Association between Fathers' and Mothers' Parenting Styles and the Risk of Overweight/Obesity among Adolescents in San José Province, Costa Rica

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 14; no. 24; p. 5328
• Main Authors: Monge-Rojas, Rafael, Smith-Castro, Vanessa, O'Connor, Teresia M, Vargas-Quesada, Rulamán, Reyes-Fernández, Benjamín
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.12.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Body weight; Costa Rica; Costa Rica - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Fathers; Female; Humans; Male; Mothers; Obesity; Obesity in adolescence; overweight; Overweight - epidemiology; Overweight - etiology; Parenting; parenting styles; Parents & parenting; Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology; Pediatric Obesity - etiology; Regression analysis; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Rural areas; Schools; Students; Teenagers; Youth; Costa Rica; United Kingdom; Latin America; United States > US; adolescents; parenting styles; overweight; obesity; Costa Rica

Parenting styles are a risk factor for adolescents overweight/obesity worldwide, but this association is not well understood in the context of Latin America. This study examines the association between the parenting styles of mothers and fathers and the risk of overweight/obesity among Costa Rican a...