Journal
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Volume 62, Issue -, Pages 20-24Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.02.002
Keywords
Childhood obesity; Weight feedback; Behaviour change; Stages of change
Funding
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in England [RP-PG-0608-10035]
- NIHR
- National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) [RP-PG-0608-10035] Funding Source: National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR)
- Cancer Research UK [14133] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [RP-PG-0608-10035, CDF-2011-04-048] Funding Source: researchfish
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Objective: Providing parents with information about their child's overweight status (feedback) could prompt them to make lifestyle changes for their children. We assessed whether parents of overweight children intend to or change behaviours following feedback, and examined predictors of these transitions. Methods: We analysed data from a cohort of parents of children aged 4-5 and 10-11 years participating in the National Child Measurement Programme in five areas of England, 2010-2011. Parents of overweight children (body mass index >= 91st centile) with data at one or six months after feedback were included (n = 285). The outcomes of interest were intention to change health-related behaviours and positive behaviour change at follow-up. Associations between respondent characteristics and outcomes were assessed using logistic regression analysis. Results: After feedback, 72.1% of parents reported an intention to change; 54.7% reported positive behaviour change. Intention was associated with recognition of child overweight status (OR 11.20, 95% CI 4.49, 27.93). Parents of older and non-white children were more likely to report behaviour changes than parents of younger or white children. Intention did not predict behaviour change. Conclusions: Parental recognition of child overweight predicts behavioural intentions. However, intentions do not necessarily translate into behaviours; interventions that aim to change intentions may have limited benefits. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-SA license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/).
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