Table 1.
Family Environment | Observed BMI z-score | |||||
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Adolescent Boys n = 1282 | Adolescent Girls n = 1465 | |||||
Beta Estimate |
SE | p-value | Beta Estimate |
SE | p-value | |
Family Functioning (standardized) | −0.03 | 0.04 | 0.361 | −0.06 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Frequency of Family Meals (meals/week) | −0.03 | 0.01 | 0.049 | −0.05 | 0.01 | <0.001 |
Frequency of Family Eating Out (times per week) | −0.09 | 0.03 | 0.005 | −0.05 | 0.03 | 0.09 |
Parent Encouraging Adolescent to Eat Healthfully (standardized) | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.186 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.17 |
Parent Modeling of Healthful Eating (standardized) | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.630 | −0.06 | 0.03 | 0.017 |
Family protective summary scorea | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.549 | −0.05 | 0.03 | 0.067 |
Daily Servings of Fruits and Vegetables (without potatoes) | ||||||
Adolescent Boys n =1153 | Adolescent Girls n =1343 | |||||
Beta Estimate | SE | p-value | Beta Estimate | SE | p-value | |
Family Functioning | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.168 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.021 |
Frequency of Family Meals | 0.14 | 0.03 | <0.001 | 0.14 | 0.02 | <0.001 |
Frequency of Family Eating Out | 0.30 | 0.07 | <0.001 | 0.27 | 0.06 | <0.001 |
Parent Encouraging Adolescent to Eat Healthfully | 0.30 | 0.07 | <0.001 | 0.31 | 0.06 | <0.001 |
Parent Modeling of Healthful Eating | 0.50 | 0.06 | <0.001 | 0.43 | 0.06 | <0.001 |
Family protective summary scorea | 0.28 | 0.07 | <.0001 | 0.33 | 0.06 | <0.001 |
Fast Food Consumption (times per week) | ||||||
Adolescent Boys n =1302 | Adolescent Girls n = 1482 | |||||
Beta Estimate | SE | p-value | Beta Estimate | SE | p-value | |
Family Functioning | −0.39 | 0.12 | 0.001 | −0.09 | 0.10 | 0.362 |
Frequency of Family Meals | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.814 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.418 |
Frequency of Family Eating Out | 1.43 | 0.11 | <0.001 | 1.44 | 0.11 | <0.001 |
Parent Encouraging Adolescent to Eat Healthfully | −0.60 | 0.11 | <0.001 | −0.30 | 0.11 | 0.005 |
Parent Modeling of Healthful Eating | −0.54 | 0.11 | <0.001 | −0.16 | 0.11 | 0.146 |
Family protective summary scorea | −0.87 | 0.11 | <.0001 | −0.52 | 0.11 | <.0001 |
Adjusted for age, SES and Race/Ethnicity
Family summary score = High family Functioning + High Freq of Family Meals + Low Freq of Eating Out + High Encouragement to eat healthfully + High parent modeling where High and Low are defined by median cutpoints. A higher score indicates more supportive home environments. Total score is standardized.