Frequency of eating alone is associated with adolescent dietary intake, perceived food-related parenting practices and weight status

Cross-sectional Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) Study results

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ID15094148
AutoresMarla Reicks (0000-0001-6726-9408, University of Minnesota, autor de correspondencia), Cynthia Davey (0000-0002-6129-6509, University of Minnesota), Alex Kojo Anderson (0000-0001-7048-8337, University of Georgia), Jinan Banna (0000-0003-0695-1205, University of Hawaii System), Mary Cluskey (Oregon State University), Carolyn Gunther (0000-0003-1199-0137, The Ohio State University), Blake L Jones (0000-0001-6939-6697, Brigham Young University), Rickelle Richards (0000-0002-7699-4254, Brigham Young University), Glade Topham (0000-0001-6908-225X, Kansas State University), Siew Sun Wong (0000-0003-3530-4955, Oregon State University)
Año2019
Volumen22
Número09
Páginas1555-1566
Fecha de publicación2019-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980019000107
PMID30813975
OpenAlexW2919483197
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas40

Objective To examine relationships between frequency of adolescents eating alone (dependent variable) and diet, weight status and perceived food-related parenting practices (independent variables). Design Analyses of publicly available, cross-sectional, web-based survey data from adolescents. Setting Online consumer opinion panel. Subjects A US nationwide sample of adolescents (12–17 years) completed Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) Study surveys to report demographic and family meal characteristics, weight, dietary intake, home food availability and perceptions of parenting practices. Parents provided information about demographic characteristics. Logistic regression analyses were used to test for associations between variables. Results About 20 % of adolescents reported often eating alone ( n 343) v . not often eating alone ( n 1309). Adjusted odds of adolescents often eating alone were significantly higher for non-Hispanic Black compared with non-Hispanic White adolescents (OR=1·7) and for overweight or obese compared with normal- or underweight adolescents (OR=1·6). Adjusted odds of adolescents eating alone were significantly lower for those who reported that fruits and vegetables were often/always available in the home (OR=0·65), for those who perceived that parents had expectations about fruit and vegetable intake (OR=0·71) and for those who agreed with parental authority to make rules about intake of junk food/sugary drinks (OR=0·71). Junk food and sugary drink daily intake frequency was positively associated with often eating alone. Conclusions Often eating alone was related to being overweight/obese, having less healthy dietary intake and perceptions of less supportive food-related parenting practices

Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Meal · Obesity · Odds · Overweight · Underweight · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Demography · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology