819	0.000
Healthy foods don't fill you up	5.102E-03	0.000	0.868	0.000
Hard to eat healthy away from home	5.102E-03	0.000	0.907	0.000

^a Candidate variables: intention, attitude, subjective norm, barriers, self-efficacy, perceived behavioral control.
^b Candidate variables: fruits don't taste good, vegetables don't taste good, regular pop tastes better than diet, healthy foods don't fill you up, hard to eat healthy at fast food restaurants, hard to eat healthy away from home, hard to eat healthy because junk food tastes better, I am not use to eating healthy, healthy foods are not around, parent's don't buy healthy food, family makes it hard to eat healthy, friends make it hard to eat healthy, TV makes it hard to eat healthy, hard to eat healthy to keep at a healthy weight.
^c Parents say eat healthy, after school program says eat healthy, friends say eat healthy, Elders say eat healthy, no one tells me not to eat junk food, I get hungry for foods on TV, family says eat healthy to keep weight, family says eat healthy to prevent diabetes.

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