Association Between Family Variables and Mexican American Children’s Dietary Behaviors

Ayala, Guadalupe X.; Baquero, Barbara; Arredondo, Elva M.; Campbell, Nadia R.; Larios, Sandra E.; Elder, John P.

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2006.08.025

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“…These results on food consumption reported by the Chilean children were generally similar to previous studies from other countries that have reported on dietary consumption in 8 to 13 year olds, [12][13][14] although children from this study reported a higher frequency of consumption of produce [8,[15][16][17][18] than some of the previous studies and a slightly higher consumption of snacks and sweets [18] than one previous study. Separating out green and nongreen vegetables in the Chile questionnaire might have increased total vegetable consumption reported by the study children.…”

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Relación Entre Prácticas Alimentarias Reportadas Por Niños Chilenos Y Preferencias De Los Padres Para Su Consumo

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Childhood and adolescent obesity are on the rise in populations worldwide, including in middle-income transition economies like Chile, which has experienced a steep increase in childhood overweight and obesity.[1] Between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity in Chile increased from 4% to 30% in 6 to 11 year old boys and from 2% to 15% in 12 to 16 year old adolescent boys; in girls, the prevalence of obesity rose from 5% to 24% in 6 to 9 year olds and 2% to 18% in 10 to 16 year olds girls.[2] Obesity in childhood is a precursor to adult obesity and associated chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, [3] so failure to control childhood weight problems can lead to a less healthy adult population in a few decades. Children's food intake is one of the most important Rev Chil Nutr Vol. 37, Nº3, Septiembre 2010 RELACIÓN ENTRE PRÁCTICAS ALIMENTARIAS REPORTADAS POR NIÑOS CHILENOS Y PREFERENCIAS DE LOS PADRES PARA SU CONSUMO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REPORTED DIETARY PRACTICES OF CHILEAN CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS PREFERENCES FOR THEIR CONSUMPTIONAndrea J. Bankoski (1), Kathryn H. Jacobsen (1), Lisa R. Pawloski (1), Jean Burley Moore (2), Kathleen F. Gaffney (2), Sonia Jaimovich (3), Cecilia Campos (3) (1) Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.(2) School of Nursing, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.(3) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.factors for controlling childhood weight problems and curbing rising obesity rates. This study compares children's self-reported food intake to their parents' reported consumption preferences for their children. Parents play an important role in preventing childhood overweight and obesity. When parents model good dietary habits, encourage proper nutrition, and ensure that healthy foods are available and accessible in the home, children are more likely to consume nutritious foods. [4][5][6][7] Parental preferences are especially important because eating behaviors during childhood form habits and food choices that persist in adulthood [8].The goal of this study was to explore the relationship between Chilean children's reported dietary practices and their parents' preferences for their consumption. ABSTRACTThe objective of this study was to examine agreement between parental preferences and self-reported food intake in Chilean children. In 2008, 152 pairs of 8 to 13 year old schoolchildren and their parents in Santiago were surveyed. Children self-reported their frequency of consumption of foods from various food groups. Parents reported how often they preferred their children to consume foods from these same food groups. Children reported consuming more sweets, high-calorie snacks, and fruit, and fewer grains than their parents reported preferring them to consume. Girls, 10 and 11 year olds, and children who watched television and used the computer for less than 2 hours per day had dietary patterns most closely aligned with their parents' reported preferences...

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Relación Entre Prácticas Alimentarias Reportadas Por Niños Chilenos Y Preferencias De Los Padres Para Su Consumo

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“…37 Additionally, other work suggests the important role parents play in influencing the amount of viewing and the impact of viewing. 39,45 Our present findings emphasize the need to examine how viewing contexts and their influence on behaviors may vary within ethnic subgroups.…”

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“…15,[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] Yet, our findings focus on just one aspect of viewing-the amount. To combat childhood obesity, interventions must focus on the amount of viewing as well as the context of viewing.…”

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Television Viewing in Low-Income Latino Children: Variation by Ethnic Subgroup and English Proficiency

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Background: Television viewing is associated with an increased risk for obesity in children. Latino children are at high risk for obesity and yet little is known about differences in television viewing habits within this population. The purpose of this study is to determine if hours of television viewed by young children with low-income Latina mothers differs by maternal ethnic subgroup and English language proficiency.Methods: This was a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Welfare, Children, & Families: A Three City Study. Participants were 422 low-income Latina mothers of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent with children ages 0-4 years old. The dependent variable was hours of daily television viewed by the child. The independent variable was maternal ethnic subgroup and English language proficiency. Analyses involved the use of multiple negative binomial regression models, which were adjusted for demographic variables.Results: Multivariable regression analyses showed that compared to children with mothers of Mexican descent, children of mothers of Puerto Rican descent watch more daily television (< 2 years old, incidence rate ratio (IRR) = 4.18, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.68, 10.42; 2-4 years, IRR = 1.54, 95% CI 1.06, 2.26). For children with mothers of Mexican descent, higher maternal English language proficiency was associated with higher amounts of child television viewing (IRR = 1.29, 95% CI 1.04, 1.61). No relationship was found for children of Puerto Rican descent.Conclusions: Child television viewing varies in low-income Latino children by maternal ethnic subgroup and English language proficiency. Interventionists must consider the varying sociocultural contexts of Latino children and their influence on television viewing.

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“…Ayala et al (46) did not find a relationship between household size and soft drink consumption, but found a positive relationship between household size and snack food intake. Neither their study nor ours collected data on family composition (e.g.…”

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Intake of energy-dense snack foods and drinks among Dutch children aged 7–12 years: how many, how much, when, where and which?

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Kremers

Vries

et al. 2015

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Objective: To describe the energy-dense snack food (EDSF) and energy-dense drink (EDD) consumption of children in the Netherlands and investigate subgroup differences. The amounts consumed, eating occasions, places of consumption and consumed types are reported. Design: Twenty-four hour dietary recall data were used to describe the EDSF and EDD consumption. Subgroup differences concerning these intakes were identified with ANCOVA. Setting: Dutch National Food Consumption Survey 2007-2010. Subjects: Children (n 860) aged 7-12 years. Results: The mean number of EDSF events was 3·3 (SD 1·6) per day, yielding 1569·7 (SD 928·7) kJ. Average EDD consumption was 594·2 (SD 342·3) ml/d, yielding 737·2 (SD 495·9) kJ. Over 90 % of the children consumed more energy from non-core foods per day than recommended. Differences in EDSF and EDD consumption were found between several subgroups. Most importantly, we found higher intakes among older children and children with low educated mothers. Almost half of the EDSF events took place in the afternoon and at home. Cookies and sweets were consumed during half of the EDSF events. Almost one-third of the EDD were consumed in the afternoon. The majority of these drinks were consumed at home and most were soft drinks.Conclusions: The results demonstrate that snack food and drink consumption is highly prevalent among Dutch children. Health promotion efforts addressing these behaviours are warranted and the present study could accelerate these initiatives. Focusing on children with low educated parents and on snacking at home after school offers the greatest potential to reduce snack food and drink intakes.

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Association Between Family Variables and Mexican American Children’s Dietary Behaviors

Cited by 85 publications

References 43 publications

Relación Entre Prácticas Alimentarias Reportadas Por Niños Chilenos Y Preferencias De Los Padres Para Su Consumo

Relación Entre Prácticas Alimentarias Reportadas Por Niños Chilenos Y Preferencias De Los Padres Para Su Consumo

Television Viewing in Low-Income Latino Children: Variation by Ethnic Subgroup and English Proficiency

Intake of energy-dense snack foods and drinks among Dutch children aged 7–12 years: how many, how much, when, where and which?

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