Robinson L N, Rollo M E, Watson J, Burrows T L, Collins C E
Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
J Hum Nutr Diet. 2015 Oct;28(5):443-51. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12261. Epub 2014 Aug 1.
Being overweight and obese in Australian children is common. Current evidence related to parental influence on child dietary intake is conflicting, and is particularly limited in terms of which parent exerts the stronger relationship. The present study aimed to assess mother-father and parent-child dietary relationships and to identify which parent-child relationship is stronger.
A cross-sectional analysis was performed of dietary intake data from 66 families with one parent and one child aged 8-12 years who were participating in the Family Diet Quality Study, in the Hunter and Forster regions of New South Wales, Australia. Dietary intakes were assessed using adult and child specific, validated semi-quantitative 120-item food frequency questionnaires. Diet quality and variety subscores were assessed using the Australian Recommended Food Scores for adults and children/adolescents. Pearson's correlations were used to assess dietary relationships between mother-father, father-child and mother-child dyads.
Weak-to-moderate correlations were found between mother-child dyads for components of dietary intake (r = 0.27-0.47). Similarly, for father-child dyads, predominantly weak-to-moderate correlations were found (r = 0.01-0.52). Variety of fruit intake was the most strongly correlated in both parent-child dyads, with the weakest relationships found for fibre (g 1000 kJ(-1) ) in father-child and percentage energy from total fats for mother-child dyads. Mother-father dyads demonstrated mostly moderate-to-strong correlations (r = 0.13-0.73), with scores for condiments showing the weakest relationship and vegetables the strongest. For all dyads, strong correlations were observed for overall diet quality (r = 0.50-0.59).
Parent-child dietary intake is significantly related but differs for mother versus fathers. Further research is required to examine whether differing dietary components should be targeted for mothers versus fathers in interventions aiming to improve family dietary patterns.
澳大利亚儿童超重和肥胖现象普遍。目前关于父母对儿童饮食摄入影响的证据相互矛盾，特别是在确定哪位家长的影响更大方面证据有限。本研究旨在评估父母与子女之间的饮食关系，并确定哪种亲子关系更强。
对来自澳大利亚新南威尔士州亨特和福斯特地区参与家庭饮食质量研究的66个单亲家庭（父母一方和一名8至12岁儿童）的饮食摄入数据进行横断面分析。使用针对成人和儿童的经过验证的半定量120项食物频率问卷评估饮食摄入量。使用澳大利亚成人和儿童/青少年推荐食物评分来评估饮食质量和多样性子分数。采用Pearson相关性分析评估父母之间、父子之间和母子之间的饮食关系。
母子之间饮食摄入各成分的相关性较弱至中等（r = 0.27 - 0.47）。同样，父子之间的相关性主要为弱至中等（r = 0.01 - 0.52）。水果摄入的多样性在两个亲子组合中相关性最强，父子组合中纤维（每千焦克数）和母子组合中总脂肪能量百分比的相关性最弱。父母之间的相关性大多为中等至强（r = 0.13 - 0.73），调味品得分的相关性最弱，蔬菜得分的相关性最强。对于所有组合，总体饮食质量的相关性都很强（r = 0.50 - 0.59）。
亲子饮食摄入显著相关，但母亲和父亲的情况有所不同。在旨在改善家庭饮食模式的干预措施中，是否应针对母亲和父亲设定不同的饮食成分目标，还需要进一步研究。
