Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Mar;28(3):655-659. doi: 10.1002/oby.22710. Epub 2020 Feb 6.
This study investigated associations between stress (general stress, parenting distress, and household chaos) and adiposity among parents of young children.
The sample consisted of 49 mothers and 61 fathers from 70 families with young children living in Ontario, Canada. Linear regression using generalized estimating equations was used to investigate associations between stress measures and BMI, waist circumference (WC), waist to height ratio (WHtR), and percent fat mass.
General stress was significantly associated with BMI ( = 0.54; 95% CI: 0.04-1.03) and WC ( = 1.44; 95% CI: 0.10-2.77). Parenting distress was significantly associated with BMI ( = 0.16; 95% CI: 0.02-0.31), WC ( = 0.39; 95% CI: 0.04-0.75), and WHtR ( = 0.003; 95% CI: 0.001-0.005). Household chaos was significantly associated with all adiposity measures (BMI: = 0.20 [95% CI: 0.08-0.33]; WC: = 0.48 [95% CI: 0.21-0.75]; WHtR: = 0.003 [95% CI: 0.001-0.005]; percent fat mass: = 0.29 [95% CI: 0.08-0.49]).
General stress, parenting distress, and household chaos are associated with adiposity among parents of young children. Future research should elucidate mechanisms by which this occurs and elucidate how this risk may be mitigated.
本研究调查了儿童期父母的压力（一般压力、育儿困扰和家庭混乱）与肥胖之间的关系。
本研究样本由加拿大安大略省 70 个有年幼子女的家庭中的 49 名母亲和 61 名父亲组成。采用广义估计方程的线性回归来研究压力指标与 BMI、腰围（WC）、腰高比（WHtR）和体脂百分比之间的关系。
一般压力与 BMI（ = 0.54；95%CI：0.04-1.03）和 WC（ = 1.44；95%CI：0.10-2.77）显著相关。育儿困扰与 BMI（ = 0.16；95%CI：0.02-0.31）、WC（ = 0.39；95%CI：0.04-0.75）和 WHtR（ = 0.003；95%CI：0.001-0.005）显著相关。家庭混乱与所有肥胖指标显著相关（BMI： = 0.20 [95%CI：0.08-0.33]；WC： = 0.48 [95%CI：0.21-0.75]；WHtR： = 0.003 [95%CI：0.001-0.005]；体脂百分比： = 0.29 [95%CI：0.08-0.49]）。
儿童期父母的一般压力、育儿困扰和家庭混乱与肥胖有关。未来的研究应该阐明发生这种情况的机制，并阐明如何减轻这种风险。
