Parent Diet Quality and Energy Intake Are Related to Child Diet Quality and Energy Intake
Parent Diet Quality and Energy Intake Are Related to
Child Diet Quality and Energy Intake
Robson, S. M., Couch, S. C., Peugh, J. L., Glanz,
K., Zhou, C., Sallis, J. F., & Saelens, B. E. (2016). Parent Diet Quality
and Energy Intake Are Related to Child Diet Quality and Energy Intake. Journal
of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 116(6), 984-990.
The
purpose of this study was to build on previous research to evaluate eating behaviors
that
children
adopt from their environment and observational learning. “Usual intakes from
2007 to
2010
demonstrated that the majority of children were not meeting recommendations for
fruits,
vegetables,
whole grains, and dairy. In fact, children were consuming large quantities of
energy
from
dietary components targeted for reduction, such as added sugars and solid fats”
(Robson,
Couch, Peugh, Glanz, Sallis, & Saelens, p. 984, 2016).
This
was a longitudinal cohort study conducted from September 2007 to January 2009
with
samples
from both Washington and California. Parent -child dyads were recruited based
on
neighborhood
type and three types of physical activity level/nutrition environments; in
addition,
those
recruited had no medical conditions or chronic illnesses associated with
obesity.
Six
hundred and ninety-eight (n = 698) parent-child dyads participated in this
study and written
consent
was obtained (Robson, et al., 2016).
Multilinear
regression models investigated if parent diet quality and energy intake
predicted the child diet
quality and energy intake. Control for parent and child characteristic,
household education, and neighborhood type prior to the regression analysis.
Parent
diet quality significantly predicted child diet quality.
“Parent
energy explained 9.2% of the variance in children’s energy intake independent
of the other factors in the model, with the full model also including
demographics and neighborhood type, accounting for 21% of child intake variance”
(Robson, et al., p. 987, 2016). This
supports the findings indicating that parent diet quality variables showed persistency
as the strongest independent predictor.
As
previously mentioned children are not meeting the recommended dietary
guidelines, which has been linked to children that are overweight and obese. Children
follow by example and parents have a key responsibly, which is feeding their
children. The current study investigated and confirmed the association and
influence that the quality of a parent’s diet has on the diet of their
children. This study is a good starting point for future research on this topic
for measures of intervention.
MA
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