title: Examining multiple parenting behaviors on young children's dietary fat consumption.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the association between parenting and children's dietary fat consumption, this study tested a comprehensive model of parenting that included parent household rules, parent modeling of rules, parent mediated behaviors, and parent support.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional.
  
  
  METHODS
  Baseline data from the MOVE/me Muevo project, a recreation site-based obesity prevention and control intervention trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five hundred forty-one parents of children between the ages of 5 and 8 years and living in San Diego County.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children's fat consumption based on parent report using a short food frequency questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  A hierarchical linear regression was conducted. In exploratory analyses, a stepwise backward elimination approach was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children's fat consumption was positively associated with parent household rules (P < .01) and negatively associated with parent modeling of rules (P < .01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Controlling parenting behaviors, such as rule setting, are associated with more frequent fat consumption, whereas role modeling healthful behaviors is associated with less frequent fat consumption. Changing parenting behaviors with regard to how they feed their children is a logical avenue for improving eating behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Behavioral and Community Health (IBACH), San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA. ceisenberg@projects.sdsu.edu
authors.forename: Christina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.forename: Guadalupe X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.forename: Noe C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Crespo
authors.forename: Nanette V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Michelle Murphy
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Zive
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Corder
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Elder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004041:Dietary Fats; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats