Associations between Parent Behavior and Adolescent Weight Control

Associations between weight perceptions, weight control and body fatness in a multiethnic sample of adolescent girls.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to examine the interactions between weight perceptions, weight control behaviours and body fatness in a multiethnic sample of adolescent girls. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Girls from European (37.7 %), Pacific Island (21.6 %), East Asian (15.8 %), Maori (10.2 %) and South Asian (9.6 %) populations and from other ethnicities (5.0 %)....

Family functioning and quality of parent-adolescent relationship: cross-sectional associations with adolescent weight-related behaviors and weight status

BACKGROUND Little is known about how factors within the general family environment are associated with weight and related behaviors among adolescents/young adults. METHODS We studied 3768 females and 2614 males, 14-24 years old in 2011, participating in the Growing Up Today Study 2. We used generalized mixed models to examine cross-sectional associations of family functioning and quality of m...

Developmental Associations Between the Parent- Adolescent Relationship and Adolescent Negative Affect and Psychopathology

Parent/Adolescent Weight Status Concordance and Parent Feeding Practices.

BACKGROUND Previous studies have examined the independent influence of mother's weight status or child's weight status on parents' use of specific feeding practices (ie, food restriction, pressure-to-eat). However, studies have not examined the mutual influence of parents' and adolescents' weight status on parents' feeding practices. This study examines the relationship between parent and adole...

Parent conversations about healthful eating and weight: associations with adolescent disordered eating behaviors.

IMPORTANCE The prevalence of weight-related problems in adolescents is high. Parents of adolescents may wonder whether talking about eating habits and weight is useful or detrimental. OBJECTIVE To examine the associations between parent conversations about healthful eating and weight and adolescent disordered eating behaviors. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis using data from 2 linked multile...