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The Role of General Parenting Style in Child Diet and Obesity Risk

Allison Kiefner-Burmeister1, Nova Hinman2

  • 1The University of Findlay, 1000 North Main St., Findlay, OH, 48540, USA. kiefner-burmeister@findlay.edu.

Current Nutrition Reports
|January 22, 2020
PubMed

Insights

Parenting styles significantly impact child diet and BMI. Authoritative styles, balancing warmth and control, promote healthier eating habits and may protect against childhood obesity.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatrics
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Childhood obesity is a global epidemic with severe long-term health consequences.
  • Identifying environmental contributors, such as parenting styles, is crucial for intervention.
  • Parenting influences children's dietary habits and body mass index (BMI).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To comprehensively review the literature on parenting style's influence on childhood diet and BMI.
  • To examine research published within the last five years.
  • To understand the nuanced relationship between parenting and child weight.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of studies published in the past five years.
  • Analysis of research on traditional and newer parenting style categories.
  • Inclusion of studies on diverse populations and cross-cultural comparisons.

Main Results:

  • Traditional parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, uninvolved) remain relevant.
  • Emerging research highlights subcategories and underrepresented groups (fathers, cross-cultural).
  • Authoritative parenting, characterized by warmth and control, is linked to healthier diets and lower BMI.

Conclusions:

  • Parenting style is a significant factor in childhood diet and BMI.
  • Authoritative parenting appears protective against childhood obesity.
  • Further research into nuanced parenting styles and diverse populations is warranted.
Abstract

Keywords:
BMIChild dietChildhood obesityEating behaviorsParenting style

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