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Nonresident parental influence on adolescent weight and weight-related behaviors: similar or different from resident parental influence?

BACKGROUND: Many parents do not live with, or have shared custody of, their adolescent children (i.e., nonresident parents). The degree of their influence on their children, as compared to parents who do live with their children the majority of the time (i.e. resident parents) has not been well-stud...

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Autores principales: Berge, Jerica M, Meyer, Craig, MacLehose, Richard F, Eisenberg, Marla E, Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25339189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-014-0131-y
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author Berge, Jerica M
Meyer, Craig
MacLehose, Richard F
Eisenberg, Marla E
Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne
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description BACKGROUND: Many parents do not live with, or have shared custody of, their adolescent children (i.e., nonresident parents). The degree of their influence on their children, as compared to parents who do live with their children the majority of the time (i.e. resident parents) has not been well-studied. The current study aimed to examine whether and how resident and nonresident parents’ weight and weight-related behaviors are correlated with adolescents’ weight and weight-related behaviors. Results will inform who may be important to include in adolescent obesity prevention interventions. METHODS: Data from two linked population-based studies, EAT 2010 and F-EAT, were used for cross-sectional analyses. Resident parents (n = 200; 80% females; mean age =41.8), nonresident parents (n =200; 70% male; mean age =43.1), and adolescents (n =200; 60% girls; mean age =14.2 years) were socioeconomically and racially/ethnically diverse. Multiple regression models were fit to investigate the association between resident and nonresident parents’ weight and weight-related behaviors and adolescents’ weight and weight-related behaviors. RESULTS: Both resident and nonresident parents’ BMI were significantly associated with adolescents’ BMI percentile. Additionally, resident parents’ sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and fruit and vegetable intake were significantly associated with adolescents’ sugar-sweetened beverage intake and fruit and vegetable intake (p < 0.05), respectively. Furthermore, the association between nonresident parent physical activity and adolescent physical activity was marginally significant (p = 0.067). Neither resident nor nonresident parents’ fast food consumption, breakfast frequency, or sedentary behaviors were significantly associated with adolescents’ same behaviors. CONCLUSIONS: These preliminary findings suggest that resident and nonresident parents may have slightly different influences on their adolescent children’s weight-related behaviors. Longitudinal follow-up is needed to determine temporality of associations.
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spelling pubmed-42120952014-11-06 Nonresident parental influence on adolescent weight and weight-related behaviors: similar or different from resident parental influence? Berge, Jerica M Meyer, Craig MacLehose, Richard F Eisenberg, Marla E Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act Research BACKGROUND: Many parents do not live with, or have shared custody of, their adolescent children (i.e., nonresident parents). The degree of their influence on their children, as compared to parents who do live with their children the majority of the time (i.e. resident parents) has not been well-studied. The current study aimed to examine whether and how resident and nonresident parents’ weight and weight-related behaviors are correlated with adolescents’ weight and weight-related behaviors. Results will inform who may be important to include in adolescent obesity prevention interventions. METHODS: Data from two linked population-based studies, EAT 2010 and F-EAT, were used for cross-sectional analyses. Resident parents (n = 200; 80% females; mean age =41.8), nonresident parents (n =200; 70% male; mean age =43.1), and adolescents (n =200; 60% girls; mean age =14.2 years) were socioeconomically and racially/ethnically diverse. Multiple regression models were fit to investigate the association between resident and nonresident parents’ weight and weight-related behaviors and adolescents’ weight and weight-related behaviors. RESULTS: Both resident and nonresident parents’ BMI were significantly associated with adolescents’ BMI percentile. Additionally, resident parents’ sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and fruit and vegetable intake were significantly associated with adolescents’ sugar-sweetened beverage intake and fruit and vegetable intake (p < 0.05), respectively. Furthermore, the association between nonresident parent physical activity and adolescent physical activity was marginally significant (p = 0.067). Neither resident nor nonresident parents’ fast food consumption, breakfast frequency, or sedentary behaviors were significantly associated with adolescents’ same behaviors. CONCLUSIONS: These preliminary findings suggest that resident and nonresident parents may have slightly different influences on their adolescent children’s weight-related behaviors. Longitudinal follow-up is needed to determine temporality of associations. BioMed Central 2014-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4212095/ /pubmed/25339189 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-014-0131-y Text en © Berge et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Eisenberg, Marla E
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Nonresident parental influence on adolescent weight and weight-related behaviors: similar or different from resident parental influence?
title Nonresident parental influence on adolescent weight and weight-related behaviors: similar or different from resident parental influence?
title_full Nonresident parental influence on adolescent weight and weight-related behaviors: similar or different from resident parental influence?
title_fullStr Nonresident parental influence on adolescent weight and weight-related behaviors: similar or different from resident parental influence?
title_full_unstemmed Nonresident parental influence on adolescent weight and weight-related behaviors: similar or different from resident parental influence?
title_short Nonresident parental influence on adolescent weight and weight-related behaviors: similar or different from resident parental influence?
title_sort nonresident parental influence on adolescent weight and weight-related behaviors: similar or different from resident parental influence?
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25339189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-014-0131-y
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