title: Food patterns and mealtime behaviors in low-income mothers and toddlers.
abstract: Maternal and/or child-feeding behaviors and food choices may be important contributors to childhood obesity. We aimed to compare food patterns and mealtime behaviors and to determine predictors of frequent intake of nutrient-dense and energy-dense foods of low-income African American (AA; n = 199) and non-Hispanic White (NHW; n = 200) mother-toddlers dyads using a cross-sectional study. Energy-dense foods were consumed frequently by AA than NHW mother-toddler dyads. Mealtime TV watching for AA and being single for NHW mothers predicted toddlers' frequency of nutrient-dense food intake. These findings have implications for culturally relevant interventions aimed at obesigenic food behavior in low-income parents of toddlers.
authors: Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Weathe43@msu.edu
authors: Lorraine J
authors: LJ
authors: Weatherspoon
authors: Sumathi
authors: S
authors: Venkatesh
authors: Mildred A
authors: MA
authors: Horodynski
authors: Manfred
authors: M
authors: Stommel
authors: Holly E
authors: HE
authors: Brophy-Herb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult