Parental food consumption and diet quality and its association with children’s food consumption in families at high risk of type 2 diabetes: the Feel4Diabetes-study
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Cambridge University Press
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Food consumption Diet quality Type 2 diabetes Parents Children
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2022-10-11Referencia bibliográfica
Mahmood, L... [et al.] (2022). Parental food consumption and diet quality and its association with children’s food consumption in families at high risk of type 2 diabetes: The Feel4Diabetes-study. Public Health Nutrition, 25(12), 3344-3355. doi:[10.1017/S1368980022002245]
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European Commission 643708Resumen
Objective: To examine the parental food consumption and diet quality and its associations
with children’s consumption in families at high risk for developing type 2
diabetes mellitus across Europe. Also, to compare food frequency consumption
among parents and children from high-risk families to the European Dietary guidelines/
recommendations.
Design: Cross-sectional study using Feel4diabetes FFQ.
Setting: Families completed FFQ and anthropometric measures were obtained.
Linear regression analyses were applied to investigate the relations between
parental food consumption and diet quality and their children’s food consumption
after consideration of potential confounders.
Participants: 2095 European families (74·6 % mothers, 50·9 % girls). The participants
included parent and one child, aged 6–8 years.
Results: Parental food consumption was significantly associated with children’s
intake from the same food groups among boys and girls. Most parents and children
showed under-consumption of healthy foods according to the European Dietary
Guidelines. Parental diet quality was positively associated with children’s intake of
‘fruit’ (boys: β = 0·233, P < 0·001; girls: β = 0·134, P < 0·05) and ‘vegetables’ (boys:
β = 0·177, P < 0·01; girls: β = 0·234, P < 0·001) and inversely associated with their
‘snacks’ consumption (boys: β = –0·143, P < 0·05; girls: β = –0·186, P < 0·01).
Conclusion: The present study suggests an association between parental food
consumption and diet quality and children’s food intake. More in-depth studies
and lifestyle interventions that include both parents and children are therefore
recommended for future research.