Relationships examined: Parent and child readiness to change and sociodemographic characteristics in family based weight loss treatment
Authors' conclusion
Results demonstrate that investigators should consider sociodemographic characteristic factors and different levels of readiness to change in participants enrolling in obesity interventions.
Study context
- Population
- Parents (and children) enrolled in the Primary care pediatrics, Learning, Activity and Nutrition (PLAN) family-based weight loss study
- Exposure
- Sociodemographic characteristics, body mass index (BMI) and race/ethnicity vs readiness to change
- Outcome
- Baseline readiness to change
- Follow-up
- Baseline
Methodological detailsmultivariate linear regression
- Multivariate linear regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Parent baseline readiness to change by race/ethnicity
β
−0.10
P < 0.05
White · lower readiness to change with White
β
−0.10
P < 0.05
Other, non-Hispanic · lower readiness to change with Other, non-Hispanic
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Parent sociodemographic factors and BMI vs baseline readiness to change
- Parent BMI (Pearson correlation), p < 0.05
- 0.09
- Parent education level, p < 0.05
- −0.14
- Income, p < 0.05
- 0.04
Child race/ethnicity vs readiness to change
- No significant relationships between race/ethnicity and readiness to change in child data
Original publication
Relationships examined: Parent and child readiness to change and sociodemographic characteristics in family based weight loss treatment. Pediatr Obes. Published 6 June 2023. doi:10.
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