Parenting Style and Child’s Obesity: A Systematic Review
- DOI
- 10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.054How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- child’s obesity, food parenting, parenting style
- Abstract
This paper presents an overview to provide readers with an update on the literature about the relation between parental influences (general parenting and food parenting practices) and children’s weight-related outcomes. A systematic research review following PRISMA guidelines was conducted to identify, discuss and integrate recent research investigating the relationship between parenting styles, child’s obesity. It first summarizes the evidence regarding the role of food parenting practices in shaping and maintaining children’s nutritional and weight status. It then describes empirical evidence on the relation between general parenting and children’s weight status. Six electronic databases were searched using standardized language to identify quantitative studies describing associations of general parenting styles with children’s obesity aged 3–5 years. Eligible peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2010 and 2019 were included. Eleven studies met inclusion criteria. Few studies focused on general feeding. Most studies focused on controlling food parenting practices and general parenting style. Parental restriction of food was positively associated with child obesity, while pressure to eat and monitoring yielded inconsistent results. Parenting styles were consistently associated with obesity among young children. Research is needed to identify positive parenting behaviors around child’s weight that may be used as targets for health promotion.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Wiwin Lastyana AU - Asih Setiarini PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/22 TI - Parenting Style and Child’s Obesity: A Systematic Review BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Health Research (ISHR 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 283 EP - 287 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.054 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.054 ID - Lastyana2020 ER -