The Intergenerational Transfer of Eating Habits, Physical Activity Behaviour, and Body Composition: Evidence from the UK

饮食习惯、体力活动行为和身体成分的代际传递：来自英国的证据

• 批准号: G0802291/1
• 负责人: Heather Brown
• 金额: $ 16.22万
• 依托单位: University of Aberdeen
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2009 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=G0802291%2F1
• 关键词: Intergenerational; Transfer; Eating; Habits; Physical

Rising rates of overweight and obesity of both children and adults in the UK is of major concern. Current government policy has primarily focused on reducing childhood rates of overweight and obesity by ensuring healthy school meals and building physical activity into daily life. However, parent‘s eating habits, physical activity patterns, and body composition will influence their children‘s behaviour. Determining the role that parent‘s plays in impacting their children‘s behaviour will be important to create effective policy to promote the health of current and future generations. This research uses economic techniques to establish the relationship between parents and children‘s behaviour concerning the areas of eating habits, physical activity, and body composition. Differences by parental gender and the affect of single parent households will be examined. The availability of supermarkets and fast food chains on eating behaviour and weight of family members will also be addressed. Finally, the effectiveness of current government policy will be analysed. Results will increase the understanding of family interactions and behaviour regarding eating habits, physical activity, and body composition as well as determining the effectiveness of current policy to reduce childhood obesity.

英国儿童和成人超重和肥胖率的上升是一个主要问题。目前的政府政策主要侧重于通过确保健康的学校膳食和将体育活动纳入日常生活来降低儿童超重和肥胖率。然而，父母的饮食习惯、身体活动模式和身体成分会影响子女的行为。确定父母在影响子女行为方面所起的作用，对于制定有效政策促进今世后代的健康至关重要。这项研究使用经济技术来建立父母和儿童在饮食习惯、体育活动和身体成分方面的行为之间的关系。将研究父母性别和单亲家庭影响的差异。超市和快餐连锁店的供应对家庭成员的饮食行为和体重的影响也将得到解决。最后，将分析当前政府政策的有效性。研究结果将增加对家庭互动和饮食习惯、身体活动和身体成分等行为的理解，并确定当前减少儿童肥胖政策的有效性。