1. A cross-sectional study on the relationship between the family nutrition climate and children’s nutrition behavior
- Author
-
Sanne M. P. L. Gerards, Dave van Kann, Steven Vos, Sacha Verjans-Janssen, Maria Jansen, Stef P. J. Kremers, Promovendi NTM, Health promotion, RS: NUTRIM - R1 - Obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular health, Health Services Research, RS: CAPHRI - R2 - Creating Value-Based Health Care, and Systemic Change
- Subjects
Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Parents ,Cross-sectional study ,Child Behavior ,Recommended Dietary Allowances ,TRACKING ,0302 clinical medicine ,Bayesian multivariate linear regression ,SDG 13 - Climate Action ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Parent-Child Relations ,Child ,Children ,ASSOCIATIONS ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Communication ,Confounding ,Age Factors ,families ,Health ,Scale (social sciences) ,Dyadic interaction ,Female ,MEAL ,Diet, Healthy ,Psychology ,lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,Nutritive Value ,Consensus ,lcsh:TX341-641 ,Article ,Water consumption ,VALIDATION ,03 medical and health sciences ,DIETARY ,Environmental health ,Humans ,Family ,Trial registration ,Nutrition ,Consumption (economics) ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,SDG 13 – Klimaatactie ,Feeding Behavior ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,CONTEXT ,CHILDHOOD-OBESITY ,Energy Intake ,Food Science - Abstract
Background: Parents influence their children&rsquo, s nutrition behavior. The relationship between parental influences and children&rsquo, s nutrition behavior is often studied with a focus on the dyadic interaction between the parent and the child. However, parents and children are part of a broader system: the family. We investigated the relationship between the family nutrition climate (FNC), a family-level concept, and children&rsquo, s nutrition behavior. Methods: Parents of primary school-aged children (N = 229) filled in the validated family nutrition climate (FNC) scale. This scale measures the families&rsquo, view on the consumption of healthy nutrition, consisting of four different concepts: value, communication, cohesion, and consensus. Parents also reported their children&rsquo, s nutrition behavior (i.e., fruit, vegetable, water, candy, savory snack, and soda consumption). Multivariate linear regression analyses, correcting for potential confounders, were used to assess the relationship between the FNC scale (FNC-Total, model 1) and the different FNC subscales (model 2) and the child&rsquo, s nutrition behavior. Results: FNC-Total was positively related to fruit and vegetable intake and negatively related to soda consumption. FNC-value was a significant predictor of vegetable (positive) and candy intake (negative), and FNC-communication was a significant predictor of soda consumption (negative). FNC-communication, FNC-cohesion, and FNC-consensus were significant predictors (positive, positive, and negative, respectively) of water consumption. Conclusions: The FNC is related to children&rsquo, s nutrition behavior and especially to the consumption of healthy nutrition. These results imply the importance of taking the family-level influence into account when studying the influence of parents on children&rsquo, s nutrition behavior. Trial registration: Dutch Trial Register NTR6716 (registration date 27 June 2017, retrospectively registered), METC163027, NL58554.068.16, Fonds NutsOhra project number 101.253.
- Published
- 2019