Parental Defensiveness about Multifactorial Genomic and Environmental Causes of Children's Obesity Risk.

ABSTRACT: Background: Future integration of genomics into weight management may target children with overweight given prospects for prevention. Meanwhile, parents learn about weight-related genomics primarily through the media, and little is known about parental reactions to complex genomic and environmental causes underlying children's obesity risk. Methods: Three hundred twenty-four parents with overweight who have a child 3-13 years of age were recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Parents were randomized to read an article highlighting one of three causes of obesity risk: genetics only, family environment only, gene-family environment interactions (G × FE), or read a control article. Results: Parents who perceived their child to be overweight exhibit

SUBMITTER: Persky S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6590722 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature