@article{ref1,
title="Obesogenic food consumption among young children: the role of maltreatment",
journal="Public health nutrition",
year="2019",
author="Jackson, Dylan B. and Vaughn, Michael G.",
volume="22",
number="10",
pages="1840-1849",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To determine whether children exposed to a greater variety of acts of parent-to-child physical and psychological maltreatment will be at greater risk of consuming obesogenic foods at a higher frequency. <br><br>DESIGN: Survey research using a longitudinal panel design. SETTING: In-home interviews with primary caregivers in twenty large US cities.ParticipantsA national sample of at-risk children and their families who participated in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS). <br><br>RESULTS: Child maltreatment emerged as a statistically significant (P<0·01) and robust predictor of obesogenic food consumption, in both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. Child maltreatment also consistently emerged as one of the strongest predictors of obesogenic food consumption in these models. Ancillary analyses indicated that physical maltreatment plays a particularly important role in these associations. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A major implication of the present study is that child maltreatment prevention efforts should be reflected in interventions that seek to diminish unhealthy eating practices among children. Multi-professional teams can work together on obesity prevention not only via education but also by considering the interconnectedness of obesogenic food consumption and experiences of maltreatment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1368-9800",
doi="10.1017/S1368980019000065",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019000065"
}