An Australian study shows that a strict education would have an influence on the corpulence of children. Severe parents would have thinner youngsters.
Can overweight or obese children one day accuse their parents’ laxity of being at the root of their weight problems? In any case, this is what the results of an Australian study published in the journal suggest. Pediatrics. These authors have attempted to highlight the impact of parental education on children’s corpulence.
Very “framed” children would be thinner
To carry out their study, these researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne therefore followed more than 4,000 children aged 4 to 5. From 2004, their body mass index (BMI) was measured, twice a year for 4 years. These researchers also reviewed the daily habits of these children: their rhythm of life, the follow-up of the rules established by the parents concerning the meals or the hours spent in front of the television and finally the coherence of the paternal and maternal education. Result: the authors of this work highlighted a slight influence of parenthood on children’s BMI. Whether it is for fathers, as for mothers, the consistency of educational rules seems to have a slight impact on the stoutness of children. According to this study, the more parents set rules for their children and the more rules are followed, the more their children have a lower BMI during childhood. Conversely, however, this study shows that the child’s BMI does not influence parental behavior.
A solid family framework to fight against childhood obesity
While a recent survey recently showed that nearly one in three French children under 3 ate in front of the television, these results once again highlight the importance of a strict family framework including rules of life. defined. Several specialists say that actions on childhood obesity should take more account of the family context and simultaneously involve the mothers and fathers of overweight children.
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