title: Bonding and Bridging Social and Cultural Capitals: Perceived Factors Associated With Family Eating Practices Among Hmong, Latino, and White Mothers and Fathers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine perceived social and cultural capitals associated with family eating practices among Hmong, Latino, and white mothers and fathers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six focus groups composed of 52 Hmong, Latino, and white mothers and fathers of young children were conducted to examine parental perceptions of social and cultural capitals associated with eating practices.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Whereas Hmong participants unanimously emphasized the healthfulness of their traditional food, Latino groups had divergent views on their traditional foods' healthfulness. Hmong parents highly valued their traditional foods whereas white and Latino mothers were more accepting of new foods from other cultures. Participants noted divergent views on gender roles in family eating practices and food culture preservation efforts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Identifying and promoting bonding and bridging of cultural assets for healthy dietary practices among different cultural groups may be important for developing successful nutrition education programs across ethnicities in the community.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Center for Healthy Communities, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA.
authors.forename: Abigail
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Center for Healthy Communities, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA. Electronic address: kgoto@csuchico.edu.
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Center for Healthy Communities, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA.
authors.forename: Yanling
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Center for Healthy Communities, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA.
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wolff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D004435:Eating / Q000208:ethnology*; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D005783:Gender Identity; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: children; cultural capital; eating practices; food culture; social capital