The Role of Parenting Practices in the Home Environment among Underserved Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The home environment, which includes parenting practices, is an important setting in which children develop their health behaviors. We examined the role of parenting practices in the home environment among underserved youth.

Methods

We examined baseline data of a family-focused pediatric obesity intervention. Parenting practices (monitoring, discipline, limit setting of soda/snacks [SS] and screen media [SM], pressure to eat, and reinforcement) and availability of fruits/vegetables (FV) and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), family meals, television (TV) watching during meals, TVs in the home, owning active video games/sports equipment, and household food security were assessed in 301 parent/caregivers of overweight/obese children (ages 7-12 years; BMI≥85th percent

SUBMITTER: Conlon BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4528989 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature