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Kalinowski, Alison; Krause, Kylene; Berdejo, Carla; Harrell, Kristina; Rosenblum, Katherine; Lumeng, Julie C. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2012
Objective: To examine beliefs about the role of parenting in feeding and childhood obesity among mothers of lower socioeconomic status. Methods: Individual semistructured, audiotaped interview with 91 mothers of preschool-aged children (49% of mothers obese, 21% of children obese) in the midwestern United States. Participant comments were…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Nutrition, Child Rearing, Nutrition Instruction
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Shin, Sunny Hyucksun; Miller, Daniel P. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
Objectives: We sought to explore the association between childhood maltreatment (e.g., neglect, physical and sexual abuse) and longitudinal growth trajectories of body mass index (BMI) from adolescence to young adulthood. Methods: We used latent curve modeling to examine data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 8,471),…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Adolescents, Obesity
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Schneiderman, Janet U.; Mennen, Ferol E.; Negriff, Sonya; Trickett, Penelope K. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
Purpose: (1) To identify and compare rates of body mass index (BMI) [greater than or equal to] 85% (overweight/obesity) and BMI [greater than or equal to] 95% (obesity) in maltreated versus comparison young adolescents; (2) to determine whether demographic/psychological characteristics are related to high BMI; (3) to determine whether type of…
Descriptors: Psychological Characteristics, Obesity, Body Composition, Incidence
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Graham, Linda J. – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2008
In his 2007 PESA keynote address, Paul Smeyers discussed the increasing regulation of child-rearing through government intervention and the generation of "experts", citing particular examples from Europe where cases of childhood obesity and parental neglect have stirred public opinion and political debate. In his paper…
Descriptors: Obesity, Intervention, Government Role, Foreign Countries