Describing studies on childhood obesity determinants by Socio-Ecological Model level: a scoping review to identify gaps and provide guidance for future research

Pereira, Margarida; Padez, Cristina; Nogueira, Helena

doi:10.1038/s41366-019-0411-3

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“…This study identified three distinct classes differing on five overarching domains from the individual and interpersonal levels: parenting skills, child food choices, child physical activity, parent health behaviours, and family mealtime, media and sleep routines. The findings add to the studies on childhood obesity that include multiple ecological levels 18 . Despite the heterogeneity in individual and interpersonal behaviours between classes, child BMI and body composition measures did not differentiate the three classes.…”

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“…Interpersonal and family‐level behaviours, particularly caregiver health behaviours, parenting skills, and constructing family health routines have been linked to paediatric obesity and differ between children of normal weight compared to children with obesity 13‐16 . These comprehensive ecological models suggest studying multiple layers within which an individual is embedded is a promising model for examining childhood obesity 17,18 . However, a recent article by Bohnert, Loren, and Miller 19 points out that few studies include multiple levels of each model, and do not account for effects of distal factors (ie, sociodemographic factors) on each level's proximal behaviours.…”

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Parenting andsocial‐ecologicalcorrelates with children's health behaviours: A latent profile analysis

Grimm

Berkel

et al. 2020

Pediatric Obesity

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Summary Background Paediatric obesity poses dangers to children's short and long‐term health. Multi‐level ecological models posit how children's health behaviours are influenced by interpersonal relationships. Objectives To identify profiles of individual and interpersonal health behaviours and parenting skills among caregivers and their children with elevated BMI. Methods Participants were 240 children (63.7% Latino) ages 5 to 12 years with body mass index ≥85th percentile and their caregivers in a paediatric weight management intervention trial. A latent profile analysis was used to identify profiles among caregiver report of parenting skills; child physical activity, eating behaviours, and food and beverage choices; family mealtime, media and sleep routines; and parent health behaviours, and associations with food and housing insecurity. Results A three‐class model was chosen based on conceptual interpretation and model fit. Profiles were differentiated by parenting skills, child food choices, child physical activity habits, family mealtime, media, and sleep routines, and parent health behaviours. Food and housing insecurity were associated with class membership while child and caregiver anthropometrics were not. Conclusions Distinct profiles existed among this low‐income, racially/ethnically diverse sample of children with elevated BMI. Such findings emphasize the importance of assessing individual and interpersonal influences and contextual factors on childhood obesity.

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Parenting andsocial‐ecologicalcorrelates with children's health behaviours: A latent profile analysis

Grimm

Berkel

et al. 2020

Pediatric Obesity

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“…Although COVID-19 prevention measures such as reduced social mobility will gradually be weaned off with time, measures like working from home will most likely be a new norm. Therefore, conducting a scoping review would provide an overview of the current evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on weight management, identify research gaps and determine the need to conduct further systematic reviews to answer specific research questions [ 13 ]. The aim of this review was to investigate what is known about the changes in weight and weight-related behaviors in healthy adult populations during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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Global Impact of COVID-19 on Weight and Weight-Related Behaviors in the Adult Population: A Scoping Review

Chew

Lopez

2021

IJERPH

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Objective: To provide an overview of what is known about the impact of COVID-19 on weight and weight-related behaviors. Methods: Systematic scoping review using the Arksey and O’Malley methodology. Results: A total of 19 out of 396 articles were included. All studies were conducted using online self-report surveys. The average age of respondents ranged from 19 to 47 years old, comprised of more females. Almost one-half and one-fifth of the respondents gained and lost weight during the COVID-19 pandemic, respectively. Among articles that examined weight, diet and physical activity changes concurrently, weight gain was reported alongside a 36.3% to 59.6% increase in total food consumption and a 67.4% to 61.4% decrease in physical activities. Weight gain predictors included female sex, middle-age, increased appetite, snacking after dinner, less physical exercise, sedentary behaviors of ≥6 h/day, low water consumption and less sleep at night. Included articles did not illustrate significant associations between alcohol consumption, screen time, education, place of living and employment status, although sedentary behaviors, including screen time, did increase significantly. Conclusions: Examining behavioral differences alone is insufficient in predicting weight status. Future research could examine differences in personality and coping mechanisms to design more personalized and effective weight management interventions.

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“…Therefore, when examining factors influencing health behavior, various features should be considered at different levels to provide a comprehensive explanation framework [12,13]. Regarding changing individuals' dietary patterns or obesity problems, the theory of social ecology has been used by many scholars to explain, predict, and change the relationships between individuals' eating behavior and sociocultural, policy-related, and physical environments [14][15][16][17][18][19]. Several qualitative studies have examined factors influencing the dietary behaviors of college students via interviews, including multi-level barriers and enablers.…”

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Nutrition Literacy Mediates the Relationships between Multi-Level Factors and College Students’ Healthy Eating Behavior: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study

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College students experience new pressures and choices as they transition to independent living and can easily develop unhealthy eating habits, resulting in obesity and obesity-related chronic diseases in later life. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that nutrition literacy (NL) mediated the relationship between multi-level factors influencing healthy eating behavior identified from the social-ecological model and healthy eating behavior of college students. A four-part questionnaire was completed by 412 participants recruited from six different four-year universities in Taiwan (effective response rate = 85.8%). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, an independent samples t-test, hierarchical multiple regression, and mediation analysis. The results indicated that the students’ mean nutrition literacy score was 4.32 (SD = 0.78, range = 1–6). In the social-ecological framework, nutrition literacy significantly predicted healthy eating behavior (β = 0.28, p < 0.001; ΔF = 32.54, p < 0.001; ΔR2 = 0.05) with control variables of background, intrapersonal, interpersonal, environmental, and macrosystem factors. Nutrition literacy mediated the effects of seven factors on healthy eating behavior across four levels. These findings suggested that strengthening influential multi-level factors associated with healthy eating behavior not only enhanced NL, but also improved individuals’ healthy eating behavior.

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Describing studies on childhood obesity determinants by Socio-Ecological Model level: a scoping review to identify gaps and provide guidance for future research

Cited by 53 publications

References 40 publications

Parenting andsocial‐ecologicalcorrelates with children's health behaviours: A latent profile analysis

Parenting andsocial‐ecologicalcorrelates with children's health behaviours: A latent profile analysis

Global Impact of COVID-19 on Weight and Weight-Related Behaviors in the Adult Population: A Scoping Review

Nutrition Literacy Mediates the Relationships between Multi-Level Factors and College Students’ Healthy Eating Behavior: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study

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