Download or read book Maternal Food Insecurity Child Feeding Practices Weight Perceptions and BMI in a Rural Mexican origin Population written by Christy Marguerite Gifford Solorio and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among Mexican-American children, 35-40% are overweight. To achieve the Healthy People 2020 goal of reducing childhood obesity, interventions must be developed based on an understanding of the origins of childhood obesity. The goal of this study was to determine relationships between maternal food insecurity, child feeding practices and perceived child weight in a Mexican-origin population. Data were obtained through food security and medical history surveys along with anthropometric measurements of 175 Mexican-origin mother-child dyads living in rural, agricultural towns. No relationships were seen between food insecurity and other variables; however, only 31% of mothers of overweight children accurately identified them as such and only 47% of these mothers reported an attempt to change her child's nutrition or physical activity. This study exposed the need to determine factors involved in the identification of childhood obesity and in how mothers decide to change nutrition and physical activity for their children.

Download or read book Childhood Obesity in Mexican origin Populations written by Luz Elvia Vera-Becerra and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prevalence of obesity in Mexican-American children is higher than in non-Hispanic white children. Binational studies conducted in US immigrant and Mexican communities can provide a unique perspective on factors that may be related to childhood obesity. This dissertation presents the findings from a cross-sectional, binational study, conducted from April to December 2006. The sample included families with children ages one to six years, living in immigrant households in Ventura County, California (US) with a similar cohort of children, living in the municipality of Cueramaro, Guanajuato (MX), where out-migration is common. The interview included items to collect data on demographic characteristics; household food security; infant and child feeding practices; maternal perception of the child's diet and weight; a 30-item food frequency questionnaire (FFQ); and a 24-hour dietary recall (DR). Also weight and height (or length for younger children) was measured on all children one to six years living in the household to calculate the body mass index-for-age z-scores (BMIZ) and the height-for-age z-scores (HAZ), indicators of body fatness and linear growth, respectively. The final sample includes 95 families in US and 200 families in MX. The present work includes four chapters. The first is a literature review that examines biological, family and community-level factors contributing to the development of childhood overweight and obesity among Mexican-American populations. The second chapter compares maternal perceptions and concerns; infant and child feeding practices; and growth status among US and MX populations. The third chapter identifies differences in child feeding strategies and dietary intakes across populations and also examines associations between feeding strategies and dietary intakes. The final chapter examines potential mechanisms through which country of residence is associated with childhood overweight among families in MX and US. Specifically, the study examines evidence for the hypothesis that food security mediates the relationship between country of residence and childhood obesity. Results of the analyses provide evidence that the prevalence of low and very low food security is significantly higher in the MX than in the US sample. Overweight and obesity is significantly higher among the US children compared to their counterparts in MX. There are also differences in child eating patterns and maternal concerns about their child's weight among countries. Based on the FFQ, children in the US, compared to children in MX, consume more pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers, instant noodles, ready-to-eat cereal, and American cheese and less fried beans, corn tortillas, and rice. However children in MX, compared with children in US, consume soda more often. Based on the 24-DR, there are few differences in most of the macro or micronutrient intakes. In examining the relationship between feeding strategies and nutrients intakes; children who ask for food/beverages or take food from the refrigerator or pantry between meals, have significantly higher intakes of total and animal protein. Children, whose mothers use food or beverages to calm his or her child, have significantly higher intakes of saturated fatty acids. Food security status is significantly related to BMIZ using different scales for food security. In the regression models to evaluate the mediation effect of food security on the country and BMIZ, food security does not remain significant in the models. However, after adjusting for household size and maternal education, about 15% of the relationship between country and BMIZ is explained by food insecurity, a Mexican dietary pattern, and maternal feeding strategies.

