Reported Intergenerational Transmission of Parent Weight Talk and Links with Child Health and Wellbeing - 12/06/24
, Vivienne M. Hazzard, PhD, MPH, RD 2, 3, Amanda Trofholz, MPH, RD 2, Anna Hochgraf, PhD 2, 3, Lisa Zak-Hunter, PhD, LMFT 2, Laura Miller, MD, MPH 2Abstract |
Objectives |
To examine if intergenerational transmission of parent weight talk occurs, the contextual factors prompting weight talk, and whether parent weight talk is associated with child weight, dietary intake, psychosocial outcomes, and food parenting practices.
Study design |
Children aged 5-9 years and their families (n = 1307) from 6 racial and ethnic groups (African-American, Hispanic, Hmong, Native American, Somali/Ethiopian, White) were recruited for a longitudinal cohort study through primary care clinics in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota from 2016 through 2019. Parents filled out surveys at 2 time points, 18 months apart. Adjusted regression models examined associations of interest.
Results |
Intergenerational transmission of parent weight talk was observed. In addition, significant associations were found between parent engagement in weight talk and higher weight status and poorer psychosocial outcomes in children 18 months later. Parent engagement in weight talk was also associated with more restrictive food parenting practices 18 months later.
Conclusions |
Parents’ exposure to weight talk as children increased the likelihood of engaging in weight talk with their own children and had harmful associations over time with parent restrictive feeding practices, child weight, and psychosocial wellbeing in children. Health care providers may want to consider both modeling positive health-focused conversations and educating parents about the potential harmful and long-lasting consequences of engaging in weight talk with their children.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : weight conversations, food parenting, obesity, dietary intake, psychosocial wellbeing
Abbreviations : BMI, FST
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| Research is supported by grant number R01HL126171 and R01HL156994 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (PI of both grants: Jerica Berge). Anna Hochgraf was supported by award number T32HL150452 (PI: D. Neumark-Sztainer) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute or the National Institutes of Health. |
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| Deidentified individual participant data (including data dictionaries) used in the current study may be made available when requested from the first author. Proposals should be submitted to Dr. Jerica M. Berge (jberge@umn.edu; jerica.berge@cuanschutz.edu). |
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