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ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2024

Reported Intergenerational Transmission of Parent Weight Talk and Links with Child Health and Wellbeing.

Jerica M Berge, Vivienne M Hazzard, Amanda Trofholz, Anna Hochgraf, Lisa Zak-Hunter, Laura Miller

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  1. Parenting to promote eating, body image, and weight-related health in young adults.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2026
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Jerica M BergeDepartment of Family Medicine and Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO. Electronic address: jberge@umn.edu.
Vivienne M HazzardDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN; Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN.
Amanda TrofholzDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.
Anna HochgrafDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN; Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN.
Lisa Zak-HunterDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.
Laura MillerDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.

Funding

Addressing Unanswered Questions About the Home Environment and Childhood Obesity DisparitiesR01HL126171 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BERGE, JERICA M · 2015 to 2019
$3.8M
Testing Validity of Virtual Data Collection Methods to Inform Best Practice: In Person versus Zoom measured Anthropometry (Admin Supp Yang_Lily)R01HL156994 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Jerica M Berge · 2022 to 2026
$3.5M
Research on Eating and Activity for Community Health (REACH): An Applied Epidemiology Training Program to Improve Weight-Related Health in Youth and Families from Diverse CommunitiesT32HL150452 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI NEUMARK-SZTAINER, DIANNE R · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL126171NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL156994NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL150452
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo examine if intergenerational transmission of parent weight talk occurs, the contextual factors prompting weight talk, and whether parent weight talk is associated with child weight, dietary intake, psychosocial outcomes, and food parenting practices. STUDY

designChildren aged 5-9 years and their families (n = 1307) from 6 racial and ethnic groups (African-American, Hispanic, Hmong, Native American, Somali/Ethiopian, White) were recruited for a longitudinal cohort study through primary care clinics in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota from 2016 through 2019. Parents filled out surveys at 2 time points, 18 months apart. Adjusted regression models examined associations of interest.

resultsIntergenerational transmission of parent weight talk was observed. In addition, significant associations were found between parent engagement in weight talk and higher weight status and poorer psychosocial outcomes in children 18 months later. Parent engagement in weight talk was also associated with more restrictive food parenting practices 18 months later.

conclusionsParents' exposure to weight talk as children increased the likelihood of engaging in weight talk with their own children and had harmful associations over time with parent restrictive feeding practices, child weight, and psychosocial wellbeing in children. Health care providers may want to consider both modeling positive health-focused conversations and educating parents about the potential harmful and long-lasting consequences of engaging in weight talk with their children.

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Parent-Child RelationsParentingAdultBody WeightChildChild HealthChild, PreschoolFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansIntergenerational RelationsLongitudinal StudiesMaleParentsPediatric Obesitydietary intakefood parentingobesitypsychosocial wellbeingweight conversations

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PMID38494088
PMCPMC11176000

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