Relationships examined: Parent and child readiness to change and sociodemographic characteristics in family based weight loss treatment

Summary Background Family based treatment is an effective, multipronged approach to address obesity as it plagues families. Objective To investigate the relationships among sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., education and income), body mass index (BMI) and race/ethnicity with readiness to chang...

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Published in:Pediatric obesity 2023-09, Vol.18 (9), p.e13062-n/a
Main Authors: Ramel, Melissa, Wilfley, Denise E., Tabak, Rachel, Lew, Daphne, Moursi, Nasreen A., Kilanowski, Colleen, Cook, Steven R., Eneli, Ihouma U., Quattrin, Teresa, Schechtman, Kenneth B., Epstein, Leonard H.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Black People
Body mass index
Child
childhood obesity
Childrens health
Educational Status
Ethnicity
Family
family based treatment
Humans
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Obesity - ethnology
Obesity - therapy
Parents
Parents & parenting
Pediatrics
readiness to change
sociodemographic characteristics
Sociodemographics
Weight control
Weight Loss
White People
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Summary:Summary Background Family based treatment is an effective, multipronged approach to address obesity as it plagues families. Objective To investigate the relationships among sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., education and income), body mass index (BMI) and race/ethnicity with readiness to change for parents enrolled in the Primary care pediatrics, Learning, Activity and Nutrition (PLAN) study. Methods Multivariate linear regressions tested two hypotheses: (1) White parents will have higher levels of baseline readiness to change, when compared to Black parents; (2) parents with higher income and education will have higher levels of readiness to change at baseline. Results A positive relationship exists between baseline parent BMI and readiness to change (Pearson correlation, 0.09, p 
ISSN:2047-6302
2047-6310
2047-6310
DOI:10.1111/ijpo.13062