Do parents engage in weight- and health-focused conversations with their emerging adult children and are there cross-sectional associations with weight and well-being outcomes?
Jerica M BergeVivienne M HazzardKatherine R ArlinghausNicole LarsonSamantha L HahnDianne Neumark-SztainerPublished in: Preventive medicine (2024)
The high prevalence and negative health outcomes associated with weight-focused conversations coupled with the low prevalence and positive health outcomes associated with health-focused conversations by parents suggests the need for public health messaging and intervention development aimed at reducing parental weight talk with emerging adult children.
Keyphrases
- public health
- weight loss
- body mass index
- physical activity
- weight gain
- healthcare
- cross sectional
- risk factors
- young adults
- body weight
- mental health
- randomized controlled trial
- health information
- adipose tissue
- global health
- risk assessment
- childhood cancer
- metabolic syndrome
- health promotion
- skeletal muscle
- smoking cessation
- glycemic control