{"doi":"10.1037/sah0000268","title":"Weight- and health-focused conversations in racially/ethnically diverse households with and without a child with overweight/obesity.","abstract":"Studies indicate parent conversations focused on child weight, shape, or size are associated with unhealthy child weight and weight-related behaviors, whereas health-focused conversations are not. Little research has examined what these types of conversations sound like, how parents respond to them, and whether households with or without a child with overweight/obesity approach these conversations differently. This study used qualitative data to identify the weight- and health-focused conversations occurring in racially/ethnically diverse households. Children ages 5-7 and their families (n=150) from six racial/ethnic groups (i.e., African American, Hispanic, Hmong, Native American, Somali, White) participated in this mixed-methods study. Results showed that parents from households with and without a child with overweight/obesity engaged in similar weight- and health-focused conversations (qualitative themes = focus on growth; health consequences of having overweight/obesity; focus on dietary intake and physical activity; being direct about weight, shape or size; mixing weight- and health-focused conversations). In addition, findings showed that parents also engaged in different types of weight- and health focused conversations depending on whether the household had a child with overweight/obesity (qualitative themes = weight-based teasing; critiquing own weight) or without overweight/obesity (qualitative themes = differences in body shape and size are the norm; focus on modeling rather than talking). Results may be useful for informing public health interventions and for health care providers working with parents regarding weight- and health-focused conversations occurring in home environments of diverse children.","journal":"Stigma and Health","year":2020,"id":82198,"datarank":0.666794660886904,"base_score":2.70805020110221,"endowment":2.70805020110221,"self_citation_contribution":0.40620753016533157,"citation_network_contribution":0.2605871307215724,"self_endowment_contribution":0.40620753016533157,"citer_contribution":0.2605871307215724,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":14,"citer_count":8,"citers_with_citation_signal":7,"citers_with_endowment":7,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9528,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2020-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":291927,"name":"Amanda Trofholz","orcid":"0000-0002-2759-8220","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":424319,"name":"Christine Danner","orcid":"0000-0002-3604-3665","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":424320,"name":"Dana Brandenburg","orcid":"0000-0002-5330-4572","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":425347,"name":"Snigdhasmrithi Pusalavidyasagar","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":291930,"name":"Katie A. Loth","orcid":"0000-0001-8934-2522","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":291925,"name":"Jerica M. Berge","orcid":"0000-0003-3371-351X","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":29,"raw_metadata":{"citation_network_status":"fetched"},"created_at":"2026-07-18T21:53:19.932222Z","pmid":"37274810","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}