The Influence of Parental Dietary Behaviors and Practices on Children’s Eating Habits

Mahmood, Lubna; Flores-Barrantes, Paloma; Moreno, Luis A.; Μanios, Yannis; González‐Gil, Esther M.

doi:10.3390/nu13041138

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“…Interpersonal relationships serve as a significant factor influencing eating behavior through social influence, and bad interpersonal relationships are even one of the main factors for eating disorders [14,15]. There exists an important influence on eating behavior among family members such as spouses, offspring, and siblings [16][17][18]. Additionally, there is ample evidence that social and community environment, including residence, education, career, and income, has a powerful effect on eating behavior such as food choice and amounts consumed [19,20].…”

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Current Status and Influencing Factors of Eating Behavior in Residents at the Age of 18~60: A Cross-Sectional Study in China

Mei

Deng

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Nutrients

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As eating behavior is important to health, this cross-sectional study was conducted to analyze the factors influencing the eating behavior related to overweight and obesity of Chinese residents aged 18~60 based on the Ecological Model of Health Behavior. The short-form of the Eating Behavior Scale (EBS-SF) was applied to evaluate eating behavior. The multivariable linear stepwise regression analysis was used to identify and analyze the influence factors, and the receiver operating characteristic curves analysis to validate the predictive capability of the EBS-SF score in differentiating overweight and obesity. A total of 8623 participants were enrolled. In the personal characteristics, male (β = −0.03), older [36–45 years (β = −0.06) or 46–60 years (β = −0.07)], higher scores of Agreeableness (β = −0.04), Conscientiousness (β = −0.14) or Openness (β = −0.03) contributed to healthy eating behavior. In the individual behaviors, those who smoked (β = 0.04), drank alcohol (β = 0.05), exercised frequently (β = 0.07), had higher PHQ-9 scores (β = 0.29) may have improper eating habits. As for the interpersonal networks, the residents who were married (β = −0.04) behaved well when eating, while those who had offspring or siblings tended to have unhealthy eating behavior. At the community level, living in Western China (β = −0.03), having a monthly household income of 6001–9000 yuan per capita (β = −0.04), having no debt (β = −0.02), being retired (β = −0.03), or having lower PSSS scores (β = −0.03) led to lower EBS-SF scores. And the EBS-SF score demonstrated a moderate-high accuracy in predicting overweight and obesity.

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Current Status and Influencing Factors of Eating Behavior in Residents at the Age of 18~60: A Cross-Sectional Study in China

Mei

Deng

et al. 2022

Nutrients

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“…Therefore, while snacking results in postprandial hyperglycemia, snacking habits, through the continued consumption of unhealthy snacks, produce hepatic and peripheral insulin resistance, which further worsens the hyperglycemia. Since the strength of habits is the most important predictor in explaining unhealthy snack intake [ 17 ] and since poor dietary habits established during childhood could persist into adulthood, which increases the risk of developing obesity and obesity-related complications such as type 2 diabetes [ 18 ], it is important to encourage the development of healthy eating habits as early as possible so that they can last a lifetime.…”

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Impact of Lifestyle Behaviors on Postprandial Hyperglycemia during Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Adult Males with Overweight/Obesity but without Diabetes

Kishimoto

Ohashi

2021

Nutrients

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Data regarding hyperglycemia-related factors were scarce in people without diabetes. Fifty males (age 50–65 years) with overweight/obesity but without diagnosis of diabetes were recruited. After excluding participants with the 2 h plasma glucose value during a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test ≥200 mg/dL, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) was performed for 6 days. Subjects with ≥1800 CGM readings were included (n = 36). The CGM indices of hyperglycemia were significantly associated with disposition index and snacking frequency. In receiver-operating characteristic analysis for predicting the maximal CGM glucose ≥200 mg/dL, the area under curves of disposition index, snacking frequency, and minimal daily step counts during the study were 0.69, 0.63, and 0.68, whereas the cutoff values were 1.57, once daily, and 2499 steps, respectively. After adjustments, the lower disposition index (≤1.57), higher snacking frequency (≥1 per day), and lower minimal step (≤2499 steps per day) categories conferred 14.5, 14.5, and 6.6-fold increased probabilities for having the maximum level ≥ 200 mg/dL, respectively. In addition, the snacking habits were significantly associated with insulin resistance and compensatory hyperinsulinemia. In conclusion, in middle aged males with overweight/obesity but without diabetes, snacking and physical inactivity serve as the major drivers of postprandial hyperglycemia independently of β-cell function.

