Frequency of eating alone among adolescents is associated with adolescent dietary intake, perceived food-related parenting practices and weight status: cross-sectional Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) Study results.
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2019
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Cambridge
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22
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9
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1555
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1566
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To examine relationships between frequency of adolescents eating alone
(dependent variable) and diet, weight status and perceived food-related
parenting practices (independent variables).
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Analyses of publicly available, cross-sectional, web-based survey data
from adolescents.
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Online consumer opinion panel.
Subjects
A US nationwide sample of adolescents (12–17 years) completed Family
Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) Study surveys to report
demographic and family meal characteristics, weight, dietary intake,
home food availability and perceptions of parenting practices. Parents
provided information about demographic characteristics. Logistic
regression analyses were used to test for associations between
variables.
Results
About 20 % of adolescents reported often eating alone ( n 343) v . not
often eating alone ( n 1309). Adjusted odds of adolescents often eating
alone were significantly higher for non-Hispanic Black compared with
non-Hispanic White adolescents (OR=1·7) and for overweight or obese
compared with normal- or underweight adolescents (OR=1·6). Adjusted odds
of adolescents eating alone were significantly lower for those who
reported that fruits and vegetables were often/always available in the
home (OR=0·65), for those who perceived that parents had expectations
about fruit and vegetable intake (OR=0·71) and for those who agreed with
parental authority to make rules about intake of junk food/sugary
drinks (OR=0·71). Junk food and sugary drink daily intake frequency was
positively associated with often eating alone.
Conclusions
Often eating alone was related to being overweight/obese, having less
healthy dietary intake and perceptions of less supportive food-related
parenting practices.
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