How do parenting and parent-child interactions impact on preschool children's eating, physical activity habits, and subsequent patterns of weight gain?

从经济和心理社会的角度来看，肥胖给社会带来的代价都很高。澳大利亚的研究人员可以在学龄前几年的肥胖预防方面发挥带头作用，届时将对风险因素模型进行系统和严格的检查。这项研究将是评估父母认知和行为、亲子互动、家庭/人口特征和儿童特征对学龄前儿童风险因素(膳食摄入量、体力活动、久坐行为)的影响的第一项前瞻性研究。这些发现将有助于制定循证干预策略，以维持学龄前儿童健康的体重增加。

The cost to society of obesity is high from both a financial and psychosocial perspective. Australian researchers can take a lead in the prevention of obesity during the formative preschool years, when models of risk factors are examined systematically and rigorously. This research will be the first prospective study to evaluate the impact of parental cognitions and behaviours, parent-child interactions, family/demographic characteristics and child characteristics on child risk factors (dietary intake, physical activity, sedentary behaviours) during the preschool years. The findings will assist in developing evidence-based intervention strategies for maintenance of healthy weight gain in preschool children.