The cross-sectional association of parental psychosocial status with children's Body Mass Index z-score and the mediating role of children's energy balance behaviors - the ABCD Study.
Meredith L OvermanTanja VrijkotteYolanda M Sánchez CastroMargreet W Harskamp-van GinkelMonica HunsbergerCarry M RendersStef P J KremersMai J M ChinapawPublished in: PloS one (2024)
This research is unique in including four energy balance behaviors and including both mothers and fathers' psychosocial status. Children withfathers experiencing poorer psychosocial status engaged in more screen time which partly explained their higher BMI z-score.