PURPOSE: Current research indicates that specific parenting styles are associated with
adolescent overweight, dietary intake, and physical activity; but most of the research has …

Parenting style and parental support and modeling of physical activity and healthy dietary
intake have been linked to youth weight status, although findings have been inconsistent …

Objective: Parenting styles such as authoritarian, disengaged, or permissive are thought to
be associated with greater adolescent obesity risk than an authoritative style. This study …

Parenting styles influence a child's risk for obesity. The goals of this study are to evaluate the
influence of (i) parenting style on children's health behaviors (physical activity and dietary …

Background Parents play a critical role in their children's lifestyle habits. The objective was
to assess the effect of parenting style on the risk of childhood obesity, and to determine …

Parenting behaviors are known to have a major impact on childhood obesity but it has
proven difficult to isolate the specific mechanism of influence. The present study uses …

Researchers over the last decade have documented the association between general
parenting style and numerous factors related to childhood obesity (eg., children's eating …

The present study aimed to investigate associations of both parent-reported and child-
perceived parenting styles and parent-reported parenting practices with child weight and …

With recommendations to include parents as targets for childhood obesity interventions,
there is a need to review the relationship of general parenting influences on childhood …

This article discusses the relationship between parent behaviors, parenting style, and how a
family functions with respect to the development of childhood overweight. Parents can …