SynthesisBMC public health2016
Effects of parent and child behaviours on overweight and obesity in infants and young children from disadvantaged backgrounds: systematic review with narrative synthesis.
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- "Associations between maternal perceptions of social support and adolescent weight status: A longitudinal analysis".SSM - population health · 2024Article
- The Metabolic Syndrome, a Human Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Family-based intervention to prevent childhood obesity among school-age children of low socioeconomic status: study protocol of the FIVALIN project.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
- Nutrition Knowledge and Perspectives of Physical Activity for Pre-Schoolers amongst Early Childhood Education and Care Teachers.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Childhood obesity in New Zealand.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2019Review
- Association of Elective and Emergency Cesarean Delivery With Early Childhood Overweight at 12 Months of Age.JAMA network open · 2018Article
- Risk and Protective Factors for Child Overweight/Obesity Among Low Socio-Economic Populations in Israel: A Cross Sectional Study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2018Article
- Factors Influencing Engagement and Behavioral Determinants of Infant Feeding in an mHealth Program: Qualitative Evaluation of the Growing Healthy Program.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2017Article
- He's just content to sit: a qualitative study of mothers' perceptions of infant obesity and physical activity.BMC public health · 2017Article
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- Does parenting help to explain socioeconomic inequalities in children's body mass index trajectories? Longitudinal analysis using the Growing Up in Scotland study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2016Article
- A qualitative study of the infant feeding beliefs and behaviours of mothers with low educational attainment.BMC pediatrics · 2016Article
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the crucial need to develop targeted and effective approaches for obesity prevention in children most at risk, the pathways explaining socioeconomic disparity in children's obesity prevalence remain poorly understood.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review of the literature that investigated causes of weight gain in children aged 0-5 years from socioeconomically disadvantaged or Indigenous backgrounds residing in OECD countries. Major electronic databases were searched from inception until December 2015. Key words identified studies addressing relationships between parenting, child eating, child physical activity or sedentary behaviour and child weight in disadvantaged samples.
resultsA total of 32 articles met the inclusion criteria. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool quality rating for the studies ranged from 25 % (weak) to 100 % (strong). Studies predominantly reported on relationships between parenting and child weight (n = 21), or parenting and child eating (n = 12), with fewer (n = 8) investigating child eating and weight. Most evidence was from socio-economically disadvantaged ethnic minority groups in the USA. Clustering of diet, weight and feeding behaviours by socioeconomic indicators and ethnicity precluded identification of independent effects of each of these risk factors.
conclusionsThis review has highlighted significant gaps in our mechanistic understanding of the relative importance of different aspects of parent and child behaviours in disadvantaged population groups.
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