Adolescence is a time of biological and psychosocial changes (McNaughton, 2011) which may impact behaviors related to healthy body weight status (Berge, JM, et al., 2014 and Eaton, DK, et al., 2010). In this Solithromycin period, greater autonomy occurs for food choices, yet adolescents remain influenced by their home environment (Baranowski, T, et al., 2003, Campbell, KJ, et al., 2006 and Glanz, K, et al., 2005), with its psychological, social, and environmental features (Foltz et al., 2012). Research on some aspects of the home environment, such as availability of foods, and favorable dietary (Campbell et al., 2007) and weight (Boyle et al., 2015) outcomes is reported in the extant literature. In elementary school children, fruit and vegetable availability and accessibility in the household were significantly positively associated with higher fruit and vegetable intake (Cullen et al., 2003). These findings extend to adolescents, with positive relationships between presence of unhealthy foods and savory snack consumption in boys and girls and sweet snack intake in girls only (Campbell et al., 2007). Food availability also has been negatively linked to BMI percentile in 14–17 year olds (Boyle et al., 2015), as were parent modeling and self-efficacy in the home environment of middle school adolescents (Young, Fors, & Hayes, 2004).
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