title: Latino fathers' feeding-related parenting strategies on children's eating.
abstract: This study examined father and child sociodemographic characteristics in relation to fathers' feeding-related parenting strategies and whether their parenting strategies were associated with children's reported fruit and vegetable (FV), weekly fast-food, and daily sugar-sweetened beverage intake among 81 Latino father-child pairs. Father's employment status, acculturation, number of children in the home, and child's age and weight status were associated with the use of different parenting strategies. More control was associated with less FV intake, but more reinforcement was associated with more FV intake by children. Fathers play a role in their children's diet and should be considered in future interventions.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Epidemiology , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Humberto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parada
authors.affiliation: b College of Health and Human Services , San Diego State University , San Diego , California , USA.|c SDSU Research Foundation , Institute for Behavioral and Community Health , San Diego , California , USA.
authors.forename: Guadalupe X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.affiliation: c SDSU Research Foundation , Institute for Behavioral and Community Health , San Diego , California , USA.
authors.forename: Lucy A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.affiliation: d Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo, Inc ., Brawley , California , USA.
authors.forename: Leticia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ibarra
authors.affiliation: c SDSU Research Foundation , Institute for Behavioral and Community Health , San Diego , California , USA.|e Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science , San Diego State University , San Diego , California , USA.
authors.forename: Elva M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Arredondo
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000208:ethnology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D000072001:Diet, Healthy / Q000208:ethnology; D004651:Employment; D005191:Family Characteristics / Q000208:ethnology; D005220:Fathers / Q000193:education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000208:ethnology; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012056:Reinforcement, Social; D012306:Risk; D012423:Rural Health / Q000208:ethnology; D057566:Self Report
keywords: Fast food; Hispanic/Latino; fathers; fruits and vegetables; parenting strategies; sugar-sweetened beverages