Studies exploring the influence of grandparent presence and involvement in the lives of Latino children in the US are sparse. This study explored grandparent presence in Latino families in South Texas and its effect on child BMI and family health behaviors to extend our understanding of their potential to enhance child obesity interventions in this growing, at-risk population.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.