Translational Health Research Institute, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW 2715, Australia.
Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
Nutrients. 2021 Jan 6;13(1):158. doi: 10.3390/nu13010158.
Reports suggest that 12-76% of adolescents have experienced parental comments regarding their weight/shape and/or eating behaviours. Parents may engage in conversations about weight/shape and eating out of concern, even without any ill intent; however, the associations of these comments with subsequent problematic psychosocial and eating behaviours are evidenced. Therefore, an in-depth understanding of the content and prevalence of such comments is needed. To date, adolescent-reported prevalence estimates have not included differentiation between mother or father and sons or daughters, nor have they considered eating-focussed comments. This study considered the prevalence of positive and negative parental commentary regarding weight/shape and eating with a focus on parental origin. A total of 2287 Australian male and female adolescents participated via a self-report survey. Adolescents reported frequent positive comments on weight/shape and on eating, most commonly maternal positive comments on weight/shape (78%; 95% CI 77-80). Daughters reported significantly more maternal comments on weight/shape (positive and negative) as well as more negative eating comments from mothers than did sons. Sons reported significantly more negative weight/shape comments from fathers than did daughters. Some negative comments increased significantly with age. These findings support a notable prevalence of reported parental weight/shape and eating comments directed at their offspring, particularly from mothers.
报告显示，12%-76%的青少年曾经历过父母对其体重/体型和/或饮食行为的评价。父母可能出于关心而谈论体重/体型和饮食，即使没有任何恶意意图；然而，这些评论与随后出现的问题心理社会和饮食行为之间存在关联。因此，需要深入了解此类评论的内容和普遍性。迄今为止，青少年报告的流行率估计并未区分母亲或父亲、儿子或女儿，也没有考虑以饮食为重点的评论。本研究考虑了父母对体重/体型和饮食的积极和消极评论的流行率，重点关注父母的来源。共有 2287 名澳大利亚男女青少年通过自我报告调查参与了研究。青少年报告了频繁的关于体重/体型和饮食的积极评论，最常见的是母亲对体重/体型的积极评论（78%；95%CI 77-80）。女儿报告的母亲对体重/体型的评论（积极和消极）以及母亲对饮食的负面评论明显多于儿子。儿子报告的来自父亲的体重/体型负面评论明显多于女儿。一些负面评论随年龄显著增加。这些发现支持了一个显著的报告的父母对其子女的体重/体型和饮食评论的普遍性，尤其是来自母亲的评论。
