Racial and gender differences in the diets of rural youth and their mothers.
OBJECTIVE
To examine mother-child dietary concordance that may contribute to healthy eating practices critical to cancer prevention in underserved rural families.


METHODS
A brief food frequency questionnaire was administered to 404 sixth-graders and their mothers in rural Virginia and New York.


RESULTS
Significant dietary fat concordance rates were indicated for mother-daughter dyads only. A 3-way interaction revealed that African American girls with mothers who report high fat intake are at highest risk for health-compromis ing dietary behaviors.


CONCLUSIONS
Interventions may need to differ entially motivate male and female adolescents and incorporate familial and cultural influences to pro mote healthy eating in rural youth.
Stanton
Cassandra A
CA
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown Medical School, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA. Cassandra_Stanton@brown.edu
Fries
Elizabeth A
EA
Danish
Steven J
SJ
D000293:Adolescent; D017195:Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D009518:New York; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014768:Virginia; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*
D004041:Dietary Fats; D004043:Dietary Fiber