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Jerica M Berge1, Craig Meyer2, Richard F MacLehose2

  • 11 Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School , Minneapolis, MN.

Childhood Obesity (Print)
|December 25, 2015
PubMed

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Parents generally use similar weight-related health practices with all adolescent children. However, they may engage in more negative weight conversations with overweight children, even within the same family.

Area of Science:

  • Child Health
  • Family Studies
  • Obesity Research

Background:

  • Parenting practices significantly influence adolescent weight-related health.
  • Limited research exists on whether parents apply consistent weight-related parenting strategies across multiple children, especially when siblings differ in weight status or sex.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if parents utilize distinct weight-related health parenting practices for adolescent siblings with differing weight statuses or sexes.
  • To explore variations in parental feeding and communication strategies within sibling dyads.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from two linked population-based studies: Eating and Activity in Teens (EAT) 2010 and Families and Eating and Activity in Teens (F-EAT).
  • Conducted an exploratory cross-sectional analysis involving 57 parent-adolescent sibling pairs.
  • Collected data through parent surveys and adolescent anthropometric measures and surveys.

Main Results:

  • Found limited evidence of parents using different weight-related parenting practices based on adolescent sex.
  • Observed that parents reported significantly more negative weight-related conversations with overweight/obese siblings compared to their nonoverweight/obese siblings within discordant weight status dyads.
  • Noted a trend towards increased food restriction and encouragement to diet among overweight/obese siblings.

Conclusions:

  • Parents generally employ similar weight-related parenting practices across adolescent siblings.
  • Emerging patterns suggest potential differences in communication and restriction strategies when siblings have discordant weight statuses, warranting further investigation.
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