Family Environment and Childhood Obesity: A New Framework with Structural Equation Modeling

The main purpose of the current article is to introduce a framework of the complexity of childhood obesity based on the family environment. A conceptual model that quantifies the relationships and interactions among parental socioeconomic status, family food security level, child's food intake...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2017-02, Vol.14 (2), p.181
Main Authors: Huang, Hui, Wan Mohamed Radzi, Che Wan Jasimah Bt, Salarzadeh Jenatabadi, Hashem
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Body mass
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Child
Child Behavior
Child, Preschool
Childhood
Children
China
Data processing
Eating - psychology
Environmental studies
Family studies
Feeding behavior
Feeding Behavior - psychology
Female
Food intake
Food security
Health Behavior
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Theoretical
Obesity
Parent-Child Relations
Parental behavior
Parents - psychology
Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology
Pediatric Obesity - psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Socioeconomic factors
Structural equation modeling
Studies
Young Adult
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Summary:The main purpose of the current article is to introduce a framework of the complexity of childhood obesity based on the family environment. A conceptual model that quantifies the relationships and interactions among parental socioeconomic status, family food security level, child's food intake and certain aspects of parental feeding behaviour is presented using the structural equation modeling (SEM) concept. Structural models are analysed in terms of the direct and indirect connections among latent and measurement variables that lead to the child weight indicator. To illustrate the accuracy, fit, reliability and validity of the introduced framework, real data collected from 630 families from Urumqi (Xinjiang, China) were considered. The framework includes two categories of data comprising the normal body mass index (BMI) range and obesity data. The comparison analysis between two models provides some evidence that in obesity modeling, obesity data must be extracted from the dataset and analysis must be done separately from the normal BMI range. This study may be helpful for researchers interested in childhood obesity modeling based on family environment.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph14020181