Dual Versus Single Parental Households and Differences in Maternal Mental Health and Child's Overweight/Obesity.

ABSTRACT: Objectives Mothers report higher levels of psychological stress than fathers. s. Psychological stress is posited to influence parenting practices that could increase children's obesity risk. However, previous studies have not investigated several aspects of maternal mental health and the moderating role of household structure on children's obesity risk. The objective was to investigate associations of maternal mental health with child obesity risk, and whether these associations differed by household structure (single-parent vs. dual parent/multigenerational). Methods Mothers and their 8-12 year old children (N = 175 dyads) completed baseline questionnaires on mothers' mental health and child anthropometrics. Separate logistic regressions assessed associations of standardized maternal ment

SUBMITTER: Belcher BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7785069 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature