A Path Analysis Revealing Influential Factors of Weight Loss Willingness and Behaviour in 8–15 Years Overweight Children: A Cross‐Sectional Investigation
Authors' conclusion
Among overweight children, parental correct cognitions of the child's weight do not directly relate to children's willingness. Instead, they were indirectly associated with child weight loss willingness and behaviour by shaping child correct cognitions of weight. This finding suggests that family weight management interventions should focus not only on parental correct cognitions but also on helping children establish objective correct cognitions of weight.
Study context
- Population
- Overweight children aged 8–15 years (age- and sex-specific BMI ≥85th percentile), NHANES 2007–2020
- Participants
- 1,383 children
- Outcome
- Associations of parental and child correct weight cognitions with child weight loss willingness and behaviour
Methodological detailspath analysis, multivariable logistic regression
- Path analysis
- Multivariable logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Parental correct cognition independently associated with child correct cognition and child weight loss willingness, but not with child weight loss frequency
- Significant path: 'Parental correct cognitions → Child correct cognitions → Child weight loss willingness → Child weight loss behaviour'
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
A Path Analysis Revealing Influential Factors of Weight Loss Willingness and Behaviour in 8–15 Years Overweight Children: A Cross‐Sectional Investigation. Pediatr Obes. Published 14 June 2026. doi:10.
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