Download or read book Implications of Mother s Past Food Situation for Current Child Feeding Practices and Perception of Appropriate Child Serving Sizes written by Edith Marie Kuyper and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Overweight and Diet Among Children of Mexican Descent written by Lisa Goldman Rosas and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Characterization of Childhood Obesity in Mexican origin Children Through Investigation of Maternal Perceptions Developmental Differences and the Impact of a Culturally Tailored Intervention written by Iraklis Erik Tseregounis and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prevalence of obese and overweight children has more than tripled since the early 1970s. This dramatic increase greatly impacts adult health as childhood obesity has been linked to markers for cardiovascular disease, such as high blood pressure, type-2 diabetes, elevated cholesterol and an early onset of obesity-related morbidity and mortality. This issue of childhood obesity is particularly problematic in the Latino community. Children have an elevated prevalence of obesity relative to other racial groups and Latinos are amongst the fastest growing ethnic groups in the country. Niños Sanos, Familia Sana (NSFS) is a completed five-year intervention study aimed at improving the health of Mexican-origin children in the rural agricultural communities of California’s Central Valley. This dissertation utilized data collected during the NSFS study to focus on various characteristics related to childhood obesity. The first study explored maternal perceptions of child weight and how they might be impacted by an intervention aimed at reducing BMI gains. Comparisons from baseline to follow-up showed dramatic improvement on the accuracy of maternal perception of their overweight and obese children. Further analysis, however, revealed no evidence of an association between the intervention and changing perception. The second study used mathematical models to estimate the timing of the adiposity rebound (AR) for children in the NSFS study and further examined associations between timing of the AR with exclusive breastfeeding practices. The AR was found to have occurred earliest in the heaviest children (mean age (standard deviation): normal weight: 5.58(0.55), overweight: 4.65(0.48), obese: 3.55(0.65)). No significant association was shown between exclusivity of breastfeeding and age at rebound. The third study aimed to determine the effect of an intervention targeting reduction in BMI gain on the growth of subcutaneous fat tissue in Mexican-origin preadolescent children. Outcomes of the models included a log-transformed sum of the raw measures and z-scores for triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness. For all measures and across age and gender, no significant reduction in skinfold thickness due to intervention was observed.

Download or read book Parental Feeding Practices and Children s Weight Status in Mexican American Families written by Carlos Penilla and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is known that mothers’ child-feeding behaviors are associated with their children’s weight status, but this is only one familial factor. There is a dearth of research on the associations of both mothers’ and fathers’ child-feeding behaviors and their children’s weight status in Mexican American families. In 2009-2010, 22% of Mexican American children aged 6 to 11 years had a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to the 95th percentile and were considered obese compared to 14% of non-Latino White children of similar ages. This disparity was also seen among children under age 6. In the same period, 16% of Mexican American children aged 2 to 5 years were considered obese compared to 9% of non-Latino White children. Obesity during these early years is associated with increased risk of obesity later in life. In Mexican families, where fathers often influence family decisions, it is important to understand how they may also influence decisions around child feeding. Parental child-feeding behaviors are a major focus of my research because they are modifiable risk factors in children’s weight status, particularly when compared to other predictors, such as parental weight status, parental education level and ethnicity. Using the conceptual framework from Davison and Birch’s (2001) ecological model, which identifies individual, family and sociocultural influences on children’s weight status, this dissertation applies quantitative and qualitative methods to examine parental and sociocultural associations with child-feeding behaviors in Mexican American families. This dissertation research examines the associations of parental feeding behaviors and child weight status in Mexican American families, with a special focus on the role of fathers. I apply a three-pronged approach to the study of childhood obesity that includes a family, environmental, and nutrition policy component. At the family level, I demonstrate in my quantitative study (paper 1) that fathers’ child-feeding practices, such as pressure to eat and use of food to control behavior are equally as significant as mothers’ child-feeding practices in their associations with child weight status. For example, findings indicate that fathers’ higher use of pressure to eat and use of food to control behavior were significantly related to children’s lower weight status, after accounting for mothers’ feeding practices and other covariates. At the environmental level, I demonstrate in my qualitative study (paper 2) that both mothers and fathers experience structural and environmental obstacles, such as a lack of social support among neighbors and dirty, under-policed streets in urban neighborhoods, which negatively influences their ability to leave the house and makes it difficult to feed their children healthful foods. Specifically, I examine how these obstacles in turn influence the development of overweight and obesity in children aged 2 to 5 years. I have integrated the results of my first two studies with the existing literature on obesity in Latino children to inform the third component of my dissertation, a health policy brief. In this brief, I ask the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to take steps and develop procedures to encourage full access to their services by Latino fathers and encourage their participation and, by so doing, support WIC goals for the nutrition of low-income children and their families. Overall, my findings suggest that in order to effectively intervene in the development of childhood obesity, community stakeholders, scholars and policymakers need a better understanding of how structural and environmental obstacles, and parents’ resources, culture, gender and ethnicity intersect and impact child weight.

