Journal
NUTRIENTS
Volume 13, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu13103403
Keywords
perceived parental attitudes; junk foods; sugar-sweetened beverages; home food environment; autonomous motivation
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81402668]
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This study found that parental attitudes toward restricting junk food/sugar-sweetened beverage consumption did not directly impact the frequency of consumption among adolescents, but rather influenced it indirectly through the home environment and the autonomous motivation of adolescents. When parents had a less positive attitude and stored fewer junk foods/sugary drinks at home, adolescents showed greater autonomous motivation to restrict their consumption and consumed less of these products.
This study aimed to use path analysis to determine the association between perceived parental attitudes toward restricting junk food (JF)/sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake and JF/SSB consumption among Chinese adolescents, and whether JF/SSB availability in the home environment and autonomous motivation of adolescents mediated the association. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using questionnaires adapted from the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) Study to collect data on 3819 participants with an average age of 14.7 years (SD = 1.7). Spearman correlations and path analysis were performed. It was found that perceived parental attitudes were not directly associated with adolescents' JF/SSB consumption frequency, but indirectly related to them through JF/SSB availability in the home environment and autonomous motivation of adolescents. When parents held a less positive attitude toward JF/SSB consumption and kept less JFs/SSBs at home, youth displayed more autonomous motivation for restricting JF/SSB intake and consumed fewer JFs/SSBs.
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