title: Parental socioeconomic status and soft drink consumption of the child. The mediating proportion of parenting practices.
abstract: The hypothesis of this study is twofold and states that parental socioeconomic status has an effect on the soft drink consumption of the child, and that this effect is mediated by the soft drink related parenting practices. One thousand six hundred and thirty-nine parents of 2.5-7 year old children from 34 Flemish pre-primary and primary schools, completed a self-administered questionnaire on sociodemographic characteristics, soft drink consumption and soft drink related parenting practices. Causal mediation analyses showed an effect of socioeconomic status on soft drink consumption of the child: children from high socioeconomic status consume 0.42 times the amount of soft drinks of children from lower socioeconomic status. Interestingly, this effect is almost entirely mediated by three soft drink parenting practices: soft drinks served at meals, the child can take soft drink whenever he or she wants and having soft drinks at home.
authors.affiliation: Ghent University, Department of Public Health, Watersportlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Valerie.DeCoen@UGent.be
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Coen
authors.forename: Stijn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vansteelandt
authors.forename: Lea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maes
authors.forename: Inge
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Huybrechts
authors.forename: Ilse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: De Bourdeaudhuij
authors.forename: Carine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vereecken
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D002253:Carbonated Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents; D012574:Schools; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires