TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationships examined
T2 - Parent and child readiness to change and sociodemographic characteristics in family based weight loss treatment
AU - Ramel, Melissa
AU - Wilfley, Denise E.
AU - Tabak, Rachel
AU - Lew, Daphne
AU - Moursi, Nasreen A.
AU - Kilanowski, Colleen
AU - Cook, Steven R.
AU - Eneli, Ihouma U.
AU - Quattrin, Teresa
AU - Schechtman, Kenneth B.
AU - Epstein, Leonard H.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the participants in the PLAN with Families study for making this manuscript possible. The authors acknowledge Peter Dore from the Data Coordinating Center at Washington University in St. Louis and Colleen Kilanowski at University at Buffalo for her project administration and supervision. The authors also thank the pediatric practices, their participating families and the numerous interventionists for recruiting and providing treatment for the families. The views expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institutes of Health; or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The general design of the PLAN with Families study was made possible by a grant from the NHLBI (1U01HL131552‐01). The conceptualization and funding that supported this manuscript were from the NHLBI (1U01HL131552‐01) and Translational Sciences Program (TL1TR002344).
Funding Information:
The authors thank the participants in the PLAN with Families study for making this manuscript possible. The authors acknowledge Peter Dore from the Data Coordinating Center at Washington University in St. Louis and Colleen Kilanowski at University at Buffalo for her project administration and supervision. The authors also thank the pediatric practices, their participating families and the numerous interventionists for recruiting and providing treatment for the families. The views expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institutes of Health; or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The general design of the PLAN with Families study was made possible by a grant from the NHLBI (1U01HL131552-01). The conceptualization and funding that supported this manuscript were from the NHLBI (1U01HL131552-01) and Translational Sciences Program (TL1TR002344).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 World Obesity Federation.
PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - Background: Family based treatment is an effective, multipronged approach to address obesity as it plagues families. Objective: To investigate the relationships among sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., education and income), body mass index (BMI) and race/ethnicity with readiness to change for parents enrolled in the Primary care pediatrics, Learning, Activity and Nutrition (PLAN) study. Methods: Multivariate linear regressions tested two hypotheses: (1) White parents will have higher levels of baseline readiness to change, when compared to Black parents; (2) parents with higher income and education will have higher levels of readiness to change at baseline. Results: A positive relationship exists between baseline parent BMI and readiness to change (Pearson correlation, 0.09, p < 0.05); statistically significant relationships exist between parent education level (−0.14, p < 0.05), income (0.04, p < 0.05) and readiness to change. Additionally, a statistically significant relationship exists, with both White (β, −0.10, p < 0.05), and Other, non-Hispanic (−0.10, p < 0.05) parents exhibiting lower readiness to change than Black, non-Hispanic parents. Child data did not indicate significant relationships between race/ethnicity and readiness to change. Conclusions: Results demonstrate that investigators should consider sociodemographic characteristic factors and different levels of readiness to change in participants enrolling in obesity interventions.
AB - Background: Family based treatment is an effective, multipronged approach to address obesity as it plagues families. Objective: To investigate the relationships among sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., education and income), body mass index (BMI) and race/ethnicity with readiness to change for parents enrolled in the Primary care pediatrics, Learning, Activity and Nutrition (PLAN) study. Methods: Multivariate linear regressions tested two hypotheses: (1) White parents will have higher levels of baseline readiness to change, when compared to Black parents; (2) parents with higher income and education will have higher levels of readiness to change at baseline. Results: A positive relationship exists between baseline parent BMI and readiness to change (Pearson correlation, 0.09, p < 0.05); statistically significant relationships exist between parent education level (−0.14, p < 0.05), income (0.04, p < 0.05) and readiness to change. Additionally, a statistically significant relationship exists, with both White (β, −0.10, p < 0.05), and Other, non-Hispanic (−0.10, p < 0.05) parents exhibiting lower readiness to change than Black, non-Hispanic parents. Child data did not indicate significant relationships between race/ethnicity and readiness to change. Conclusions: Results demonstrate that investigators should consider sociodemographic characteristic factors and different levels of readiness to change in participants enrolling in obesity interventions.
KW - childhood obesity
KW - family based treatment
KW - readiness to change
KW - sociodemographic characteristics
KW - weight loss
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85161487448&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/ijpo.13062
DO - 10.1111/ijpo.13062
M3 - Article
C2 - 37282798
AN - SCOPUS:85161487448
SN - 2047-6302
VL - 18
JO - Pediatric Obesity
JF - Pediatric Obesity
IS - 9
M1 - e13062
ER -