Perceived obstacles to implementing healthy eating habits amongst pre-adolescent Indian children – a parental perspective

This study explored the mothers’ (N = 510) perceived impact of socialization agents, social media, relatives and parental eating habits on teaching healthy eating habits among pre-adolescents in urban India. Linear regression was applied to analyse the direct relationships, and Process Macros Models...

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Main Authors: Kavitha Venkatasubramany Iyer, Anupam Siddhartha
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02673843.2024.2398037
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description This study explored the mothers’ (N = 510) perceived impact of socialization agents, social media, relatives and parental eating habits on teaching healthy eating habits among pre-adolescents in urban India. Linear regression was applied to analyse the direct relationships, and Process Macros Models 1 and 4 were used to analyse the mediating and moderating relationships on SPSS (26.0) software. Findings suggest a significant association of the predictor variables with the healthy eating habits of the children, with a negative association of the mediator (parental control) and moderator (parental role model), implying that with an increase in the predictor variables, there is a decrease in the healthy eating habits of the pre-adolescents. The study’s originality lies in involving the children’s immediate family as the unit of analysis, which can further act as the base for designing interventions or measuring outcomes in future studies.
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spelling doaj-art-eebb1827edca468992330b110c57eded2025-08-20T02:30:49ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Adolescence and Youth0267-38432164-45272024-12-0129110.1080/02673843.2024.2398037Perceived obstacles to implementing healthy eating habits amongst pre-adolescent Indian children – a parental perspectiveKavitha Venkatasubramany Iyer0Anupam Siddhartha1Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication (SCMC), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, IndiaELTIS-SIFIL, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, IndiaThis study explored the mothers’ (N = 510) perceived impact of socialization agents, social media, relatives and parental eating habits on teaching healthy eating habits among pre-adolescents in urban India. Linear regression was applied to analyse the direct relationships, and Process Macros Models 1 and 4 were used to analyse the mediating and moderating relationships on SPSS (26.0) software. Findings suggest a significant association of the predictor variables with the healthy eating habits of the children, with a negative association of the mediator (parental control) and moderator (parental role model), implying that with an increase in the predictor variables, there is a decrease in the healthy eating habits of the pre-adolescents. The study’s originality lies in involving the children’s immediate family as the unit of analysis, which can further act as the base for designing interventions or measuring outcomes in future studies.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02673843.2024.2398037Healthy eatingpre-adolescentsagents of socializationparentsmediadiet
spellingShingle Kavitha Venkatasubramany Iyer
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Perceived obstacles to implementing healthy eating habits amongst pre-adolescent Indian children – a parental perspective
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
Healthy eating
pre-adolescents
agents of socialization
parents
media
diet
title Perceived obstacles to implementing healthy eating habits amongst pre-adolescent Indian children – a parental perspective
title_full Perceived obstacles to implementing healthy eating habits amongst pre-adolescent Indian children – a parental perspective
title_fullStr Perceived obstacles to implementing healthy eating habits amongst pre-adolescent Indian children – a parental perspective
title_full_unstemmed Perceived obstacles to implementing healthy eating habits amongst pre-adolescent Indian children – a parental perspective
title_short Perceived obstacles to implementing healthy eating habits amongst pre-adolescent Indian children – a parental perspective
title_sort perceived obstacles to implementing healthy eating habits amongst pre adolescent indian children a parental perspective
topic Healthy eating
pre-adolescents
agents of socialization
parents
media
diet
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/02673843.2024.2398037
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