Cumulative Risk Exposure and Waist Circumference in Preschool-Aged Children: the Mediating Role of Television and Moderating Role of Sex.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children exposed to multiple stressors are more likely to be overweight, but little is known about the mechanisms explaining this association.

Purpose

This cross-sectional study examined whether children exposed to multiple stressors had higher waist circumference, and whether this association was mediated through children's television time.

Methods

Participants were 319 parent-child dyads. Children were 2-5 years old and had at least one overweight parent (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m²). Data were collected at baseline of a larger childhood obesity prevention study and included information on psychosocial stressors (e.g., parenting stress), demographic stressors (e.g., low income), children's television time, and children's waist circumference. Two cumulative

SUBMITTER: Grummon AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5513794 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature