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Open AccessPutting family into family-based obesity prevention: enhancing participant engagement through a novel integrated knowledge translation strategy
With 1 in 4 Canadian preschoolers considered overweight or obese, identifying risk factors for excess weight gain and develo** effective interventions aimed at promoting healthy weights and related behaviour...
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Guelph Family Health Study: pilot study of a home-based obesity prevention intervention
To examine the feasibility and preliminary impact of a home-based obesity prevention intervention among Canadian families.
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Open AccessTime to re-think picky eating?: a relational approach to understanding picky eating
Estimates of picky eating are quite high among young children, with 14-50% of parents identifying their preschoolers as picky eaters. Dietary intake and preferences during the preschool years are characterized...
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Open AccessFamily functioning and quality of parent-adolescent relationship: cross-sectional associations with adolescent weight-related behaviors and weight status
Little is known about how factors within the general family environment are associated with weight and related behaviors among adolescents/young adults.
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Open AccessSecular trends in family dinner frequency among adolescents
Eating meals, particularly dinner, with family members has been found to be associated with improved dietary intake, lower prevalence of disordered eating behaviors, lower levels of substance abuse, and improv...
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Open AccessParenting stress: a cross-sectional analysis of associations with childhood obesity, physical activity, and TV viewing
Parents influence their children’s obesity risk through feeding behaviours and modeling of weight-related behaviours. Little is known about how the general home environment, including parental stress, may infl...
