Parental Attitudes to Childhood Overweight: The Multiple Paths through Healthy Eating, Screen Use, and Sleeping Time

Miguel Giménez Garcia-Conde, Longinos Marin, Salvador Ruiz de Maya and Pedro J. Cuestas
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Miguel Giménez Garcia-Conde: Department of Marketing, Campus de Espinardo, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Longinos Marin: Department of Marketing, Campus de Espinardo, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Salvador Ruiz de Maya: Department of Marketing, Campus de Espinardo, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Pedro J. Cuestas: Department of Marketing, Campus de Espinardo, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 21, 1-12

Abstract: The main goal of this paper is to examine how parental attitudes toward sleeping, screen use, and feeding their child influence the child’s body mass index (BMI) through the child’s behaviors related to time dedicated to sleep and television, and their healthy eating. Using survey data from 908 parents, results show that parental attitudes have a significant influence on children’s behavior and, more importantly, on their BMI. The three forms of a child’s behavior (sleeping, watching TV, and healthy eating patterns) are affected by what parents do and their attitudes toward these three behaviors at home. Results show how changes in parental attitudes are an interesting target to prevent the child’s overweight.

Keywords: childhood obesity; parental attitudes; feeding; body mass index (BMI) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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