title: Does breast-feeding reduce offspring junk food consumption during childhood? Examinations by socio-economic status and race/ethnicity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine whether breast-feeding duration and socio-economic status (SES) interact to predict junk food consumption among offspring and whether the interaction differs across racial/ethnic groups.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey research using a longitudinal panel design. Hierarchical linear regression was used to analyse the data.
  
  
  METHODS
  In-home interviews with the child's parents over a 5-year period across the USA.
  
  
  METHODS
  Approximately 10 000 American children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study: Birth Cohort (ECLS-B).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings revealed that longer breast-feeding durations correspond to lower levels of junk food consumption, but that this relationship emerges consistently only among low-SES blacks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Efforts to promote breast-feeding among low-SES black women may have the added benefit of reducing their children's junk food intake, and may thereby promote their general health and well-being. Future research should seek to explore the mechanisms by which breast-feeding might benefit the dietary habits of low-SES black children.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Criminal Justice,The University of Texas at San Antonio,501 W.Cesar E Chavez Blvd,San Antonio,TX 78207,USA.
authors.forename: Dylan B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Sociology,Mississippi State University,Mississippi State,MS,USA.
authors.forename: Kecia R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D002253:Carbonated Beverages; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet; D005006:Ethnicity; D005191:Family Characteristics; D057140:Fast Foods; D005260:Female; D063105:Food Assistance; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D062407:Meals; D064427:Nutritive Sweeteners / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D064427:Nutritive Sweeteners
keywords: Breast-feeding; Diet; Junk food; Moderating effect; Race; Socio-economic status