The role of parental depression during early childhood obesity treatment-Secondary findings from a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parental depression is a risk factor for childhood obesity.

Objectives

To examine the influence of parental depression on child weight status, eating behaviours, and parental feeding practices during childhood obesity treatment.

Methods

Hundred and twenty eight children with obesity aged 4 to 6 years and their parents were randomized to a parent support program or to standard treatment. At baseline and after 12 months, children's heights and weights were measured. Parents reported levels of depression (Beck's Depression Inventory-II), feeding practices (Child Feeding Questionnaire), and children's eating behaviors (Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire). Independent and dependent paired sample t-tests and linear regressions were used to analyze data.

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SUBMITTER: Ek A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8243967 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature