While parenting style and its relevant dimensions have long been studied in the area of child development, studies on the effects of perceived parenting behaviors on children’s/adolescents’ nutritional health status have been largely neglected. The present study examined whether perceived parenting style and its dimensions are associated with older children’s/young adolescents’ health outcomes, including self-concept, eating behaviors, physical activity behaviors, energy and nutrient intake, and body measurements. This study placed a distinct emphasis on gender differences by exploring the effects of maternal and paternal parenting behaviors on male versus female subjects’ health outcomes in separate analyses. In addition, this study extended the investigation of the roles family meal behaviors play in an environment in which general parenting behaviors exert their impact on children’s/adolescents’ health. Sources of insight from nutrition, psychology, and sociology contributed to this holistic examination of children’s/adolescents’ health. The study subjects included 123 children (9-11 years old) and 106 adolescents (13-15 years old). Data were obtained through survey questionnaires, dietary recall and records, and anthropometry. Various statistical methods were employed in this study, including multiple regression analysis, cluster analysis, factor analysis, and path analysis. Findings of this study confirmed that an authoritative style is more desirable for study subjects’ health outcomes, compared with a non-authoritative style. Generally, maternal/paternal nurturing appeared to be desirable, but maternal/paternal control was an undesirable predictor of youth health, while the subjects’ age (9-11 versus 13-15 years) and gender played critical roles in the associations. Family meal behaviors appeared to be significant predictors of youth health outcomes. Findings from path analysis suggested that the effects of maternal/paternal nurturing/control on the subjects’ health outcomes are mediated by family meal behaviors. Perception that family dinner meals are family rituals turned out to be the most important mediator of the relationship between maternal/paternal nurturing and the subjects’ health outcomes. Of interest, lack of food pressure by parents appeared to be detrimental to eating behaviors and essential nutrient intake of study subjects. Finally, this study showed that fathers play positive roles in improving male/female subjects’ as well as children’s/adolescents’ health outcomes, especially their physical activity behaviors and self-concept.

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by Maria Wan-Yin Lau Wong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves 121-133. / SUMMARY --- p.1 / INTRODUCTION --- p.3 / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- IRON METABOLISM --- p.7 / Chapter 1.1 --- EXCRETION --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2 --- ABSORPTION --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3 --- IRON TRANSPORT AND STORAGE --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- TRANSFERRIN --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- STORAGE --- p.14 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH IRON DEFICIENCY OR OVERLOAD --- p.16 / Chapter 2.1 --- IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIAS --- p.16 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- IMPAIRED ABSORPTION --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- INCREASED IRON REQUIREMENTS --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- INCREASED IRON LOSS --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2 --- IRON OVERLOAD --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- INCREASED IRON ABSORPTION --- p.21 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- PARENTERAL IRON OVERLOAD --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- FOCAL IRON DEPOSITION --- p.26 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- NEONATAL HEMOCHROMATOSIS --- p.27 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- IRON STATUS IN HONG KONG POPULATION --- p.28 / Chapter 2.2.6 --- PREVALENCE OF IRON OVERLOAD IN VARIOUS REGIONS --- p.28 / Chapter 2.3 --- IRON STORAGE DISEASE --- p.29 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- ASSESSMENT OF IRON OVERLOAD --- p.31 / Chapter 3.1 --- SERUM PARAMETER --- p.31 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- SERUM IRON --- p.31 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- TRANSFERRIN SATURATION --- p.31 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- SERUM FERRITIN --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2 --- NON-SERUM PARAMETER --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- HLA TYPING --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- HEPATIC IRON CONCENTRATION --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- HISTOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2.3(i) --- HEPATIC MORPHOLOGY --- p.36 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- NON-INVASIVE PROCEDURE --- p.38 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- MATERIALS AND METHODS --- p.39 / Chapter METHOD 1: --- HAEMATOXYLIN AND EOSIN STAIN --- p.43 / Chapter METHOD 2: --- PERLS' PRUSSIAN BLUE --- p.44 / Chapter METHOD 3: --- ROWE'S HISTOLOGICAL GRADING SYSTEM OF IRON DEPOSITION --- p.45 / Chapter METHOD 4: --- SEARLE'S IRON GRADING SYSTEM --- p.47 / Chapter METHOD 5: --- PARAFFIN REMOVAL --- p.48 / Chapter METHOD 6: --- CHEMICAL DETERMINATION OF IRON CONCENTRATION BY ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY --- p.49 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- RESULTS --- p.50 / Chapter 5.1 --- CHEMICAL DETERMINATION --- p.50 / Chapter 5.2 --- CONTROL GROUP --- p.53 / Chapter 5.3 --- HISTOLOGICAL STUDY --- p.54 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- NEONATES AND INFANTS --- p.55 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENCE --- p.56 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- ADULT IRON STORAGE --- p.56 / Chapter 5.4 --- SEX DISTRIBUTION --- p.57 / Chapter 5.5 --- AGE DISTRIBUTION --- p.58 / Chapter 5.6 --- ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SIDEROSIS IN HEPATOCYTES AND KUPFFER CELLS --- p.58 / Chapter 5.7 --- ASSOCIATION OF HEPATOCYTIC IRON WITH FIBROSIS --- p.59 / Chapter 5.8 --- SYSTEMIC TISSUES --- p.59 / Chapter 5. 11 --- HEPATOCYTIC IRON DETERMINED BY SEARLE'S METHOD --- p.61 / TABLES AND FIGURES --- p.63 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- DISCUSSION --- p.102 / Chapter 6.1 --- CORRELATION BETWEEN HISTOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL DETERMINATION OF IRON IN THE LIVER --- p.102 / Chapter 6.2 --- IRON CONTENT OF NEONATES --- p.105 / Chapter 6.3 --- IRON CONTENT OF THE ADOLESCENCE AND CHILDREN GROUP --- p.106 / Chapter 6.4 --- IRON CONTENT OF THE ADULT GROUP --- p.106 / Chapter 6.5 --- RELATIONSHIP OF SIGNIFICANT IRON DEPOSITION WITH SEX --- p.108 / Chapter 6.6 --- ASSOCIATION OF SIFNIFICANT IRON DEPOSITION WITH AGE --- p.108 / Chapter 6.7 --- MODE OF IRON DISTRIBUTION IN THE LIVER --- p.109 / Chapter 6.8 --- ASSOCIATION WITH FIBROSIS --- p.111 / Chapter 6.9 --- RELATIONSHIP WITH SYSTEMIC TISSUES --- p.112 / Chapter 6.10 --- THE CONTROL GROUP --- p.114 / Chapter 6.11 --- SEARLE'S IRON GRADING --- p.115 / Chapter 6.12 --- SIDEROSIS IN THE HONG KONG POPULATION --- p.116 / Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- CONCLUSION --- p.119 / REFERENCES --- p.121

