Family Environment and Childhood Obesity: A New Framework with Structural Equation Modeling
The main purpose of the current article is to introduce a framework of the complexity of childhood obesity based on the family environment. A conceptual model that quantifies the relationships and interactions among parental socioeconomic status, family food security level, child’s food intake and c...
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doaj-170e75c6114f49099ee3b7a8f3c489112020-11-24T21:54:16ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012017-02-0114218110.3390/ijerph14020181ijerph14020181Family Environment and Childhood Obesity: A New Framework with Structural Equation ModelingHui Huang0Che Wan Jasimah bt Wan Mohamed Radzi1Hashem Salarzadeh Jenatabadi2Department of Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, MalaysiaDepartment of Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, MalaysiaDepartment of Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, MalaysiaThe main purpose of the current article is to introduce a framework of the complexity of childhood obesity based on the family environment. A conceptual model that quantifies the relationships and interactions among parental socioeconomic status, family food security level, child’s food intake and certain aspects of parental feeding behaviour is presented using the structural equation modeling (SEM) concept. Structural models are analysed in terms of the direct and indirect connections among latent and measurement variables that lead to the child weight indicator. To illustrate the accuracy, fit, reliability and validity of the introduced framework, real data collected from 630 families from Urumqi (Xinjiang, China) were considered. The framework includes two categories of data comprising the normal body mass index (BMI) range and obesity data. The comparison analysis between two models provides some evidence that in obesity modeling, obesity data must be extracted from the dataset and analysis must be done separately from the normal BMI range. This study may be helpful for researchers interested in childhood obesity modeling based on family environment.http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/2/181family food security levelchildhood obesitypublic healthchild’s environmenthousehold environmentstructural equation modeling |
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Hui Huang Che Wan Jasimah bt Wan Mohamed Radzi Hashem Salarzadeh Jenatabadi Family Environment and Childhood Obesity: A New Framework with Structural Equation Modeling International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health family food security level childhood obesity public health child’s environment household environment structural equation modeling |
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Family Environment and Childhood Obesity: A New Framework with Structural Equation Modeling |
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Family Environment and Childhood Obesity: A New Framework with Structural Equation Modeling |
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Family Environment and Childhood Obesity: A New Framework with Structural Equation Modeling |
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Family Environment and Childhood Obesity: A New Framework with Structural Equation Modeling |
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Family Environment and Childhood Obesity: A New Framework with Structural Equation Modeling |
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family environment and childhood obesity: a new framework with structural equation modeling |
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The main purpose of the current article is to introduce a framework of the complexity of childhood obesity based on the family environment. A conceptual model that quantifies the relationships and interactions among parental socioeconomic status, family food security level, child’s food intake and certain aspects of parental feeding behaviour is presented using the structural equation modeling (SEM) concept. Structural models are analysed in terms of the direct and indirect connections among latent and measurement variables that lead to the child weight indicator. To illustrate the accuracy, fit, reliability and validity of the introduced framework, real data collected from 630 families from Urumqi (Xinjiang, China) were considered. The framework includes two categories of data comprising the normal body mass index (BMI) range and obesity data. The comparison analysis between two models provides some evidence that in obesity modeling, obesity data must be extracted from the dataset and analysis must be done separately from the normal BMI range. This study may be helpful for researchers interested in childhood obesity modeling based on family environment. |
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family food security level childhood obesity public health child’s environment household environment structural equation modeling |
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