What's love got to do with it? Family cohesion and healthy eating behaviors in adolescent girls

Franko, Debra L.; Thompson, Douglas; Bauserman, Robert; Affenito, Sandra G.; Striegel‐Moore, Ruth H.

doi:10.1002/eat.20517

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“…In our study, the only socio-economic variable that was associated with breakfast consumption was maternal education level; adolescents whose mothers had a high education level were more likely to be breakfast consumers compared with adolescents whose mothers had a low/medium education level. Similar results have been found in Norway (15) and the USA (30,31) . Additionally, our study shows that adolescents whose mothers had a high education level were more likely to consume a breakfast of higher quality, to consume the target food groups and were less likely to consume 'soft drinks' for breakfast.…”

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Breakfast habits among European adolescents and their association with sociodemographic factors: the HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) study

Hällström

Vereecken

Labayen

et al. 2012

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To describe breakfast habits at food group level in European adolescents and to investigate the associations between these habits and sociodemographic factors. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Secondary schools from nine European cities participating in the HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) Study. Breakfast habits were assessed twice using a computer-based 24 h dietary recall. Adolescents who consumed breakfast on at least one recall day were classified as 'breakfast consumers' and adolescents who did not have anything for breakfast on either of the two recall days were considered 'breakfast skippers'. A 'breakfast quality index' to describe breakfast quality was created based on the consumption or nonconsumption of cereals/cereal products, dairy products and fruits/vegetables. The sociodemographic factors studied were sex, age, region of Europe, maternal and paternal education, family structure and family affluence. Subjects: Adolescents (n 2672, 53 % girls) aged 12-17 years. Results: The majority of the adolescents reported a breakfast that scored poorly on the breakfast quality index. Older adolescents, adolescents from the southern part of Europe and adolescents from families with low socio-economic status were more likely to consume a low-quality breakfast. Conclusions: The study highlights the need to promote the consumption of a highquality breakfast among adolescents, particularly in older adolescents, adolescents from southern Europe and adolescents from families with low socio-economic status, in order to improve public health. Keywords Food groups Dietary habits Socio-economic TeenagerBreakfast consumption is an important part of a healthy lifestyle (1) . Regular breakfast consumption among adolescents has been associated with better diet quality (2-4) , better cognitive performance (5) and reduced risk of becoming overweight or obese (6) . Nevertheless, breakfast skipping is a common behaviour among European adolescents, with a prevalence ranging from 3 % (7) to 34 % (1) .

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Breakfast habits among European adolescents and their association with sociodemographic factors: the HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) study

Hällström

Vereecken

Labayen

et al. 2012

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“…Unemployment and parent's educational level did not have a relation with the rate of breakfast consumption by children. Franko 34 in a ten-year study showed that breakfast consumption in family is accompanied with some changes with the living style girls.…”

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Breakfast Consumption Amongst School Children in Northern Iran

Veghari

Mansourian

2013

J. Nepal Paedtr. Soc.

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Introduction: Eating breakfast has an important role for growing and educational support in students. The aims of this study were to evaluate whether skipping breakfast had any effect among primary school children in the north of Iran. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study performed on 7426 students (3786=male and 3640=female) from 112 schools in urban and rural areas. The schools and students were chosen by cluster and stratify sampling. Data were collected by questioner for all samples through interview. Results: Skipping breakfast were significant among 9.3% of students (female= 9.9% and male=6.7%) and in Turkman ethnic group (6.0%) were significantly less (p=0.001) than other ethnic groups such as Fars (9.6%) and Sistani (9.4%). There were statistically significant differences between gender and type of school, separately (p=0.001). The most important reasons for missing breakfast were low appetite (70.1%), non-flavored foods (11.8%), inattention of mothers (5.2%) and others factors (13%). Conclusion: Our findings indicated that one child out of 11 children goes to school without taking breakfast. On the basis of children's statements, lack of appetite, and uninteresting food materials, were among the most important factors for skipping breakfast, respectively. Also, the higher educational level of parents, good economic condition and the father being unemployed were among the most important risk factors for skipping breakfast by school children, in this region.

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“…Low family functioning is associated with health outcomes and health behaviours such as overweight (20,21) , sedentary behaviour (20) and low intake of fruit and vegetables (20,22,23) . Franco et al suggested that adolescents who experience a high level of family communication and support are more susceptible to parents' advice about breakfast consumption (24) . A recent study by Berge et al found that high family functioning (communication, closeness, problem solving, behavioural control) among US adolescents (mean age of 14·4 years) was associated with daily breakfast consumption (20) .…”

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Breakfast frequency among adolescents: associations with measures of family functioning

Pedersen

Damsgaard

Rasmussen

2016

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Objective: To investigate (i) associations between adolescents' frequency of breakfast and family functioning (close relations to parents, quality of family communication and family support) and (ii) if any observed associations between breakfast frequency and family functioning vary by sociodemographic factors. Design: School-based cross-sectional study. Students completed a web-based questionnaire. Associations were estimated by multilevel multivariate logistic regression. Setting: Danish arm of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study, 2014. Subjects: Adolescents aged 13 and 15 years (n 3054) from a random sample of forty-one schools. Results: Nearly one-quarter of the adolescents had low breakfast frequency. Low breakfast frequency was associated with low family functioning measured by three dimensions. The OR (95 % CI) of low breakfast frequency was 1·81 (1·40, 2·33) for adolescents who reported no close relations to parents, 2·28 (1·61, 3·22) for adolescents who reported low level of quality of family communication and 2·09 (1·39, 3·15) for adolescents who reported low level of family support. Joint effect analyses suggested that the odds of low breakfast frequency among adolescents with low family functioning compared with high family functioning were highest among adolescents being girls, immigrants and living in other than a traditional family structure. Conclusions: Low breakfast frequency was associated with low family functioning measured by close relations to parents, quality of family communication and family support. Further, analyses suggested that the associations were more pronounced among girls, immigrants and adolescents from other family structure than traditional. The study highlights the importance of the family setting in promoting regular breakfast frequency among adolescents.

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What's love got to do with it? Family cohesion and healthy eating behaviors in adolescent girls

Cited by 59 publications

References 48 publications

Breakfast habits among European adolescents and their association with sociodemographic factors: the HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) study

Breakfast habits among European adolescents and their association with sociodemographic factors: the HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) study

Breakfast Consumption Amongst School Children in Northern Iran

Breakfast frequency among adolescents: associations with measures of family functioning

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