Parents’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices of childhood obesity in Singapore

• Main Authors: STRAUGHAN, Paulin Tay, XU, Chengwei
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: childhood obesity; health practices; knowledge; attitudes; and practices (KAP); latent class analysis (LCA); socio-economic factors; Singapore; Family, Life Course, and Society; Medicine and Health
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3691; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4949/viewcontent/21582440221144436.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The obesity pandemic is increasingly threatening Asian populations. This is especially so for children from higher-income countries, such as Singapore. Among the various driving factors of obesity, parents’ health knowledge, attitudes, and practices are underexplored. The present study uses a nation...