Guerrero Alma D, Chu Lynna, Franke Todd, Kuo Alice A
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles CA, USA.
UC Davis Biostatistics Graduate Group, Davis, CA, USA.
Am J Health Behav. 2016 Mar;40(2):221-30. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.40.2.7.
To examine the associations of father-child feeding and physical interactions with dietary practices and weight status in children.
A nationally representative sample of children, mothers, and fathers who participated in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Birth cohort study (N = 2441) was used to explore the relationship of father-child feeding and physical activity interactions with child dietary practices and weight status. Logistic multivariable regression analyses were adjusted for child, father, mother, and socio-demographic characteristics.
Approximately 40% of fathers reported having a great deal of influence on their preschool child's nutrition and about 50% reported daily involvement in preparing food for their child and assisting their child with eating. Children had over 2 times the odds of consuming fast food at least once a week if fathers reported eating out with their child a few times a week compared to fathers who reported rarely or never eating out with their child (OR, 2.89; 95% CI, 1.94-4.29), adjusting for all covariates. Whether fathers reported eating out with their children was also significantly associated with children's sweetened beverage intake.
Potentially modifiable behaviors that support healthy dietary practices in children may be supported by targeting fathers.
研究父子喂养及身体互动与儿童饮食习惯和体重状况之间的关联。
采用参与儿童早期纵向研究出生队列研究的具有全国代表性的儿童、母亲和父亲样本(N = 2441),探讨父子喂养及身体活动互动与儿童饮食习惯和体重状况之间的关系。逻辑多变量回归分析对儿童、父亲、母亲及社会人口学特征进行了校正。
约40%的父亲报告对其学龄前儿童的营养有很大影响,约50%的父亲报告每天参与为孩子准备食物并协助孩子进食。与报告很少或从不与孩子外出就餐的父亲相比,报告每周与孩子外出就餐几次的父亲,其孩子每周至少吃一次快餐的几率高出2倍多(比值比,2.89;95%置信区间,1.94 - 4.29),校正所有协变量后。父亲是否报告与孩子外出就餐也与孩子的含糖饮料摄入量显著相关。
针对父亲可能有助于支持促进儿童健康饮食习惯的潜在可改变行为。