title: The relationship between acculturation and infant feeding styles in a Latino population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the relationship between parental acculturation and infant feeding style in a sample of Latino parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  A post hoc analysis was performed using data from an ongoing four-site randomized controlled trial to promote early childhood obesity prevention. Cross-sectional data of parent-child dyads at the 12-month well-child visit who self-reported their Latino ethnicity were analyzed. The Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (SASH) and a subset of the Infant Feeding Style Questionnaire (IFSQ) that assessed four primary feeding styles were administered. SASH level (low vs. high) with each feeding style was compared by analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Complete SASH data were available for 398 of 431 Latino dyads. Median SASH score was 1.8 (IQR 1.4-2.7); 82% of participants had low acculturation (score < 3). Of the nine outcome variables, four were significantly associated with SASH: "Laissez-Faire/attention" (AOR: 2.3; 95% CI: 1.06-5.13; P = 0.004), "Laissez-Faire/diet quality" (AOR: 3.9; 95% CI: 1.7-8.75; P = 0.005), "Pressuring as soothing" (AOR: 3.6; 95% CI:1.63-8.05; P = 0.007), and "Restrictive/diet quality" (AOR: 0.4; 95% CI: 0.19-0.94; P = 0.031).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Latino parents with lower acculturation were more likely than those with higher acculturation to endorse feeding styles that are associated with child obesity. Further research is needed to determine why acculturation and feeding style relate.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Greenville Health System, University of South Carolina, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Liz D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Dancel
authors.forename: Eliana
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Perrin
authors.forename: Shonna H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delamater
authors.forename: Krista M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Perreira
authors.forename: Andrea B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Bronaugh
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eden
authors.forename: Ayumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shintani
authors.forename: Russell L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rothman
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology*; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires