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The role of parental control practices in explaining children’s diet, activity and BMI
Brown, Kerry A.; Ogden, Jane; Vögele, Claus et al.
2008In Appetite, 50, p. 252-259
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Keywords :
Parental control; Children’s diets; BMI
Abstract :
[en] This paper aimed to investigate which parents use which types of parenting control practices to manage their children's diets and to assess the impact of these practices on children's dietary patterns and their BMI. A cross-sectional survey of 518 parents with children aged 4-7 years was carried out in 18 primary schools across the South of England. Measures included aspects of parental control practices and the child's diet. Results showed that older parents with a lower BMI and who were stay at home parents used more "snack overt control", "snack covert control" and "meal covert control" and those with more education used more covert control strategies. In contrast, male, non-white parents with younger children used more "pressure to eat". In terms of the children's diet, the results showed links between parental and child demographics and aspects of unhealthy and healthy food intake. In addition, links were also found for parental control practices. For example, eating more unhealthy snacks was related to less covert control and more pressure to eat, eating fruit and vegetables was related to higher levels of both overt and covert control over meals and less pressure to eat and being neophobic was related to less covert control over meals and more pressure to eat. The children's BMIs were unrelated to any variables measured in the study.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Psychiatry
Treatment & clinical psychology
Animal psychology, ethology & psychobiology
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Identifiers :
UNILU:UL-ARTICLE-2012-867
Author, co-author :
Brown, Kerry A.
Ogden, Jane
Vögele, Claus ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Gibson, E. Leigh
Language :
English
Title :
The role of parental control practices in explaining children’s diet, activity and BMI
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
Appetite
ISSN :
0195-6663
Publisher :
Academic Press
Volume :
50
Pages :
252-259
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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