Adolescent Girls’ Weight-Related Family Environments, Minnesota
Significant sociodemographic disparities exist in the prevalence of obesity among adolescent girls, and in girls’ participation in physical activity, sedentary activity, and healthful dietary intake. However, little is known of how factors in the family environment associated with weight and behavio...
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| author | Katherine W. Bauer, PhD, MS Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD Jayne A. Fulkerson, PhD Mary Story, PhD, RD |
| author_facet | Katherine W. Bauer, PhD, MS Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD Jayne A. Fulkerson, PhD Mary Story, PhD, RD |
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| description | Significant sociodemographic disparities exist in the prevalence of obesity among adolescent girls, and in girls’ participation in physical activity, sedentary activity, and healthful dietary intake. However, little is known of how factors in the family environment associated with weight and behavior vary by sociodemographic groups. We examined differences and similarities in the weight-related family environments of adolescent girls by race/ethnicity, parental educational attainment, and US nativity. Data are from the baseline assessment of 253 parent/daughter dyads. Parents completed survey items on the family environment; parents and girls reported their sociodemographic characteristics. Hierarchical regression models were used to test relationships between the family environment and sociodemographic characteristics. Parents of Asian girls reported qualities supportive of physical activity and healthy eating. Higher parental education was associated with more parental modeling of and support for physical activity and greater frequency of family meals. Parents of foreign-born girls reported having fewer televisions in the home, more frequent family meals, and fewer fast-food family meals. Understanding sociodemographic differences in the family environments of adolescent girls can inform the development of obesity prevention programs and reduce disparities in adolescents’ weight status, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and healthful dietary intake. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4b6eba2a27941a2b42a13f0a505a7f22023-12-02T11:36:49ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionPreventing Chronic Disease1545-11512011-05-0183Adolescent Girls’ Weight-Related Family Environments, MinnesotaKatherine W. Bauer, PhD, MSDianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RDJayne A. Fulkerson, PhDMary Story, PhD, RDSignificant sociodemographic disparities exist in the prevalence of obesity among adolescent girls, and in girls’ participation in physical activity, sedentary activity, and healthful dietary intake. However, little is known of how factors in the family environment associated with weight and behavior vary by sociodemographic groups. We examined differences and similarities in the weight-related family environments of adolescent girls by race/ethnicity, parental educational attainment, and US nativity. Data are from the baseline assessment of 253 parent/daughter dyads. Parents completed survey items on the family environment; parents and girls reported their sociodemographic characteristics. Hierarchical regression models were used to test relationships between the family environment and sociodemographic characteristics. Parents of Asian girls reported qualities supportive of physical activity and healthy eating. Higher parental education was associated with more parental modeling of and support for physical activity and greater frequency of family meals. Parents of foreign-born girls reported having fewer televisions in the home, more frequent family meals, and fewer fast-food family meals. Understanding sociodemographic differences in the family environments of adolescent girls can inform the development of obesity prevention programs and reduce disparities in adolescents’ weight status, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and healthful dietary intake.http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2011/may/10_0025.htmadolescent girlsweight-related family environmentschild healthchildhood obesity |
| spellingShingle | Katherine W. Bauer, PhD, MS Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD Jayne A. Fulkerson, PhD Mary Story, PhD, RD Adolescent Girls’ Weight-Related Family Environments, Minnesota Preventing Chronic Disease adolescent girls weight-related family environments child health childhood obesity |
| title | Adolescent Girls’ Weight-Related Family Environments, Minnesota |
| title_full | Adolescent Girls’ Weight-Related Family Environments, Minnesota |
| title_fullStr | Adolescent Girls’ Weight-Related Family Environments, Minnesota |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adolescent Girls’ Weight-Related Family Environments, Minnesota |
| title_short | Adolescent Girls’ Weight-Related Family Environments, Minnesota |
| title_sort | adolescent girls weight related family environments minnesota |
| topic | adolescent girls weight-related family environments child health childhood obesity |
| url | http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2011/may/10_0025.htm |
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