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“…It has been found that parents’ eating habits and food preferences play an important role in shaping food intake patterns in children [ 5 ] as children consider their parents as role models. Previous studies suggested that parents who are “healthy role models” would be more likely to have children who consume healthier foods [ 6 , 7 ]. Moreover, parents were found to have a strong influence over the family environment where meals take place and the types and portions of foods provided to children [ 8 ].…”

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Frequency of family meals and food consumption in families at high risk of type 2 diabetes: the Feel4Diabetes-study

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A family meal is defined as a meal consumed together by the members of a family or by having ≥ 1 parent present during a meal. The frequency of family meals has been associated with healthier food intake patterns in both children and parents. This study aimed to investigate in families at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes across Europe the association (i) between family meals’ frequency and food consumption and diet quality among parents and (ii) between family meals’ frequency and children’s food consumption. Moreover, the study aimed to elucidate the mediating effect of parental diet quality on the association between family meals’ frequency and children’s food consumption. Food consumption frequency and anthropometric were collected cross-sectionally from a representative sample of 1964 families from the European Feel4Diabetes-study. Regression and mediation analyses were applied by gender of children. Positive and significant associations were found between the frequency of family meals and parental food consumption (β = 0.84; 95% CI 0.57, 1.45) and diet quality (β = 0.30; 95% CI 0.19, 0.42). For children, more frequent family meals were significantly associated with healthier food consumption (boys, β = 0.172, p < 0.05; girls, β = 0.114, p < 0.01). A partial mediation effect of the parental diet quality was shown on the association between the frequency of family meals and the consumption of some selected food items (i.e., milk products and salty snacks) among boys and girls. The strongest mediation effect of parental diet quality was found on the association between the frequency of family breakfast and the consumption of salty snacks and milk and milk products (62.5% and 37.5%, respectively) among girls.Conclusions: The frequency of family meals is positively associated with improved food consumption patterns (i.e., higher intake of fruits and vegetables and reduced consumption of sweets) in both parents and children. However, the association in children is partially mediated by parents’ diet quality. The promotion of consuming meals together in the family could be a potentially effective strategy for interventions aiming to establish and maintain healthy food consumption patterns among children.Trial registration: The Feel4Diabetes-study is registered with the clinical trials registry (NCT02393872), http://clinicaltrials.gov, March 20, 2015. What is Known:• Parents’ eating habits and diet quality play an important role in shaping dietary patterns in children• Family meals frequency is associated with improved diet quality of children in healthy population What is New:• Frequency of family meals was significantly associated with healthier food consumption among parents and children in families at high risk of type 2 diabetes in six European countries.• Parental diet quality mediates the association between family meals frequency and the consumption of some selected food items among children.

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The Influence of Parental Dietary Behaviors and Practices on Children’s Eating Habits

Cited by 178 publications

References 82 publications

Current Status and Influencing Factors of Eating Behavior in Residents at the Age of 18~60: A Cross-Sectional Study in China

Current Status and Influencing Factors of Eating Behavior in Residents at the Age of 18~60: A Cross-Sectional Study in China

Impact of Lifestyle Behaviors on Postprandial Hyperglycemia during Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Adult Males with Overweight/Obesity but without Diabetes

Frequency of family meals and food consumption in families at high risk of type 2 diabetes: the Feel4Diabetes-study

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