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Associations of Caregiver Cooking Skills with Child Dietary Behaviors and Weight Status: Results from the A-CHILD Study.
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Nutrients [Nutrients] 2021 Dec 18; Vol. 13 (12). Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 18. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- We examined whether caregiver cooking skills were associated with frequency of home cooking, child dietary behaviors, and child body weight status in Japan. We used cross-sectional data from the 2018 Adachi Child Health Impact of Living Difficulty study, targeting primary and junior high school students aged 9-14 years in Adachi City, Tokyo, Japan ( n = 5257). Caregiver cooking skills were assessed using a scale with good validity and reliability modified for use in Japan. Child heights and weights derived from school heath checkup data were used to calculate WHO standard body mass index z-scores. After adjusting for potential confounders, caregivers with low-level cooking skills were 4.31 (95% confidence interval (CI): 2.68-6.94) times more likely to have lower frequency of home cooking than those with high level of cooking skills. Children with low-level caregiver cooking skills were 2.81 (95% CI: 2.06-3.84) times more likely to have lower frequency of vegetable intake and 1.74 (95% CI: 1.08-2.82) times more likely to be obese. A low level of caregiver cooking skills was associated with infrequent home cooking, unhealthy child dietary behaviors, and child obesity.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Body Height
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Japan
Male
Pediatric Obesity epidemiology
Pediatric Obesity etiology
Vegetables
Adolescent Behavior
Body Weight
Caregivers
Child Behavior
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena physiology
Cooking statistics & numerical data
Feeding Behavior
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2072-6643
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nutrients
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34960100
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13124549