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Childhood Overweight and the Relationship between Parent Behaviors, Parenting Style, and Family Functioning

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  • Kyung Rhee

    (Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University)

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This article discusses the relationship between parent behaviors, parenting style, and how a family functions with respect to the development of childhood overweight. Parents can influence a child's weight through specific feeding and activity practices and perhaps more broadly through their parenting style and management of family functioning. These more global influences of parenting style and family functioning provide a framework in which specific parent behaviors can be interpreted by the child. Therefore, understanding the impact of specific parent behaviors within the context of parenting style and family functioning needs to be explored. This article highlights the pervasive influence of parents around the development of dietary habits, and suggests that additional efforts to examine the interaction between specific feeding behaviors and parenting style/family functioning should be promoted to better inform the development of interventions that may help stem the growing prevalence of obesity among our children.

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  • Kyung Rhee, 2008. "Childhood Overweight and the Relationship between Parent Behaviors, Parenting Style, and Family Functioning," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 615(1), pages 11-37, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:615:y:2008:i:1:p:11-37
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716207308400
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    1. Amber Tang & Meimei Ji & Yefu Zhang & Jiaojiao Zou & Mingzhi Li & Lina Yang & Qian Lin, 2018. "Dietary Behaviors and Caregiver Perceptions of Overweight and Obesity among Chinese Preschool Children," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-11, April.
    2. Ana Cristina Lindsay & Sherrie F. Wallington & Faith D. Lees & Mary L. Greaney, 2018. "Exploring How the Home Environment Influences Eating and Physical Activity Habits of Low-Income, Latino Children of Predominantly Immigrant Families: A Qualitative Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-13, May.
    3. Lilac Lev-Ari & Ada H. Zohar & Rachel Bachner-Melman & Auriane Totah Hanhart, 2021. "Intergenerational Transmission of Child Feeding Practices," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(15), pages 1-11, August.
    4. Mette Kirstine Tørslev & Dicte Bjarup Thøgersen & Ane Høstgaard Bonde & Paul Bloch & Annemarie Varming, 2021. "Supporting Positive Parenting and Promoting Healthy Living through Family Cooking Classes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-18, April.
    5. Ritu Arora, 2023. "Intellectual Structure of Parenting Style Research: A Bibliometric Analysis," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(2), pages 21582440231, April.
    6. Nicole S. Carbert & Mariana Brussoni & Josie Geller & Louise C. Mâsse, 2019. "Familial Environment and Overweight/Obese Adolescents’ Physical Activity," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(14), pages 1-15, July.
    7. Miguel Giménez Garcia-Conde & Longinos Marin & Salvador Ruiz de Maya & Pedro J. Cuestas, 2020. "Parental Attitudes to Childhood Overweight: The Multiple Paths through Healthy Eating, Screen Use, and Sleeping Time," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-12, October.

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