title: Racial Differences in Obesity-Related Risk Factors Between 2-Year-Old Children Born of Overweight Mothers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Investigate racial differences in a range of obesity-related socio-behavioral risk factors in children born of obese mothers.
  
  
  METHODS
  142 Black and 151 White 2-year-old children and their parents were surveyed on their physical activity environment, food environment, parental role modeling, eating behaviors, feeding practices, child physical activity, dietary intake, and eating behaviors; body mass index (BMI) for parents and children (BMI z-score) were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In bivariate analyses, Black families reported significantly more risk factors for early-childhood obesity than White families, including greater availability of soda, more television viewing, and poorer dietary intake. In multivariate analyses adjusting for maternal and socioeconomic factors, the differences between Black and White families on factors including television watching and dietary intake remained significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data show a greater number of risk factors for obesity among Black children and their families compared with White children even after adjustment for maternal BMI and socioeconomic status.
authors: Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, bernard.fuemmeler@duke.edu.
authors: Bernard F
authors: BF
authors: Fuemmeler
authors: Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center.
authors: Marissa
authors: M
authors: Stroo
authors: Department of Family, Home, and Social Sciences, School of Family Life, Brigham Young University.
authors: Chien-Ti
authors: CT
authors: Lee
authors: Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center.
authors: Sharnail
authors: S
authors: Bazemore
authors: Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center.
authors: Brooke
authors: B
authors: Blocker
authors: Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.
authors: Truls
authors: T
authors: Østbye
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D050177:Overweight / Q000208:ethnology*; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000208:ethnology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology*
keywords: children; home environment; obesity