title: Correlates of food patterns in young Latino children at high risk of obesity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present paper examines the influence of age and gender on food patterns of Latino children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data are from baseline of a 5-year, quasi-experimental obesity prevention study: Niños Sanos, Familia Sana (NSFS; Healthy Children, Healthy Families). In 2012, the researchers interviewed Latino parents, using a thirty-item questionnaire to ask about their children's food consumption and feeding practices. Statistical tests included t tests and ANCOVA.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rural communities in California's Central Valley, USA.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and seventeen parents (87-89% born in Mexico) and their children (aged 2-8 years).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-one per cent of the children were overweight or obese (≥85th percentile of BMI for age and gender). Mean BMI Z-scores were not significantly different in boys (1·10 (SD 1·07)) and girls (0·92 (SD 1·04); P=0·12). In bivariate analysis, children aged 2-4 years consumed fast and convenience foods less often (P=0·04) and WIC (Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-allowable foods more often than children aged 5-8 years (P=0·01). In ANCOVA, neither age nor gender was significantly related to food patterns. Mother's acculturation level was positively related to children's consumption of fast and convenience foods (P=0·0002) and negatively related to consumption of WIC foods (P=0·01). Providing role modelling and structure in scheduling meals and snacks had a positive effect on the vegetable pattern (P=0·0007), whereas meal skipping was associated with more frequent fast and convenience food consumption (P=0·04).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acculturation and child feeding practices jointly influence food patterns in Latino immigrant children and indicate a need for interventions that maintain diet quality as children transition to school.
authors: 1Department of Nutrition,University of California at Davis,3207 Meyer Hall,One Shields Avenue, Davis,CA 95616-5270,USA.
authors: Lucia L
authors: LL
authors: Kaiser
authors: 1Department of Nutrition,University of California at Davis,3207 Meyer Hall,One Shields Avenue, Davis,CA 95616-5270,USA.
authors: Alberto L
authors: AL
authors: Aguilera
authors: 2University of California Cooperative Extension,Woodland,CA,USA.
authors: Marcel
authors: M
authors: Horowitz
authors: 3University of California Cooperative Extension,Tulare,CA,USA.
authors: Catherine
authors: C
authors: Lamp
authors: 4University of California Cooperative Extension,Bakersfield,CA,USA.
authors: Margaret
authors: M
authors: Johns
authors: 5Center for Transnational Health,University of California at Davis,Davis,CA,USA.
authors: Rosa
authors: R
authors: Gomez-Camacho
authors: 6Department of Human Ecology,University of California at Davis,Davis,CA,USA.
authors: Lenna
authors: L
authors: Ontai
authors: 5Center for Transnational Health,University of California at Davis,Davis,CA,USA.
authors: Adela
authors: A
authors: de la Torre
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet; D057140:Fast Foods; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D009035:Mothers; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Acculturation; Children; Food patterns; Gender; Latino
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