1 University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2 National Defense Medical Center School of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan.
J Transcult Nurs. 2018 Nov;29(6):523-531. doi: 10.1177/1043659617736883. Epub 2018 Feb 6.
Childhood obesity has become a global health issue, yet little is known about the influence of maternal factors on children's weight-related health behaviors (dietary habits and physical activity), especially in China. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of maternal factors on children's eating behaviors and physical activity in Chinese preschool-age children.
A cross-sectional study was utilized to describe weight-related health behaviors among preschool-aged children and identify maternal factors that are associated with children's weight-related health behaviors in China. Mothers completed questionnaires regarding family eating and activity habits, child feeding practices, and maternal self-efficacy regarding their child's health-related health behaviors.
A total of 222 mother-child dyads participated in this study. Maternal health-related behavior and attitudes regarding feeding practices and self-efficacy were associated with children's health-related behaviors, including eating behaviors and physical and sedentary activities. The influence of maternal behaviors and attitudes were domain specific.
Improvement of children's health behaviors, promoting a healthy lifestyle of the mother and self-efficacy, and providing health home environment for the child are critical in obesity prevention.
Because children's health is critical to the health of the nation and to global development, understanding the factors related to children's health-related behaviors is an important first step toward development of tailored, culturally sensitive interventions for promoting a healthy lifestyle and preventing obesity.
儿童肥胖已成为全球性健康问题，但对于母亲因素对儿童与体重相关的健康行为（饮食习惯和身体活动）的影响，人们知之甚少，特别是在中国。本研究旨在探讨母亲因素对中国学龄前儿童饮食行为和身体活动的影响。
本研究采用横断面研究描述学龄前儿童与体重相关的健康行为，并确定与儿童与体重相关的健康行为相关的母亲因素。母亲完成了关于家庭饮食和活动习惯、儿童喂养行为以及母亲对其子女健康相关行为的自我效能感的问卷。
共有 222 对母子参加了这项研究。母亲与健康相关的行为和对喂养行为以及自我效能的态度与儿童的健康相关行为有关，包括饮食行为和身体活动以及久坐行为。母亲行为和态度的影响具有特定的领域。
改善儿童的健康行为，促进母亲健康的生活方式和自我效能感，并为儿童提供健康的家庭环境，对于预防肥胖至关重要。
由于儿童的健康对国家的健康和全球的发展至关重要，因此了解与儿童健康相关的行为相关的因素是制定针对特定人群、具有文化敏感性的干预措施以促进健康生活方式和预防肥胖的重要的第一步。
