Words matter: The role of family weight talk in anxiety and depression.

Family weight talk, in the forms of both family weight teasing and encouragement to diet, has been linked to numerous adverse outcomes, including increased disordered eating, unhealthy weight control behaviors, and body mass index. However, little is known about its role in mental health outcomes, especially for emerging adults. Utilizing structural equation modeling, we examined the role of family weight teasing (FWT) and parental encouragement to diet in anxiety and depression and explored body weight perception as a moderator within a sample of 292 emerging adults.

Family-Centered Primary Care for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment.

Cognitive impairment (e.g. dementia) presents challenges for individuals, their families, and healthcare professionals alike.

Attachment, Parenting, and Obesogenic Behavior: A Dyadic Perspective.

Pediatric obesity is a growing health concern afflicting the United States. The treatment for pediatric obesity, as a health epidemic, costs billions of dollars to our nation, leaving providers and researchers searching for effective and sustainable ways to better manage the biological, psychological, and social health of individuals and families. While many assessments and interventions continue to emerge, researchers have predominately focused on intra-individual concerns among white non-Hispanic populations.

Type 2 diabetes as a familial illness: Findings from a focus group study.

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a prevalent illness with high societal and personal costs. Whereas there is some systemic research, there are still many pieces yet unknown about T2DM and families. The purpose of the current study is to understand the transgenerational health experiences related to T2DM for both patients and caregivers.

Mother-father-adolescent triadic concordance and discordance on home environment factors and adolescent disordered eating behaviors.

Introduction: This study utilizes triadic data to examine the association between mother-father-adolescent concordance (agreement) and discordance (disagreement) on home environment factors (i.e., parental encouragement of dieting, family functioning) and adolescent unhealthy weight control behaviors and binge eating.

A systematic review of evaluation research in integrated behavioral health care: Operational and financial characteristics.

Introduction: Integrated behavioral health care (IBHC) is an emerging solution for the delivery of behavioral health in primary care contexts. Although IBHC has been implemented and studied for more than 2 decades, little seems to be known about how it is best evaluated. This article illustrates a framework for IBHC evaluation based on the Three World view (with a focus on the operational and financial worlds) and delivers results from a systematic review on the operational and financial characteristics of existing IBHC research.

Modeling the relationship between family home environment factors and parental health.

Introduction: Understanding parental health is an important part of understanding family health. Previous research suggests that family meals, familial relationship satisfaction, and family physical activity may separately be related to physical health.

Method: The current study aims to combine these variables into a structural equation model to determine the collective relationship they have with adult health within a sample of parents (n = 1,435).