title: Health Behavior and Weight Changes Among Ethnic and Racial Minority Preschoolers and Their Parents: Associations Across 1 Year.
abstract: To determine whether parent health behavior changes and feeding practices were associated with child changes in body mass index z-score and related health behaviors over the course of 1 year.
  
  
  
  Anthropometric data from 590 child-parent dyads of ethnic/racial minority groups were collected at baseline, 14 weeks (postintervention), and 1-year follow-up. Additionally, parent screen time and feeding practices and child dietary consumption, diet quality, physical activity, and screen time were collected.
  
  
  
  Random effects growth models revealed that changes in child screen time moved in tandem with parent screen time from baseline to 14-week postintervention and from postintervention to 1-year follow-up. Greater parental monitoring predicted greater reduction in child calorie consumption at 1 year.
  
  
  
  Future studies should include innovative ways to explicitly involve parents in prevention efforts.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Cancer Education and Career Development Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, jbuscemi@uic.edu.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buscemi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
authors.forename: Kristoffer S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Berlin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Memphis.
authors.forename: Tiffany M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Rybak
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago.
authors.forename: Linda A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Schiffer
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois Cancer Center.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois Cancer Center.
authors.forename: Melinda R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Stolley
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago.
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blumstein
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, and.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Odoms-Young
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois Cancer Center, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago.
authors.forename: Marian L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fitzgibbon
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology; D002641:Chicago / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D057185:Sedentary Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000208:ethnology*
keywords: childhood obesity; minority; parent; preschool; prevention