Download or read book Toddler Feeding Practices in Latinos written by Virginia Chaidez and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Joint U S Mexico Workshop on Preventing Obesity in Children and Youth of Mexican Origin written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-02-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Joint U.S.-Mexico Workshop on Preventing Obesity in Children and Youth of Mexican Origin was initiated by a desire to share experiences regarding the problem of obesity in children and youth of Mexican origin on both sides of the border, with a particular focus on potential solutions. U.S and Mexican researchers, public health officials, industry leaders, and policy-makers engaged in valuable dialogue to share perspectives, challenges, and opportunities. Commonalities and differences in the United States and Mexico regarding risk factors, potential interventions and programs, and need for all sectors to collaborate and make progress toward solving this serious public health problem were also discussed. This dialogue served as a basis to explore a bi-national agenda for addressing this epidemic, which was the ultimate goal of the workshop.

Download or read book Parent and Adolescent Perception of Child Feeding Practices and Adolescent Weight and Obesogenic Eating in Families from a Low Income Household written by Elizabeth Bollinger Ruzicka and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Controlling child feeding practices, restriction and pressure to eat, influence the development of adolescent obesity and eating-related behaviors. Adolescents from low-income households are at heightened risk for obesity. They may be particularly susceptible to obesogenic eating patterns due to greater availability of high energy-dense foods. Research has yet to investigate how parent and adolescent perspectives of feeding practices may be differentially related to adolescent weight and eating behaviors. The present study sought to (1) examine the associations between adolescent and parent perception of controlling child feeding practices (restriction and pressure to eat) and adolescent weight and obesogenic eating patterns among adolescents from a low-income background and (2) the potential moderating effects of household food insecurity and race. Methods: Participants included N=73 adolescent and parent dyads living within low-income households. As part of a larger laboratory-based study focused on adolescent stress and health, adolescents (13-17 yrs, M = 13.6, SD = 1.4, 47.9% female,) and their parents (Mage = 40.1, SD = 7.5, 93.2% female) completed questionnaires assessing eating patterns and perception of parental use of controlling feeding practices, restriction and pressure to eat. Adolescent and parent height and weight were measured objectively. Results: In bootstrapped linear regression models, parent-report restriction 95% CI [3.84, 18.08] and pressure to eat 95% CI [-14.42, -.04] were significantly associated with adolescent weight. Adolescent-report of restriction was significantly associated with obesogenic eating patterns, emotional 95% CI [.09, 2.56] and external eating 95% CI [.15, 3.19]. Adolescent-report of pressure to eat was significantly associated with both emotional 95% CI [.32, 2.79] and external eating 95% CI [.04, 2.56]. Parent and adolescent-report of restriction and pressure to eat were not significantly associated. No moderating effects of household food insecurity were identified. The associations between adolescent-reported pressure to eat and adolescent obesogenic eating were moderated by race, such that the associations were present in families with a White parent, but were not present in families with an African American parent (emotional eating F(1, 63) = 7.91, p

