Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia.
Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Curr Obes Rep. 2017 Sep;6(3):324-333. doi: 10.1007/s13679-017-0275-6.
Although fathers have an important influence on their children's well-being, their unique influence on child lifestyle behaviors has been largely overlooked in the literature. To inform and encourage future research, this paper provides an overview of existing studies that have examined the influence of fathers on the physical activity and dietary behaviors of their children.
While the available data indicate that fathers' behaviors and parenting practices likely play an important role in promoting healthy behaviors in children, the evidence base is limited by a reliance on observational designs and small, ungeneralizable samples. This paper also provides a summary of the methods, research findings, and experiential insights we have gained while conducting the "Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids" randomized controlled trials, which tested the efficacy and effectiveness of a socio-culturally targeted program that engages fathers to improve their own health and the health of their children. The paper concludes with a series of recommendations for recruiting and engaging fathers and a summary of directions for future research.
目的综述：尽管父亲对孩子的幸福有重要影响，但他们对孩子生活方式行为的独特影响在文献中很大程度上被忽视了。为了提供信息并鼓励未来的研究，本文概述了现有研究，这些研究考察了父亲对孩子身体活动和饮食行为的影响。
最近发现：虽然现有数据表明，父亲的行为和育儿实践可能在促进儿童健康行为方面发挥重要作用，但该证据基础受到依赖观察性设计和小样本、不可推广的限制。本文还总结了我们在进行“健康父亲，健康孩子”随机对照试验时所获得的方法、研究结果和经验见解，该试验测试了一项针对社会文化的方案的功效和效果，该方案使父亲参与进来，以改善他们自己和孩子的健康。本文最后提出了一系列关于招募和参与父亲的建议，并总结了未来研究的方向。
