Associations Between the Home Food Environment and Obesity‐promoting Eating Behaviors in Adolescence

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ID23342012
AutoresKaren Campbell (0000-0002-4499-3396, Deakin University, autor correspondente), Karen J Campbell (0000-0002-1244-3947), David Crawford (0000-0002-3850-4074, Deakin University), David A Crawford, Jade Salmon (0000-0002-4734-6354, Deakin University), Jo Salmon, Ann Carver (0000-0001-5166-3574, Deakin University), Alison Carver, Sarah P Garnett (0000-0001-7552-0789, Children's Hospital at Westmead), L A Baur (0000-0002-4521-9482, Children's Hospital at Westmead, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume15
Fascículo3
Páginas719-730
Data de publicação2007-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoObesity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1930-7381 • E-ISSN: 1930-739X
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1038/oby.2007.553
PMID17372323
OpenAlexW1984865403
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas101
Referências citadas33

Objective: This study examines relationships between multiple aspects of the home food environment and obesity‐promoting characteristics of 12‐ to 13‐year‐old adolescents' diets, specifically frequency of consumption of high‐energy fluids, sweet snacks, savory snacks, and take‐out foods. Research Methods: This was a cross‐sectional study including 347 adolescents 12 to 13 years of age and their parents. Data were collected via self‐completed surveys. The adolescents' diets were assessed using a Food Frequency Questionnaire derived from existing age‐appropriate National Nutrition Survey data. An extensive range of domains within the home food environment were assessed. Bivariate linear regression analyses were run split by gender. Forced entry multiple linear regression analyses (adjusting for all variables significant in bivariate analyses as well as for maternal education) were also performed, stratified by the sex of the child. Results: The influence of mothers, either as models for eating behaviors or as the providers of food, was pervasive. Mothers' intake of high‐energy fluids ( p = 0.003), sweet snacks ( p = 0.010), savory snacks ( p = 0.008), and take‐out food ( p = 0.007) was positively associated with boys' intake of all these foods. In addition, mothers' intake of high‐energy fluids was positively associated with daughters' consumption of these drinks ( p = 0.025). Furthermore, availability of unhealthy foods at home was positively associated with girls' sweet snack ( p = 0.001), girls' savory snack ( p p = 0.002), and, in the bivariate analyses, girls' high‐energy fluid consumption ( p = 0.002). Discussion: This study of home food environment influences on adolescent diet highlights the pervasive influence of mothers in determining adolescents' obesity‐promoting eating, providing direction for obesity prevention strategies and future research.

Bayesian multivariate linear regression · Biology · Bivariate analysis · Childhood obesity · Consumption (sociology) · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Food choice · Food consumption · Obesity · Overweight · Regression analysis · Snack food · Demography · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Food Science · Mathematics · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods