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Home Environment Factors and Health Behaviors of Low-income, Overweight, and Obese Youth

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Overweight or obese children appear to have healthier habits if their families eat meals together without watching TV and if healthy food choices are available in the home. Encouraging parents to focus these practices may promote healthier body weight in children.

Source: American Journal of Health Behavior

DOI: 10.5993/ajhb.43.2.17

Authors: Beth A. Conlon, Aileen P. Mcginn, Carmen R. Isasi, Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, David W. Lounsbury, Mindy S. Ginsberg, Pamela M. Diamantis, Adriana E. Groisman-Perelstein, Judith Wylie-Rosett

Institutions: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Zero hunger

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

Awards: G1413460417, G1571545756, G2495941498, G3224512413, Comprehensive Approach to Family Weight Management

OpenAlex ID: W2918072465

FWCI: 2.497

Cites: 69

Cited by: 18

Related to: 10