Download or read book Hunger and Obesity written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At some point during 2009, more than 17 million households in the United States had difficulty providing enough food for all their members because of a lack of resources. In more than one-third of these households, the food intake of some household members was reduced and normal eating patterns were disrupted due to limited resources. The Workshop on Understanding the Relationship Between Food Insecurity and Obesity was held to explore the biological, economic, psychosocial, and other factors that may influence the relationship between food insecurity, overweight, and obesity in the United States. Hunger and Obesity examines current concepts and research findings in the field. The report identifies information gaps, proposes alternative approaches to analyzing data, recommends new data that should be collected, and addresses the limitations of the available research.

Download or read book Practices of Low income Families in Feeding Infants and Small Children written by United States. Maternal and Child Health Service and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Contextual Influences on Household and Child Food Security Among Mexican origin Mothers of Young Children written by Amanda C. McClain and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food insecurity is related to numerous poor health and development outcomes, particularly in children. A greater proportion of Hispanic households in the U.S. experience food insecurity compared to non-Hispanic white households, but there is little evidence about distinctions between Hispanic ethnic subgroups in regards to food insecurity prevalence and coping strategies. Considering that Mexicanorigin and Mexican American Hispanics are the largest Hispanic subgroup in the U.S. and that the majority of children living in poverty are Hispanic with at least one Mexican-origin parent, more research is needed to understand their distinct risk factors, as well as their immigrant experience and coping strategies, and how these relate to food security status. To date, there are no published data on food provisioning related to food security among Mexican-origin households in the northeast U.S. nor are there data that account for both the immigrant's life course and current ecological system in the U.S. The purpose of this research was to capture multiple levels of influence on household and child food security status and related coping strategies among Mexican-origin households with children, using a mixed-methods approach guided by two theoretical constructs: life course perspective and ecological systems theory. Analyses of national survey data revealed that among all Hispanic households in the U.S., Mexican- and Salvadoran-origin households are most at risk and Cuban-origin are least at risk, compared to U.S.origin Hispanic households. In addition, among U.S.-origin Hispanic households, those with Mexican and Puerto Rican nativity (maternal origin) are most at risk and those with Cuban nativity are least at risk, compared to Hispanics with U.S.origin maternal nativity. In addition, our qualitative findings suggest that recent, low-income Mexican-origin mothers rely on culture and life course experiences, particularly those in Mexico, to shape how they feed their families and children in the U.S. These food-provisioning strategies exhibit important attributes of mothers towards maintaining a food secure household, particularly behaviors related to food resource management and planning. Understanding these multi-level contextual influences on Mexican-origin households provides valuable insight into ways to facilitate protective coping strategies through culturally-tailored programming at both federal and local levels.

Download or read book Afro Caribbean Mothers Cultural Perceptions of Their Child s Weight and Food Practices in London and New York written by Heather A. Gibson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Health Organization has argued that greater efforts are needed to prevent and manage childhood obesity. In urban cities, the Black sub-group of Afro-Caribbeans has a high rate of childhood obesity and overweight. The purpose of this study was to analyze Afro-Caribbean mothers' cultural perceptions in London and New York regarding childhood weight and food practices in children age 6 to 12 years. This qualitative content analysis, guided by the Developmental Niche, used a purposive sample of 30 Afro-Caribbean mothers to illuminate cultural perceptions of food and weight in their children. Semi-structured in- depth interviews were conducted with 15 mothers in both London and New York City. Each participant completed a demographic questionnaire that also included two quantitative questions. The first measured mother's perception of weight using a visual image and the other assessed the written description of the child's weight. The eight themes that emerged were: perceptions of childhood obesity within the general population; parents' role in child obesity; physical activity (PA); weight of child; cooking techniques; types of food consumed; food is a social bond that connects child with others; and food preparation varies according to families. Additionally, there were 29 subthemes such as: extracurricular PA is expensive, lack of knowledge about what constitutes a healthy weight, health care provider's involvement, cultural techniques modified and eating as a way to maintain cultural rituals. More than one-quarter of the mother's (27%) in both London and New York had overweight or obese children. In general, mothers tended to select a visual image that showed their children at a lower weight than their actual size. Furthermore, most mothers of overweight and obese children did not perceive their children as such in their responses to the visual images. The implications for nursing practice and future research include increasing cultural competence for nurses, health care providers and students; increasing parent education regarding healthy food substitutes and weight recognition; developing policies to increase physical education for children; and providing weight and nutrition interventions to the extended family.

