title: Family Factors and Body Mass Index Among Korean-American Preschoolers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine family factors related to BMI z-scores and overweight/obesity among Korean-American (KA) preschoolers.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted with 104 KA preschoolers and their mothers in the Chicago metropolitan area. KA mothers completed questionnaires and their preschool-age children's weights and heights were measured. Hierarchical multiple linear regression and multiple logistic regression were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-two percent of preschoolers were overweight or obese (BMI ≥85th percentile). Family factors explained 30% of the variance in the children's BMI z-scores, with parenting feeding style and family functioning contributing most. In logistic regression, children were more likely to be overweight/obese if: a family had more children, the mother perceived her child as overweight/obese, and the family had regular child routines.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Health care providers should consider the family as one unit of care and use that unit to implement culturally appropriate childhood overweight/obesity prevention for Korean-American preschool-aged children. Parental feeding style and parents' attitudes about child weight should be considered when advising Korean-Americans about reducing children's overweight/obesity.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Electronic address: spark10@fsu.edu.
authors.forename: So Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Mi Ja
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: parkcg@uic.edu.
authors.forename: Chang Gi
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McCreary
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Crystal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Kathleen F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Norr
mesh_terms: D001213:Asian; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005195:Family Relations / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D050177:Overweight / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D016487:Parenting; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States
keywords: BMI; Childhood obesity; Family; Korean-Americans; Preschoolers