Examining multiple parenting behaviors on young children’s dietary fat consumption

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• Alternative Title:
  J Nutr Educ Behav
• Personal Author:
  Eisenberg, Christina M. ; Ayala, Guadalupe X. ; Crespo, Noé C. ; Lee, Nanette V.L. ; Zive, Michelle Murphy ; Corder, Kirsten ; Wood, Christine ; Elder, John P.
• Description:
  Objective
  
  To understand the association between parenting and children’s dietary fat consumption, this study tested a comprehensive model of parenting that included: parent household rules, parent modeling of rules, parent mediated behaviors, and parent support.
  
  Design
  
  Cross-sectional.
  
  Setting
  
  Baseline data from the MOVE/me Muevo project, a recreation site-based obesity prevention and control intervention trial.
  
  Participants
  
  Five hundred and forty-one parents of children between the ages of five and eight years old and living in San Diego County.
  
  Main Outcome Measure(s)
  
  Children’s fat consumption based on parent-report of a short food frequency questionnaire.
  
  Analysis
  
  A hierarchical linear regression was conducted. In exploratory analyses, a step-wise backward elimination approach was used.
  
  Results
  
  Children’s fat consumption was positively associated with parent household rules (P<.01), and negatively associated with parent modeling of rules (P<.01).
  
  Conclusions and Implications
  
  Controlling parenting behaviors such as rule setting is associated with more frequent fat consumption, whereas role modeling healthy behaviors is associated with less frequent fat consumption. Changing parenting behaviors with regards to how they feed their children are logical avenues for improving eating behaviors. (177)
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Article Caregivers Child Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Diet Dietary Fats Energy Intake Fat Consumption Feeding Behavior Female Humans Linear Models Male Parent-Child Relations Parent Rules Parents Social Support

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• Source:
  J Nutr Educ Behav. 2011; 44(4):302-309
• Pubmed ID:
  22591580
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3383891
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T32HL079891/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; U48DP001917-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; R01 DK072994/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; R01DK072994-4/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; R01 DK072994-04/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; T32 HL079891/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; U48DP001917/ACL/ACL HHS/United States ; F31KD079345/PHS HHS/United States
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:541b7a48409bff4988c8b891fd489e447f176b36d1ba7eefe50dcd48eb0090b6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33396/cdc_33396_DS1.pdf
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