Table 4.
Relationship between parents’ (mothers and fathers combined) healthful eating, physical activity or weight conversations and adolescents’ dietary patterns, level of physical activity and BMI* (n =1,180)
| Conversations about Healthful Eatinga | Weight Conversationsb | |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Fruit & Vegetable Intake | ||
| Difference (95% CI) | 0.24 (0.05, 0.43) | 0.10 (−0.10, 0.29) |
| Daily Breakfast Consumption | ||
| Difference (95% CI) | 0.21 (−0.01, 0.43) | −0.13 (−0.35, 0.09) |
| Daily Sugar−sweetened Beverage Intake | ||
| Difference (95% CI) | −0.07 (−0.15, 0.00) | 0.06 (−0.02, 0.14) |
| Weekly Fast Food Consumption | ||
| Difference (95% CI) | −0.02 (−0.15, 0.11) | 0.06 (−0.06, 0.19) |
| BMI percentile | ||
| Difference (95% CI) | −0.02 (−0.04, 0.01) | 0.08 (0.06, 0.11) |
| Conversations about Physical Activity Onlyc | Weight Conversationsd | |
| Weekly Hours of Moderate/Vigorous Physical Activity | ||
| Difference (95% CI) | −0.08 (−0.49, 0.34) | −0.15 (−0.56, 0.26) |
| Weekly Hours of Screen Time | ||
| Difference (95% CI) | −0.38 (−2.70, 1.93) | 2.10 (−0.21, 4.41) |
| BMI percentile | ||
| Difference (95% CI) | 0.01 (−0.02, 0.03) | 0.07 (0.05, 0.10) |
All models adjusted for adolescent gender and race, parental education, parent BMI and child BMI (except for analyses with BMI as the outcome). Sample is limited to kids with parent who lives with the kid >=50% of the time.
These conversations included only comments about the importance of healthful eating behaviors.
The conversations included only comments about adolescent weight/size, mentioning that the adolescent weighted too much or that they should eat differently to lose weight or keep from gaining weight, but no comments about the importance of healthful eating.
These conversations included only comments about the importance of engaging in physical activity.
These conversations included comments about adolescent weight/size, mentioning that the adolescent weighted too much or that they should exercise more to lose weight or keep from gaining weight, but no comments about the importance of physical activity.
Percentages with different letter superscriptsa,b,c are statistically significantly different.