The early years represent a critical period of growth and development of health behaviours.
While optimal child growth is associated with a complex set of factors, the importance of diet …

Objectives The evidence regarding effectiveness of parental support interventions targeting
children's health behaviours is weak. We aimed to review: 1) effectiveness of universal …

Background Parents can influence their children's physical activity participation and screen
time. This study examined the relative significance of perceived parental barriers and self …

Objective Parents report that children's eating behaviours are a major barrier to providing
them with a healthy diet. Links between problem eating behaviours and parental feeding …

Background Interventions for parents to encourage healthy eating in children often do not
address parental feeding practices and body image development. Methods The current …

Introduction: Dietary habits and physical activity are often the focus of obesity prevention
programmes and involving parents in such programmes has proven to be effective. The …

Introduction The home and school environments play important roles in influencing
children's health behaviours. However, their simultaneous influence on childhood obesity …

Despite recommended dietary guidelines, recent population surveys have recorded low fruit
and vegetable and high non-core food consumption by Australian children. Young children …

Background Many of the world's population, across all age groups and abilities, are not
meeting or even aware of internationally recommended physical activity (PA) and sedentary …

This chapter provides an overview of the landscape concerning parenting cognitions. It
covers a wide terrain and, by necessity, relies on panoramic views. We begin with a short …