Exploring profiles of fathers integrating food and physical activity parenting practices.

IF 3 3区医学 Q2 NUTRITION & DIETETICS

Public Health Nutrition Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI:10.1017/S1368980025000278

John A Jimenez-Garcia, Louise C Mâsse, Robert L Newton, Salma M Musaad, Alicia Beltran, Teresia M O'Connor

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Abstract

Objective: This study aims to identify fathers' profiles integrating food parenting practices (FPP) and physical activity parenting practices (PAPP).

Design: We analyzed cross-sectional data. The fathers completed the reduced FPP and PAPP item banks and sociodemographic and family dynamics (co-parenting and household responsibility) questionnaires. We identified fathers' profiles via latent profile analysis. We explored the influence of social determinants, child characteristics, and family dynamics on fathers' profiles using multinomial logistic regression.

Setting: Online survey in the US.

Participants: Fathers of 5-11-year-old children.

Results: We analyzed data from 606 fathers (age=38±8.0; Hispanic=37.5%). Most fathers self-identified as White (57.9%) or Black (17.7%); overweight (41.1%) or obese (34.8%); attended college (70%); earned >$47,000 (62.7%); worked 40 hrs/week (63.4%); and were biological fathers (90.1%). Most children (boys=55.5%) were 5-8 years old (65.2%). We identified five fathers' profiles combining FPP and PAPP: 1) Engaged Supporter Father (n=94 [15.5%]); 2) Leveled Father (n=160 [26.4%]); 3) Autonomy-Focused Father (n=117 [19.3%]); 4) Uninvolved Father (n=113 [18.6%]); 5) Control-Focused Father (n=122 [20.1%]). We observed significant associations with race, ethnicity, child characteristics, co-parenting, and household responsibility, but not with education level, annual income, or employment status. We observed significant pairwise differences between profiles in co-parenting and household responsibility, with the Engaged Supporter Father presenting higher scores in both measures.

Conclusions: Understanding how fathers' FPP and PAPP interact can enhance assessments for a comprehensive understanding of fathers' influences on children's health. Recognizing the characteristics and differences among fathers' profiles may enable tailored interventions, potentially improving children's health trajectories.

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Public Health Nutrition 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

6.10

自引率

6.20%

发文量

521

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： Public Health Nutrition provides an international peer-reviewed forum for the publication and dissemination of research and scholarship aimed at understanding the causes of, and approaches and solutions to nutrition-related public health achievements, situations and problems around the world. The journal publishes original and commissioned articles, commentaries and discussion papers for debate. The journal is of interest to epidemiologists and health promotion specialists interested in the role of nutrition in disease prevention; academics and those involved in fieldwork and the application of research to identify practical solutions to important public health problems.