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Adolescent vegetable consumption: the role of socioemotional family characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe associations between adolescents' frequency of vegetable consumption, food parenting practices and socioemotional family characteristics, and to explore potential mediated relationships that may contribute to an understanding of the family processes involved.

Design

Cross-sectional survey among adolescents aged 13-15 years.

Setting

A survey questionnaire including self-report measures on adolescents' frequency of vegetable consumption, perceived food parenting practices (i.e. family dinner frequency, maternal/paternal healthy eating guidance (HEG), maternal/paternal social support for vegetable consumption) and socioemotional family characteristics (i.e. general family functioning and level of cohesion and conflict within the family) was distributed in a convenience sample of secondary school students.

Participants

Four hundred forty students from five secondary schools in eastern Norway completed the questionnaire.

Results

Results from multiple linear regression analysis revealed positive and statistically significant associations between adolescents' frequency of vegetable consumption, maternal HEG and family cohesion. A partial indirect (mediated) association between family cohesion and adolescents' frequency of vegetable consumption, working through maternal HEG, was also found.

Conclusions

Results from the present study suggest that perceived family cohesion may influence adolescents' frequency of vegetable consumption both directly and indirectly. However, there is a need for continued investigation of family-related factors influencing adolescent eating. In particular, the role of socioemotional family characteristics should be further scrutinised in future studies.

SUBMITTER: Melbye EL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195480 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Adolescent vegetable consumption: the role of socioemotional family characteristics.

Melbye Elisabeth L EL Hausken-Sutter Solveig E SE Lien Nanna N Bjelland Mona M

Public health nutrition 20210416 17

<h4>Objective</h4>To describe associations between adolescents' frequency of vegetable consumption, food parenting practices and socioemotional family characteristics, and to explore potential mediated relationships that may contribute to an understanding of the family processes involved.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional survey among adolescents aged 13-15 years.<h4>Setting</h4>A survey questionnaire including self-report measures on adolescents' frequency of vegetable consumption, perceived food p ...[more]

PMID: 33858557

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Adolescent vegetable consumption: the role of socioemotional family characteristics.

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