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Investigators examined whether adolescents who are advised to diet by parents are at increased risk for encouraging their own children to diet (intergenerational transmission) and to have unhealthy weight outcomes as adults. Using survey data from a longitudinal, population-based study of a socioeconomically and racially/ethnically diverse sample, the investigators identified 550 participants (mean age, 31; 65% women) who were parents and who had completed surveys when they were adolescents (mean age, 15). Analyses were controlled for age, race/ethnicity, sex, and family socioeconomic status.
Overall, 29% of men and 42% of women reported being encouraged to diet by their parents during adolescence. These participants, compared with those who…