Maternal–Child Nutrition Practices and Pediatric Overweight/Obesity in the United States and Chile: A Comparative Study

Moore, Jean Burley; Gaffney, Kathleen F.; Pawloski, Lisa; Jaimovich, Sonia; Campos, María Cecilia

doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2011.08.002

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“…e study reported that approximately 20% of participants were overweight, while 11.3% were obese [26]. Reports have revealed that a majority of both college and school students do not attend educational programs on health care [20,27].…”

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confidence: 97%

“…is was designed to measure the frequency of nutrition-based behaviors. Higher scores signify healthier child nutrition practices [20]. e contents of the original English instrument were previously validated according to expert opinion, while instrument reliability was established through an alpha coefficient of 0.83 [20,22].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Higher scores signify healthier child nutrition practices [20]. e contents of the original English instrument were previously validated according to expert opinion, while instrument reliability was established through an alpha coefficient of 0.83 [20,22]. e translation procedure followed forward-backward translation which was carried out by professional bilingual speakers of English and Arabic, while backward translation was conducted by another set of bilingual professionals.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A tool such as MIN-SC would aid in gathering baseline data for understanding attitudes toward nutritional status and emphasizing the need to design appropriate educational programs. However, MIN-SC has been investigated in different countries and languages with mixed results [20]. For instance, different reliability and validity estimates across countries can affect the significance of comparisons.…”

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Psychometric Properties of the Moore Index of Nutrition Self-Care in Arabic: A Study among Saudi Adolescents at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Bashatah

Alahmary²

2020

Nursing Research and Practice

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Background and Objective. e Moore Index of Nutrition Self-Care (MIN-SC) questionnaire has been used widely in both English and Spanish languages. e purpose of this study is to convert MIN-SC into the Arabic language and to test the translated tool for validity and reliability among adolescents in Saudi Arabia. Method. e psychometric characteristics of MIN-SC were assessed using college freshman students at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. e validity and reliability were examined using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. e construct validity was examined through principal component analysis. Results. e MIN-SC instrument was shown to be internally consistent with reliable scoring (Cronbach's alpha � 0.910). Exploratory factor analysis resulted in 42 items loading on three main components: estimative, production, and transitional, with a factor loading of eigenvalues >2. e final model explained 38% of the variance. Conclusion. e Arabic version of MIN-SC was shown to be a valid and reliable tool for assessing attitude toward nutrition among adolescent students.

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Psychometric Properties of the Moore Index of Nutrition Self-Care in Arabic: A Study among Saudi Adolescents at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Bashatah

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2020

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“…The caretaker role is one that develops and changes for women over the life course, but is not easily or often shed (Moen, Dempster-McClain, and Williams 1992). While several studies have explored the relationship between maternal resources and capacity and the diet of young children (Gundersen et al 2008; Moore et al In Press), greater consideration is needed of how women’s role as wife and mother shapes their diet during midlife.…”

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Women's Perceptions of the Relationship Between Recent Life Events, Transitions, and Diet in Midlife: Findings from a Focus Group Study

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Research indicates that history and early life events and trajectories influence women’s dietary behaviors. Yet, the social context in which recent life changes occur requires greater understanding, particularly regarding changes that embody the interconnectedness of women and their families, and how those changes affect women’s dietary decisions and behaviors. The data presented here were the product of eight focus groups that we conducted in one Maryland county in the fall of 2009. Our participants were 43 women with limited financial resources aged 40–64 years. In this analysis, we focused on women’s perceptions of the relation of recent life transitions and events to the dietary decisions they made for themselves and their families. Our findings suggested that transitions and events related to household structure, health status, phases of motherhood, and shifts in financial and employment status all had the potential to have profound and immediate effects on women’s dietary decisions and resulting dietary behaviors. We used the focus group data to consider implications for developing intervention strategies designed to improve self-efficacy and negotiation skills around dietary issues as a means of promoting healthy decision-making among women in midlife, particularly in times of familial upheaval and in circumstances where financial resources are limited.

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Associations between parent–adolescent health-related conversations and mealtime media use among Hispanic families.

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Vega-López,

Ayers

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Introduction: Whereas parents play an important role in shaping the home environment, it is unknown whether health-related parent–adolescent conversations may be associated with different health-promoting parenting practices, such as limiting adolescent mealtime media use in Hispanic families. Method: For this cross-sectional analysis, Hispanic parents (n = 344; 40.4 ± 6.6 years; 89.2% female) of sixth- to eighth-grade adolescents self-reported the frequency of having health- or weight-related conversations with their adolescent child, and the frequency of adolescent mealtime media device use. Spearman’s rank correlations were used to assess whether parent–adolescent health-related conversations are associated with mealtime media device use by adolescents. Results: Over 75% of parents reported having conversations about healthy eating and being physically active at least a few times per week. Fewer parents reported having frequent weight-related conversations. Frequency of mealtime media use was low, except for television/movie watching (only 30% of parents reported their child rarely/never watching television during family meals). Having conversations related to the adolescent weighing too much was correlated with the mealtime use of television (r = .207; p < .001), cellphones (r = .134; p = .018), and headphones for music listening (r = .145; p = .010). Conversations about exercising to lose weight were correlated with television/movie watching during mealtimes (r = .129; p = .035). Discussion: Findings suggest the co-occurrence of less health-promoting parenting behaviors, such as focusing on weight-related conversations and allowing the use of media devices during mealtimes. Focusing on health- rather than weight-related parent–adolescent conversations and implementing mealtime media use rules may have the potential to shape a home food environment which ultimately could improve an adolescent’s overall health outcomes.

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Maternal–Child Nutrition Practices and Pediatric Overweight/Obesity in the United States and Chile: A Comparative Study

Cited by 7 publications

References 20 publications

Psychometric Properties of the Moore Index of Nutrition Self-Care in Arabic: A Study among Saudi Adolescents at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Psychometric Properties of the Moore Index of Nutrition Self-Care in Arabic: A Study among Saudi Adolescents at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Women's Perceptions of the Relationship Between Recent Life Events, Transitions, and Diet in Midlife: Findings from a Focus Group Study

Associations between parent–adolescent health-related conversations and mealtime media use among Hispanic families.

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