Background on Original Validation Research
The FNPA was originally validated in a sample of over 1,000 elementary school children. Positive correlations were consistently found between individual FNPA constructs, but the total score had the highest correlation with child BMI. Children with a total score in the lowest tertile (high risk family environment and behaviors) had an increased risk of high BMI compared to children of families with a total score in the highest tertile. Further research has examined the validity of the FNPA to predict change in BMI, finding that the FNPA total score explained unique variance in child BMI at follow-up after accounting for baseline BMI, parent BMI, and other demographic variables.
- MA Ihmels, Welk GJ, Eisenmann JC, and Nusser SM. Development and preliminary validation of a Family Nutrition and Physical Activity (FNPA) screening tool. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 12(6); 2009. Get Abstract Here
- MA Ihmels, Welk GJ, Eisenmann JC, Nusser SM, and Myers EF. Prediction of BMI change in young children with the family nutrition and physical activity (FNPA) screening tool. Ann of Behav Med. 38(1) 60-68; 2009. Get PDF Here
Research Presentation at the 2013 Obesity Society Meeting
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