ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2019
An exploratory study on the intergenerational transmission of obesity and dieting proneness.
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- The influence of family weight talk on health and well-being from childhood to adulthood.Family relations · 2025Article
- Parental Pressure on Child Body Image, BMI, Body Image Dissatisfaction Associated with Eating Disorders in School-Age Children in China: A Path Analysis.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Maintaining Factors of Anorexia Nervosa Addressed from a Psychotherapeutic Group for Parents: Supplementary Report of a Patient's Therapeutic Success.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Overt restrictive feeding for weight management: a preliminary retrospective examination of childhood experiences.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- Anti-fat attitudes and dietary restraint within mother-daughter dyads: an Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) analysis.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- Parents' perceptions and dissatisfaction with child silhouette: associated factors among 7-year-old children of the Generation XXI birth cohort.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- An exploratory study on the intergenerational transmission of dieting proneness within an eating disorder population.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- Life satisfaction among a clinical eating disorder population.Journal of eating disorders · 2020Article
- Waking up every day in a body that is not yours: a qualitative research inquiry into the intersection between eating disorders and pregnancy.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Article
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purposeThere is a paucity of research exploring individuals' memories of parental dieting behavior, engagement in "fat talk", or criticism of weight or eating behavior in childhood. This exploratory study utilized a community sample to further characterize the retrospective report of parenting dieting behavior.
methodsA total of 507 participants (78.1% females; 20.7% males; and 1.2% transgender) were recruited to participate in an online, self-administered survey.
resultsForty percent (216) of participants reported maternal dieting in their family of origin and 34% (182) reported maternal fat talk, 24% (120) reported paternal dieting, and 11% recalled paternal 'fat talk' (58). Subgroup analyses suggest that both male and female participants had greater odds of remembering maternal rather than paternal weight or shape criticism and encouragement to diet (OR = 58.1; and OR = 3.12; p < 0.0001 for male and female participants, respectively). Retrospective report of indirect parental behaviors (e.g. parental dieting) also appears to be associated with direct parental behaviors (e.g. encouraging children to diet). Additionally, participants who recalled maternal encouragement to diet reported a significantly higher adult BMI (β = 1.31, SE = 0.32, p < 0.0001).
conclusionResults provide preliminary evidence that a sizeable percentage of both adult male and female participants recalled that their parents engaged in fat talk and dieting. In addition, participants recalled parental criticism of their own weight or eating behaviors, which was associated with recall of parental dieting and fat talk. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, Descriptive Study.
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