Parenting styles, feeding styles, and their influence on child obesogenic behaviors and body weight. A review

Hábitos de vida y estilos de cuidado de los progenitores relacionados con la obesidad infantil: comparación de una población española con poblaciones de países del Norte de Europa: ENERGY-Project

“…15 Accordingly, we selected family-related variables, specifically health-related lifestyles and parenting-styles, due to the fact that both these types of variables are related to childhood obesity, as has been shown by a number of studies. [16][17][18] The aim of this study was thus to ascertain whether lifestyle (nutrition and physical activity) and parenting-style variables linked to childhood obesity, differed between Northern European countries and Spain.…”

Nutritional status of urban adolescents: individual, household and neighborhood factors based on data from The BH Health Study

“…The influence of family habits related to physical activity and diet is well documented in the literature 36,37,38 . However, the results showed no direct association between the consumption of soft drinks more than five days a week and thinness, and between being overweight and the habit of consuming fruit and vegetables among adults.…”

Variations in eating habits between Ecuadorian parents and children related to excess weight

“…[28][29] This study has the following limitations: 1) we have no socio-economic information about parents which could be influencing the rate of non-response, as well as the responses themselves; 2) we do not know the marital status of the participating parent, so it is difficult to assess different situations regarding caring for children , which could arise in single-parent families, nor do we know if the parents who participated live full-time with their children; 3) finally, the ethical requirements of the study impede the identification of siblings among the children, hence in some cases it is difficult to identify parent's responses.…”