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Associations between socioeconomic and family determinants and weight-control behaviours among adolescents
Aviad Tur-Sinai1,2, Tanya Kolobov3, Riki Tesler4
1Department of Health Systems Management, The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, POB 1930000, Yezreel Valley, Israel. avts2309@netvision.net.il.
Objectives:
Family factors may play a role in adolescents' weight-control behaviours (WCB), and economic determinants strongly affect adolescents' health in terms of unhealthy weight-control behaviours (UWCB). This study examines the nexus of socioeconomic status, perceived family wealth, and number of employed parents and Israeli adolescents' WCB and asks whether family-related variables mediate WCB.
Methods:
Data from the 2014 Israeli Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children study are analysed using structural equation modelling.
Results:
High family affluence and high perceived family wealth are negatively associated with UWCB. Having two employed parents related to lower levels of UWCB. Family-related variables such as family communication and support and parental monitoring mitigate UWCB. Family meals have a significantly positive effect on healthy weight-control behaviour (HWCB) and a significantly negative impact on unhealthy weight-control activities.
Conclusions:
The findings suggest that economic factors such as socioeconomic status and number of employed parents should be taken into account in long-term weight-control practice. The combination of WCB and family meals is the most effective method for adolescents' healthy weight-control behaviour.
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