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Finding
improvement
The FCU had a significant indirect effect on reduced obesity at age 22, mediated through improved parent-youth relationship quality and reduced maladaptive eating attitudes, even though the FCU contains no nutrition or physical activity components.
| Effect size | indirect effect OR = .98 |
| Comparator | Control group receiving typical school-based services |
| Effect summary | improvement; indirect effect OR = .98 |
| Effect modifiers | [{"modifier": "Gender (effect of relationship quality on eating attitudes)", "interaction_p": "p < .001", "direction": "amplifies", "stratum_details": "Boys \u03b2 = \u2212.19, girls \u03b2 = \u2212.40 (\u03c7\u00b2(1) = 44.77, p < .001)", "plain_language": "Better parent-youth relationships reduced unhealthy eating attitudes more strongly in girls than boys.", "annotation_notes": ""}] |
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Source
PMC3634561
Direct and Indirect Effects of a Family-Based Intervention in Early Adolescence on Parent-Youth Relationship Quality, Late Adolescent Health, and Early Adult Obesity