Summary
As researchers continue to analyze the role of parenting both in the development of childhood
overweight and in obesity prevention, studies of child nutrition and growth are detailing the
ways in which parents affect their children’s development of food- and activity-related behaviors.
Ana Lindsay, Katarina Sussner, Juhee Kim, and Steven Gortmaker argue that interventions
aimed at preventing childhood overweight and obesity should involve parents as important
forces for change in their children’s behaviors.