Associations of parental and child food and exercise aversion with child food intake and physical activity.

• DOI: 10.1037/hea0000799
• Publication Date: 2019-09-12T14:21:49Z
• Authors: Karolina Zarychta; Karolina Horodyska; Yiqun Gan; Carina K. Y. Chan; John Wiggers; Luke Wolfenden; Monika Boberska; Aleksandra Luszcz...
• Keywords: Taste aversion

Objective The interplay between parental and child food physical activity aversion, briefly defined as fear or avoidance of novelty breaking from routine, may explain such behaviors inadequate consumption activity. Two studies were conducted to investigate the associations aversion (child self-reported parental-reported perceptions aversion) intake Method Parent-child dyads participated in 2 longitudinal studies. Study 1 (food aversion; baseline [T1] 10-month follow-up [T2]) enrolled 924 (1,848 individuals; 54.3% girls, aged 5-11 years old, 88.9% mothers). (physical 7- 8-month 879 (1,758 52.4% 83.2% There was no overlap samples two Dyads completed self-report measures; body weight height (for calculation mass index [BMI] covariates/potential moderators) measured objectively. Mediation analyses with sequential mediators performed. Results association (T1) fruit vegetable (T2) mediated sequentially by perception (T2). same pattern found for aversion. Child BMI did not moderate hypothesized associations. Conclusions High levels operated explaining lower (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).