Adolescents' reports of chaos within the family home environment: Investigating associations with lifestyle behaviours and obesity.
<h4>Objective</h4>Disorganised and chaotic home environments may hinder the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviours and contribute to excessive weight gain among adolescents. We examined whether self-reported level of chaos within the family home environment is associated with lifestyle...
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| author | Andraea Van Hulst Sujani Jayanetti Ana Maria Sanson-Rosas Marie-Josée Harbec Lisa Kakinami Tracie A Barnett Mélanie Henderson |
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| description | <h4>Objective</h4>Disorganised and chaotic home environments may hinder the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviours and contribute to excessive weight gain among adolescents. We examined whether self-reported level of chaos within the family home environment is associated with lifestyle behaviours and obesity in adolescent girls and boys.<h4>Methods</h4>Cross-sectional data from the 3rd wave of the Québec Adipose and Lifestyle Investigation in Youth (QUALITY) study were analyzed. The sample consisted of n = 377 White adolescents with a history of parental obesity. Home environment chaos was measured using the Confusion, Hubbub, and Order Scale (CHAOS) analyzed both continuously and dichotomized as high vs. low chaos. Body Mass Index z-scores (zBMI) were computed using WHO standards from measured weight and height. Physical activity (7-day accelerometry), vegetable and fruit intake (three 24-hour diet recalls), and leisure screen time and sleep duration (questionnaire) were assessed. Sex-specific linear regression models were used to estimate associations between level of family home environment chaos, lifestyle behaviours and zBMI.<h4>Results</h4>The overall level of chaos was low in our study sample, with higher reported levels among girls compared to boys. Among girls, high (vs low) chaos was associated with shorter sleep duration (hours/day) (B = - 0.44, 95% CI: -0.75, -0.14). No associations were observed for other lifestyle behaviours or for zBMI.<h4>Conclusion</h4>In this sample of adolescents with a parental history of obesity, higher household chaos was not associated with obesity or lifestyle behaviours, except for sleep duration among girls. Replication of findings in more diverse samples is indicated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-881f69bfb91f4431855f3030fd02d23b2023-02-01T05:31:42ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01181e028073710.1371/journal.pone.0280737Adolescents' reports of chaos within the family home environment: Investigating associations with lifestyle behaviours and obesity.Andraea Van HulstSujani JayanettiAna Maria Sanson-RosasMarie-Josée HarbecLisa KakinamiTracie A BarnettMélanie Henderson<h4>Objective</h4>Disorganised and chaotic home environments may hinder the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviours and contribute to excessive weight gain among adolescents. We examined whether self-reported level of chaos within the family home environment is associated with lifestyle behaviours and obesity in adolescent girls and boys.<h4>Methods</h4>Cross-sectional data from the 3rd wave of the Québec Adipose and Lifestyle Investigation in Youth (QUALITY) study were analyzed. The sample consisted of n = 377 White adolescents with a history of parental obesity. Home environment chaos was measured using the Confusion, Hubbub, and Order Scale (CHAOS) analyzed both continuously and dichotomized as high vs. low chaos. Body Mass Index z-scores (zBMI) were computed using WHO standards from measured weight and height. Physical activity (7-day accelerometry), vegetable and fruit intake (three 24-hour diet recalls), and leisure screen time and sleep duration (questionnaire) were assessed. Sex-specific linear regression models were used to estimate associations between level of family home environment chaos, lifestyle behaviours and zBMI.<h4>Results</h4>The overall level of chaos was low in our study sample, with higher reported levels among girls compared to boys. Among girls, high (vs low) chaos was associated with shorter sleep duration (hours/day) (B = - 0.44, 95% CI: -0.75, -0.14). No associations were observed for other lifestyle behaviours or for zBMI.<h4>Conclusion</h4>In this sample of adolescents with a parental history of obesity, higher household chaos was not associated with obesity or lifestyle behaviours, except for sleep duration among girls. Replication of findings in more diverse samples is indicated.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280737 |
| spellingShingle | Andraea Van Hulst Sujani Jayanetti Ana Maria Sanson-Rosas Marie-Josée Harbec Lisa Kakinami Tracie A Barnett Mélanie Henderson Adolescents' reports of chaos within the family home environment: Investigating associations with lifestyle behaviours and obesity. PLoS ONE |
| title | Adolescents' reports of chaos within the family home environment: Investigating associations with lifestyle behaviours and obesity. |
| title_full | Adolescents' reports of chaos within the family home environment: Investigating associations with lifestyle behaviours and obesity. |
| title_fullStr | Adolescents' reports of chaos within the family home environment: Investigating associations with lifestyle behaviours and obesity. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adolescents' reports of chaos within the family home environment: Investigating associations with lifestyle behaviours and obesity. |
| title_short | Adolescents' reports of chaos within the family home environment: Investigating associations with lifestyle behaviours and obesity. |
| title_sort | adolescents reports of chaos within the family home environment investigating associations with lifestyle behaviours and obesity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280737 |
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