PICOT/Research Question: Obesity and Parent Relationship

PICOT/Research Question: Obesity and Parent Relationship
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PICOT/Research Question: Obesity and Parent Relationship
Are children (P) born to obese parents without family-based physical activity (PA) programs (I) at increased risks for obese condition (O) compared with those born with normal condition (C) aged below 18 years) (T)?
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Children aged below 18 years with obese parents.
Children born to obese parents are at a higher risk of obesity compared to those with normal parents. According to M. Agha and R. Agha (2017), there is a correlation between the weight of parents and their children. In another study, it was found that children born of obese parents and over the age of 16 years, with prevalent risk factors such as alcohol abuse and smoking were at increased risk of becoming overweight compared to those with normal parents (Pereira et al., 2016). Karki et al (2019) have noted that children with obese parents are more likely to become obese than those with non-obese parents . Therefore, this population is at increased risk of obesity than their counterparts born of normal parents.

I

Establish physical activity (PA) programs and other eating preferences and habits for certain foods among children born of obese parents and examine the correlation in children during their critical time during the development of their behaviors (Karki et al., 2019). Paternal obesity is one of the familial risk factors and childhood appetitive traits that may largely be associated with child obesity (Kong et al., 2020). However, if such factors are independent, it is important to understand which parental obesity or appetitive traits may result in the child’s food intake behavior. In some instances, children’s appetitive behaviors may be different depending on familial risk factors like having parents who are obese. For example, according to Kong et al. (2020), high levels of “eating in the absence of hunger” (EAH) has been seen in children born to women with obesity before they become pregnant than their lean counterparts. This implies that there is a link between appetitive traits and parental obesity and a need to understand the children’s food intake behaviors associated with parental obesity to make more precise conclusions about their interrelationships (Karki et al., 2019).

C

Non-obese display health-related parental indicators such as weight status involvement in organized leisure time physical activity (PA) and weight status, screen time (ST), and daily step counts (SC) compared to obese parents. According to Sigmund et al. (2018), this helps their children to develop healthy behaviors that ensure that their children remain safe against the risks of obesity (Sigmund et al., 2018). Sigmund et al (2018) have found that the health behaviors of mothers such as ST and PA affect the levels of PA of obese or overweight children and PA programs among obese children may not rely mainly on the active participation of children in PA programs (Sigmund et al., 2018). This implies that the children born to obese parents need to undertake other family-based PA programs during the ...