Parental Attitudes to Childhood Overweight: The Multiple Paths through Healthy Eating, Screen Use, and Sleeping Time.

Publisher: MDPI Country of Publication: Switzerland NLM ID: 101238455 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1660-4601 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 16604601 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Environ Res Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Basel : MDPI, c2004-

Attitude to Health* ; Child Health* ; Parents* ; Pediatric Obesity*/epidemiology; Body Mass Index ; Child ; Diet, Healthy ; Humans ; Overweight/epidemiology ; Screen Time ; Sleep ; Surveys and Questionnaires

The main goal of this paper is to examine how parental attitudes toward sleeping, screen use, and feeding their child influence the child's body mass index (BMI) through the child's behaviors related to time dedicated to sleep and television, and their healthy eating. Using survey data from 908 parents, results show that parental attitudes have a significant influence on children's behavior and, more importantly, on their BMI. The three forms of a child's behavior (sleeping, watching TV, and healthy eating patterns) are affected by what parents do and their attitudes toward these three behaviors at home. Results show how changes in parental attitudes are an interesting target to prevent the child's overweight.

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Keywords: body mass index (BMI); childhood obesity; feeding; parental attitudes

Date Created: 20201030 Date Completed: 20210122 Latest Revision: 20210122

20231215

PMC7662269

10.3390/ijerph17217885

33121180