Abstract

Our aim was to examine the role of parents in the transmission of weight bias to young children. Specifically, we assessed mothers’ and fathers’ weight bias and beliefs about the controllability of weight, and fear of fat in relation to their children’s weight bias. Eighty-three mothers, 57 fathers, and their children (4- to 7-year-olds) participated. We failed to find any significant associations between children’s weight bias, maternal responses, and most paternal responses. Only fathers’ dislike of adults with overweight had daughters with more positive views of overweight figures. These results suggest that parents do not appear to contribute to the weight bias of preschoolers and their influence may only emerge in middle childhood. The present study also suggests that more work on the psychometric properties of weight bias scales and tasks to measure weight bias in children is vital to accurately evaluate interventions to decrease weight bias.

摘要

我们的目的是检验父母在将偏重传递给幼儿方面的作用。具体来说，我们评估了母亲和父亲的体重偏差以及对体重可控制性的信念，以及与孩子的体重偏差有关的对脂肪的恐惧。八十三位母亲，57位父亲和他们的孩子（4至7岁）参加了比赛。我们没有发现孩子的体重偏倚，母亲反应和大多数父亲反应之间有任何显着联系。只有父亲不喜欢超重的成年人，而女儿对超重数字的看法更为积极。这些结果表明，父母似乎并没有助长学龄前儿童的体重偏差，他们的影响可能仅在儿童中期出现。