ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2017
The Longitudinal Association Between Early Childhood Obesity and Fathers' Involvement in Caregiving and Decision-Making.
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- Struggling with overweight or obesity in children - fathers' perceptions and experiences of contributing factors, role and responsibility.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2022Article
- Association between maternal and paternal employment and their children's weight status and unhealthy behaviours: does it matter who the working parent is?BMC public health · 2022Article
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- Inequalities in Exposure to Ambient Air Neurotoxicants and Disparities in Markers of Neurodevelopment in Children by Maternal Nativity Status.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Engaging fathers in the first 1000 days to improve perinatal outcomes and prevent obesity: Rationale and design of the First Heroes randomized trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
- Landscape analysis for a community-designed intervention to enhance early childhood development in San Francisco.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
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objectiveFathers have increased their involvement in child caregiving; however, their changing role in childhood obesity is understudied. This study assessed the longitudinal association between changes in obesity among children aged 2 to 4 years and changes in fathers' involvement with raising children.
methodsLongitudinal data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort were used to conduct child fixed-effects linear and logistic regression analyses to assess the association between changes in childhood obesity-related outcomes (sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, screen time, BMI z score, overweight/obesity, obesity) and fathers' involvement with raising children (caregiving and influencing child-related decisions). Fixed-effects models control for all time-invariant characteristics. Analyses were controlled for time-varying confounders, including child age, maternal and paternal employment, and family poverty status.
resultsChildren whose fathers increased their frequency of taking children outside and involvement with physical childcare experienced a decrease in their odds of obesity from age 2 to age 4. Obesity-related outcomes were not associated with fathers' decision-making influence.
conclusionsIncreases in fathers' involvement with some aspects of caregiving may be associated with lower odds of childhood obesity. Encouraging fathers to increase their involvement with raising children and including fathers in childhood obesity prevention efforts may help reduce obesity risk among young children.
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