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Article

Perceived Parental Attitudes Are Indirectly Associated with Consumption of Junk Foods and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among Chinese Adolescents through Home Food Environment and Autonomous Motivation: A Path Analysis

by
Nan Qiu
1,
Justin B. Moore
2,
Yechuang Wang
1,
Jialin Fu
1,
Kai Ding
1 and
Rui Li
1,*
1
Department of Healthcare Management, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
2
Department of Implementation Science, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nutrients 2021, 13(10), 3403; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103403
Submission received: 31 August 2021 / Revised: 16 September 2021 / Accepted: 22 September 2021 / Published: 27 September 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Nutrition and Public Health)
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Abstract

This study aimed to use path analysis to determine the association between perceived parental attitudes toward restricting junk food (JF)/sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake and JF/SSB consumption among Chinese adolescents, and whether JF/SSB availability in the home environment and autonomous motivation of adolescents mediated the association. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using questionnaires adapted from the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) Study to collect data on 3819 participants with an average age of 14.7 years (SD = 1.7). Spearman correlations and path analysis were performed. It was found that perceived parental attitudes were not directly associated with adolescents’ JF/SSB consumption frequency, but indirectly related to them through JF/SSB availability in the home environment and autonomous motivation of adolescents. When parents held a less positive attitude toward JF/SSB consumption and kept less JFs/SSBs at home, youth displayed more autonomous motivation for restricting JF/SSB intake and consumed fewer JFs/SSBs.
Keywords: perceived parental attitudes; junk foods; sugar-sweetened beverages; home food environment; autonomous motivation perceived parental attitudes; junk foods; sugar-sweetened beverages; home food environment; autonomous motivation

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Qiu, N.; Moore, J.B.; Wang, Y.; Fu, J.; Ding, K.; Li, R. Perceived Parental Attitudes Are Indirectly Associated with Consumption of Junk Foods and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among Chinese Adolescents through Home Food Environment and Autonomous Motivation: A Path Analysis. Nutrients 2021, 13, 3403. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103403

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Qiu N, Moore JB, Wang Y, Fu J, Ding K, Li R. Perceived Parental Attitudes Are Indirectly Associated with Consumption of Junk Foods and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among Chinese Adolescents through Home Food Environment and Autonomous Motivation: A Path Analysis. Nutrients. 2021; 13(10):3403. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103403

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Qiu, Nan, Justin B. Moore, Yechuang Wang, Jialin Fu, Kai Ding, and Rui Li. 2021. "Perceived Parental Attitudes Are Indirectly Associated with Consumption of Junk Foods and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among Chinese Adolescents through Home Food Environment and Autonomous Motivation: A Path Analysis" Nutrients 13, no. 10: 3403. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103403

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Qiu, N., Moore, J. B., Wang, Y., Fu, J., Ding, K., & Li, R. (2021). Perceived Parental Attitudes Are Indirectly Associated with Consumption of Junk Foods and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among Chinese Adolescents through Home Food Environment and Autonomous Motivation: A Path Analysis. Nutrients, 13(10), 3403. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103403

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