Marla Reicks1, Cynthia Davey2, Alex Kojo Anderson3, Jinan Banna4, Mary Cluskey5, Carolyn Gunther6, Blake Jones7, Rickelle Richards8, Glade Topham9, Siew Sun Wong10. 1. 1Department of Food Science and Nutrition,University of Minnesota,1334 Eckles Avenue,St. Paul, MN,55108,USA. 2. 2Clinical and Translational Science Institute,University of Minnesota,Minneapolis, MN,USA. 3. 3Foods and Nutrition,University of Georgia,Athens, GA,USA. 4. 4Department of Human Nutrition,Food and Animal Sciences,University of Hawaii,Honolulu, HI,USA. 5. 5School of Biological and Population Health Sciences,Oregon State University,Corvallis, OR,USA. 6. 6Department of Human Sciences,The Ohio State University,Columbus, OH,USA. 7. 7Psychology Department,Brigham Young University,Provo, UT,USA. 8. 8Nutrition,Dietetics, and Food Science,Brigham Young University,Provo, UT,USA. 9. 9School of Family Studies and Human Services,Kansas State University,Manhattan, KS,USA. 10. 10Extension Family and Community Health Program,Oregon State University,Corvallis, OR,USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine relationships between frequency of adolescents eating alone (dependent variable) and diet, weight status and perceived food-related parenting practices (independent variables). DESIGN: Analyses of publicly available, cross-sectional, web-based survey data from adolescents. SETTING: Online consumer opinion panel. SUBJECTS: A US nationwide sample of adolescents (12-17 years) completed Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) Study surveys to report demographic and family meal characteristics, weight, dietary intake, home food availability and perceptions of parenting practices. Parents provided information about demographic characteristics. Logistic regression analyses were used to test for associations between variables. RESULTS: About 20 % of adolescents reported often eating alone (n 343) v. not often eating alone (n 1309). Adjusted odds of adolescents often eating alone were significantly higher for non-Hispanic Black compared with non-Hispanic White adolescents (OR=1·7) and for overweight or obese compared with normal- or underweight adolescents (OR=1·6). Adjusted odds of adolescents eating alone were significantly lower for those who reported that fruits and vegetables were often/always available in the home (OR=0·65), for those who perceived that parents had expectations about fruit and vegetable intake (OR=0·71) and for those who agreed with parental authority to make rules about intake of junk food/sugary drinks (OR=0·71). Junk food and sugary drink daily intake frequency was positively associated with often eating alone. CONCLUSIONS: Often eating alone was related to being overweight/obese, having less healthy dietary intake and perceptions of less supportive food-related parenting practices.
OBJECTIVE: To examine relationships between frequency of adolescents eating alone (dependent variable) and diet, weight status and perceived food-related parenting practices (independent variables). DESIGN: Analyses of publicly available, cross-sectional, web-based survey data from adolescents. SETTING: Online consumer opinion panel. SUBJECTS: A US nationwide sample of adolescents (12-17 years) completed Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) Study surveys to report demographic and family meal characteristics, weight, dietary intake, home food availability and perceptions of parenting practices. Parents provided information about demographic characteristics. Logistic regression analyses were used to test for associations between variables. RESULTS: About 20 % of adolescents reported often eating alone (n 343) v. not often eating alone (n 1309). Adjusted odds of adolescents often eating alone were significantly higher for non-Hispanic Black compared with non-Hispanic White adolescents (OR=1·7) and for overweight or obese compared with normal- or underweight adolescents (OR=1·6). Adjusted odds of adolescents eating alone were significantly lower for those who reported that fruits and vegetables were often/always available in the home (OR=0·65), for those who perceived that parents had expectations about fruit and vegetable intake (OR=0·71) and for those who agreed with parental authority to make rules about intake of junk food/sugary drinks (OR=0·71). Junk food and sugary drink daily intake frequency was positively associated with often eating alone. CONCLUSIONS: Often eating alone was related to being overweight/obese, having less healthy dietary intake and perceptions of less supportive food-related parenting practices.
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