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Relocation to a personal care home is a stressful experience and may occur at a traumatic moment in life. The effects of relocation to a PCH on nutritional status are unknown, yet under-nutrition is common among PCH residents. Objectives: To explore the effect of relocating to a PCH on the nutritional status, eating habits, and nutrition attitudes of adults aged 60 years and older. Methods: Fourteen Caucasian older adults (F = 57%) with a mean age of 83 years (SD = 9.79) consented to participate. Sixty-four percent of participants experienced inter-institutional relocation. Anthropometric, biochemical, clinical and dietary information was collected at Time Points A (2-3 months following relocation) and B (6-7 months following relocation) through face-to-face interviews, medical chart reviews and communications with nursing staff. Results: At Time B, cognitive function declined (z = -2.185, p < .05) and the number of medications prescribed increased (z = -2.00, p < .05). Levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D were insufficient among 83% of participants at both time points. Mean serum albumin was 34.4 ± 7.2 g/L at Time B and the prevalence of nutritional risk increased from 57% to 77%. Dietary intake was inadequate according to Canada’s Food Guide recommendations. Nutrition attitudes did not change. Implications & Conclusions: Six months following relocation, nutritional risk was more prevalent, with early evidence of possible protein-energy malnutrition. Nutritional inadequacies may result if dietary intakes do not improve. A collaborative approach is needed to assess environmental, psychosocial and nutritional factors that contribute to poor dietary intake and will assist in the development of an intervention program. / May 2009

Relocation to a personal care home is a stressful experience and may occur at a traumatic moment in life. The effects of relocation to a PCH on nutritional status are unknown, yet under-nutrition is common among PCH residents. Objectives: To explore the effect of relocating to a PCH on the nutritional status, eating habits, and nutrition attitudes of adults aged 60 years and older. Methods: Fourteen Caucasian older adults (F = 57%) with a mean age of 83 years (SD = 9.79) consented to participate. Sixty-four percent of participants experienced inter-institutional relocation. Anthropometric, biochemical, clinical and dietary information was collected at Time Points A (2-3 months following relocation) and B (6-7 months following relocation) through face-to-face interviews, medical chart reviews and communications with nursing staff. Results: At Time B, cognitive function declined (z = -2.185, p < .05) and the number of medications prescribed increased (z = -2.00, p < .05). Levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D were insufficient among 83% of participants at both time points. Mean serum albumin was 34.4 ± 7.2 g/L at Time B and the prevalence of nutritional risk increased from 57% to 77%. Dietary intake was inadequate according to Canada’s Food Guide recommendations. Nutrition attitudes did not change. Implications & Conclusions: Six months following relocation, nutritional risk was more prevalent, with early evidence of possible protein-energy malnutrition. Nutritional inadequacies may result if dietary intakes do not improve. A collaborative approach is needed to assess environmental, psychosocial and nutritional factors that contribute to poor dietary intake and will assist in the development of an intervention program.

Relocation to a personal care home is a stressful experience and may occur at a traumatic moment in life. The effects of relocation to a PCH on nutritional status are unknown, yet under-nutrition is common among PCH residents. Objectives: To explore the effect of relocating to a PCH on the nutritional status, eating habits, and nutrition attitudes of adults aged 60 years and older. Methods: Fourteen Caucasian older adults (F = 57%) with a mean age of 83 years (SD = 9.79) consented to participate. Sixty-four percent of participants experienced inter-institutional relocation. Anthropometric, biochemical, clinical and dietary information was collected at Time Points A (2-3 months following relocation) and B (6-7 months following relocation) through face-to-face interviews, medical chart reviews and communications with nursing staff. Results: At Time B, cognitive function declined (z = -2.185, p < .05) and the number of medications prescribed increased (z = -2.00, p < .05). Levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D were insufficient among 83% of participants at both time points. Mean serum albumin was 34.4 ± 7.2 g/L at Time B and the prevalence of nutritional risk increased from 57% to 77%. Dietary intake was inadequate according to Canada’s Food Guide recommendations. Nutrition attitudes did not change. Implications & Conclusions: Six months following relocation, nutritional risk was more prevalent, with early evidence of possible protein-energy malnutrition. Nutritional inadequacies may result if dietary intakes do not improve. A collaborative approach is needed to assess environmental, psychosocial and nutritional factors that contribute to poor dietary intake and will assist in the development of an intervention program.

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