Associations between the home environment and childhood weight change: a cross-lagged panel analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The obesogenic quality of the home environment is hypothesised to play an important role in children's weight development but few prospective studies have investigated relationships between the home environment and adiposity across childhood.

Objective

To investigate the continuity and stability of the home environment from ages 4 to 12, and bi-directional relationships between the home environment and BMI-SDS from ages 4 to 12.

Methods

Parents from the Gemini cohort completed the Home Environment Interview (HEI), a comprehensive measure of the obesogenic home environment, when their children were aged 4 and 12 (n = 149 families, n = 298 children). The obesogenic home environment was measured using four composite scores capturing the food, activity, media e

SUBMITTER: Kininmonth AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9395269 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature