Parental depression and emotional feeding practices are associated with a tendency towards overeating in preadolescents
BackgroundChildren’s eating behaviors, including a tendency towards overeating, are strongly influenced by the family. Children prone to overeating are at a high risk of excessive weight gain, which can lead to further adverse health outcomes. Therefore, identifying factors that contribute to overea...
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| author | Catharina Sarkkola Catharina Sarkkola Marja H. Leppänen Marja H. Leppänen Marja H. Leppänen Aino-Maija Eloranta Aino-Maija Eloranta Aino-Maija Eloranta Laura Räisänen Laura Räisänen Laura Räisänen Satu Männistö Heli Viljakainen Heli Viljakainen |
| author_facet | Catharina Sarkkola Catharina Sarkkola Marja H. Leppänen Marja H. Leppänen Marja H. Leppänen Aino-Maija Eloranta Aino-Maija Eloranta Aino-Maija Eloranta Laura Räisänen Laura Räisänen Laura Räisänen Satu Männistö Heli Viljakainen Heli Viljakainen |
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| description | BackgroundChildren’s eating behaviors, including a tendency towards overeating, are strongly influenced by the family. Children prone to overeating are at a high risk of excessive weight gain, which can lead to further adverse health outcomes. Therefore, identifying factors that contribute to overeating is crucial for promoting healthy weight development. Given the inconsistencies in previous research, mostly involving young children, we investigated the child and parental characteristics associated with overeating in preadolescence.MethodsThe cross-sectional study included 5,973 preadolescents aged 9–12 years from the Finnish Health in Teens (Fin-HIT) cohort. A tendency towards overeating was based on a parent-reported question. We utilized extensive parent questionnaire and Medical Birth Register data, and used ordinal and stepwise logistic regression to identify the independent determinants of overeating.ResultsThe proportion of preadolescents with a parent-reported tendency towards overeating was 10% (n = 606). In the multivariable model, boys had higher odds of overeating (OR 1.30, 95% CI 1.06–1.58) compared with girls. Preadolescents with overweight and obesity had 9- and 30-fold odds (95% CI 7.31–11.29 and 20.07–44.54, respectively) of overeating compared with healthy-weight preadolescents. Furthermore, parental depression and emotional feeding increased the odds of overeating in the preadolescent (OR 1.48, 95% CI 1.08–2.02 and OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.03–1.57).ConclusionAlong with child weight status and sex, parental depression and emotional feeding were independently associated with overeating in preadolescence. Therefore, it is important to support parents’ mental health and their healthy feeding practices. Our findings can be targeted to manage overeating and prevent overweight in children and adolescents. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-38585a4815c44b37ac5acd94e4b53e3e2025-01-03T05:10:27ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2025-01-011110.3389/fnut.2024.14975091497509Parental depression and emotional feeding practices are associated with a tendency towards overeating in preadolescentsCatharina Sarkkola0Catharina Sarkkola1Marja H. Leppänen2Marja H. Leppänen3Marja H. Leppänen4Aino-Maija Eloranta5Aino-Maija Eloranta6Aino-Maija Eloranta7Laura Räisänen8Laura Räisänen9Laura Räisänen10Satu Männistö11Heli Viljakainen12Heli Viljakainen13Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandFolkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, FinlandFaculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandInstitute of Biomedicine, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, FinlandInstitute of Biomedicine, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, FinlandInstitute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, FinlandDepartment of Medicine, Endocrinology and Clinical Nutrition, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, FinlandFolkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, FinlandFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology (MET), Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandDepartment of Pediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, FinlandFinnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, FinlandFolkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, FinlandFaculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandBackgroundChildren’s eating behaviors, including a tendency towards overeating, are strongly influenced by the family. Children prone to overeating are at a high risk of excessive weight gain, which can lead to further adverse health outcomes. Therefore, identifying factors that contribute to overeating is crucial for promoting healthy weight development. Given the inconsistencies in previous research, mostly involving young children, we investigated the child and parental characteristics associated with overeating in preadolescence.MethodsThe cross-sectional study included 5,973 preadolescents aged 9–12 years from the Finnish Health in Teens (Fin-HIT) cohort. A tendency towards overeating was based on a parent-reported question. We utilized extensive parent questionnaire and Medical Birth Register data, and used ordinal and stepwise logistic regression to identify the independent determinants of overeating.ResultsThe proportion of preadolescents with a parent-reported tendency towards overeating was 10% (n = 606). In the multivariable model, boys had higher odds of overeating (OR 1.30, 95% CI 1.06–1.58) compared with girls. Preadolescents with overweight and obesity had 9- and 30-fold odds (95% CI 7.31–11.29 and 20.07–44.54, respectively) of overeating compared with healthy-weight preadolescents. Furthermore, parental depression and emotional feeding increased the odds of overeating in the preadolescent (OR 1.48, 95% CI 1.08–2.02 and OR 1.27, 95% CI 1.03–1.57).ConclusionAlong with child weight status and sex, parental depression and emotional feeding were independently associated with overeating in preadolescence. Therefore, it is important to support parents’ mental health and their healthy feeding practices. Our findings can be targeted to manage overeating and prevent overweight in children and adolescents.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1497509/fullovereatingeating behaviorchildren and adolescentsoverweight and obesityparental depressionemotional feeding |
| spellingShingle | Catharina Sarkkola Catharina Sarkkola Marja H. Leppänen Marja H. Leppänen Marja H. Leppänen Aino-Maija Eloranta Aino-Maija Eloranta Aino-Maija Eloranta Laura Räisänen Laura Räisänen Laura Räisänen Satu Männistö Heli Viljakainen Heli Viljakainen Parental depression and emotional feeding practices are associated with a tendency towards overeating in preadolescents Frontiers in Nutrition overeating eating behavior children and adolescents overweight and obesity parental depression emotional feeding |
| title | Parental depression and emotional feeding practices are associated with a tendency towards overeating in preadolescents |
| title_full | Parental depression and emotional feeding practices are associated with a tendency towards overeating in preadolescents |
| title_fullStr | Parental depression and emotional feeding practices are associated with a tendency towards overeating in preadolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parental depression and emotional feeding practices are associated with a tendency towards overeating in preadolescents |
| title_short | Parental depression and emotional feeding practices are associated with a tendency towards overeating in preadolescents |
| title_sort | parental depression and emotional feeding practices are associated with a tendency towards overeating in preadolescents |
| topic | overeating eating behavior children and adolescents overweight and obesity parental depression emotional feeding |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1497509/full |
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