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

在英国，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的比率。然而，父母的饮食习惯、体育活动模式和身体构成都会影响孩子的行为。确定父母在影响子女行为方面所起的作用，对于制定有效政策以促进今世后代的健康十分重要。本研究使用经济技术来建立父母和孩子在饮食习惯、身体活动和身体组成等方面的行为之间的关系。将研究父母性别差异和单亲家庭的影响。超市和快餐连锁店对饮食行为和家庭成员体重的影响也将得到解决。最后，分析当前政府政策的有效性。结果将增加对家庭相互作用和行为的理解，包括饮食习惯、身体活动和身体组成，以及确定当前减少儿童肥胖政策的有效性。

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.