title: Eating behaviors among early adolescent African American girls and their mothers.
abstract: African American (AA) girls aged 10-12 living in urban communities designated as food deserts have a significantly greater prevalence of overweight and obesity than girls that age in the general population. The purpose of our study was (a) to examine the agreement in nutritional intake between AA girls aged 10-12 and their mothers and (b) to determine if the girls' weight categories were associated with their or their mothers demographic characteristics, eating behaviors, nutritional intake, and health problem. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in predominantly low-income AA communities in Chicago. Forty-three dyads of early adolescent AA girls and their mothers responded to food frequency and eating habits questionnaires. There was a strong and significant correlation between mother's and daughter's kilocalories consumed (r = .61). Our study suggests that interventions aimed at improving eating behaviors in early adolescent AA girls should include their mothers.
authors.affiliation: 1College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dancy
authors.forename: Karyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Holm
authors.forename: JoEllen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilbur
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fogg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002641:Chicago; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: community; nutrition; obesity; parent/family