Abstract
The family environment plays an important role in the development and maintenance of adolescents' dietary patterns and physical activity behaviors. Specifically, parenting style, behavior modeling by parents, family support and encouragement, and resources available in the home to support healthful eating and physical activity are key mechanisms through which families can promote or discourage adolescent healthful eating and physical activity. In this article, we review the empirical evidence regarding the role of family environment in adolescents' nutrition and physical activity and suggest corresponding cross-sector intervention strategies to improve adolescents' health behaviors.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 424-439 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Adolescent medicine: state of the art reviews |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Dec 2012 |