Download or read book The Influence of Maternal Fatness Knowledge and Diet on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Mexico written by Eva Carolina Monterrosa and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maternal decisions about breastfeeding (BF), formula feeding, and complementary feeding are guided by biological and socio-cultural factors. Obese women often experience poor BF outcomes. Maternal weight is also a proxy for the food environment because diet is a determinant of weight. Our understanding of cultural knowledge and the mother-child food relationship in complementary feeding remain fragmentary. The aims of this dissertation were to examine the association between maternal fatness and child feeding practices from 0-24 mo and understand conceptualizations and practices of child feeding, particularly the mother-child food relationship within the household food environment. First we examined if maternal fatness was associated with BF duration, dietary diversity (DD), and child feeding index (CFI), using data from Mexican mother-child pairs. Maternal fatness was not associated with BF duration or DD. Maternal fatness was not a significant factor in CFI as measured by the index. Second, ethnography was used to examine how 31 mothers in Xoxocotla, Morelos, Mexico conceptualized complementary feeding practices. The eight concepts identified were: probaditas, preparing separate foods, readiness to eat solid foods, consistency, variety, child likes and dislikes, money and food costs, and healthiness of foods. There was strong evidence of cultural consensus. Household factors influenced feeding practices. Last, data from 24-h recalls of 25 mother-child pairs (9-18 mo-old) from the ethnographic study were used to examine the maternal-child food relationship and the household food environment. The frequency of shared meals and foods between mother and child was attributable to maternal concepts of child foods, time of day, the child's age and sleep patterns, family and maternal food preferences, maternal social roles, and presence of family members at meals. This complexity was captured by the maternal and child food space concept. This dissertation showed that maternal fatness was not of public health significance in child feeding, whereas maternal knowledge and household food environment were important. The ethnographic findings have implications for how we approach child feeding, such that to improve practices we must use the maternal system of knowledge and consider the social processes that construct the complementary diet beyond educating mothers on food quality and consistency.

Download or read book Comparison of Maternal Perceptions of Child s Weight Status Feeding Practices and Energy Balance Between Normal Weight and Overweight Children written by Ling Zhi Cheong and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of Low income Latina Mothers written by Jackelyn Hidalgo-Mendez and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Families Food and Parenting written by Lori A. Francis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the many roles of families in their members’ food access, preferences, and consumption. It provides an overview of factors – from micro- to macro-levels – that have been linked to food insecurity and discusses policy approaches to reducing food insecurity and hunger. In addition, it addresses the links between food insecurity and overweight and obesity. The book describes changes in the U.S. food environment that may explain increases in obesity during recent decades. It explores relationships between parenting practices and the development of eating behaviors in children, highlighting the importance of family mealtimes in healthful eating. The volume provides an overview of efforts to prevent or reduce obesity in children, with attention to minority populations and discusses research findings on targets for obesity prevention, including a focus on fathers as change agents who play a crucial, yet understudied, role in food parenting. The book acknowledges that with the current obesigenic environment in the United States and elsewhere around the world, additional and innovative efforts are needed to foster healthful eating behavior and orientations toward food in childhood and in families. This book is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, clinicians, professionals, and graduate students in developmental psychology, family studies, public health as well as numerous interrelated disciplines, including sociology, demography, social work, prevention science, educational policy, political science, and economics.