Investigating the Efficacy of Genetic, Environmental, and Multifactorial Risk Information When Communicating Obesity Risk to Parents of Young Children
Investigating the Efficacy of Genetic, Environmental, and Multifactorial Risk Information When Communicating Obesity Risk to Parents of Young Children
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DOI：
10.1093/abm/kaaa103
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发表时间：
2021-08-01
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3.8
通讯作者：
Hollister, Brittany M.
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作者：
Persky, Susan;Yaremych, Haley E.;Hollister, Brittany M.
背景有效地与家长沟通儿童的肥胖风险是至关重要的预防医学和公共health.Purpose目的目前的研究调查的沟通效果集中在肥胖的两个主要原因：方法我们比较了父母对信息的喂养反应，这些信息集中在（i）单独的遗传学，（ii）单独的家庭环境，（iii）遗传学-家庭环境相互作用（G x FE），以及（iv）没有因果信息。我们还研究了父母的内疚是否介导的影响，喂养的消息类型。我们的样本由190名父母组成，一半是母亲，一半是父亲，孩子3-7岁。在收到四种类型的信息之一后，父母使用虚拟现实自助餐措施为孩子选择食物。家长在实验室和1周follow-up.Results的问卷调查，在VR自助餐，家长没有喂他们的孩子不同的消息提供条件与控制。然而，在信息提供条件之间存在差异，其中接受任何遗传信息的母亲在VR自助餐中选择了高热量的食物。在1周的随访中，仅接受遗传学信息的父母报告在自我报告的食物频率评估中给孩子喂了更多的垃圾食品和肥肉;含糖饮料，含糖食品或快餐没有这种差异。父母的内疚通常是较高的参与者谁收到的家庭环境信息，但没有调解信息提供和喂养outcomes.Conclusions之间的关系，虽然没有改善喂养以上的控制条件的消息，GxFE消息与更好的整体形象的结果。因此，向父母发送关于儿童肥胖风险的消息可能有益于包括反映遗传和环境对肥胖风险的贡献的复杂性的内容。
Background Effectively communicating with parents about children's obesity risk is of critical importance for preventive medicine and public health.Purpose The current study investigates the efficacy of communications focused on two primary causes of obesity: genes and environment.Methods We compared parental feeding responses to messages focused on (i) genetics alone, (ii) family environment alone, (iii) genetics-family environment interaction (G x FE), and (iv) no causal message. We also examined whether parental guilt mediates the effect of message type on feeding. Our sample consisted of 190 parents, half mothers and half fathers, of children 3-7 years old. After receiving one of the four types of messages, parents chose foods for their child using the Virtual Reality Buffet measure. Parents responded to questionnaires in the lab and at 1-week follow-up.Results In the VR Buffet, parents did not feed their children differently in message provision conditions versus control. There were, however, differences among message provision conditions wherein mothers who received any genetic information chose higher-calorie meals in the VR Buffet. At 1-week follow-up, parents who received information about genetics alone reported feeding their child more junk food and fatty meat on self-report food frequency assessments; there were no such differences for sugary beverages, sugary foods, or fast foods. Parental guilt was typically higher for participants who received family environment information alone but did not mediate the relation between information provision and feeding outcomes.Conclusions While none of the messages improved feeding above the control condition, GxFE messages were associated with a better overall profile of outcomes. As such, it may be beneficial for messaging for parents about children's obesity risk to include content that reflects the complexity of genetic and environmental contributions to obesity risk.