Prospective associations between parental substance use and youth highly processed food intake in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given growing evidence of overlap in characteristics of addictive substances and highly processed foods (e.g., ice cream), transdiagnostic approaches may be appropriate. Prior work indicates youth with parents who use addictive substances are at risk for greater substance use. The current study tested hypotheses that parental substance use behaviors would prospectively predict greater youth highly processed food intake [but not minimally processed food intake (e.g., fruit)].

Methods

The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study was a longitudinal birth cohort study of youth (N = 4,898) born in large U.S. cities in 1998-2000. The current study was an archival data analysis using parental substance use data collected at youth birth and when youth were age 3, and yo

SUBMITTER: Cummings JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7233374 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature