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He Said, She Said: Examining Parental Concordance on Home Environment Factors and Adolescent Health Behaviors and Weight Status
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Vol. 116Issue 1p46–60Published online: July 7, 2015
- Jerica M. Berge
- Richard F. MacLehose
- Craig Meyer
- Katharine Didericksen
- Katie A. Loth
- Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Cited in Scopus: 14
Few studies have examined concordance/discordance between caregivers to identify whether caregivers see familial and parental factors in the home environment similarly or differently and whether the agreement or disagreement is related to adolescent obesity risk. Answers to these questions are important and may inform whether family-based childhood obesity interventions need to target both parents.