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 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 Changes in Eating Patterns of Young Mexican origin Children written by Alberto Leopoldo Aguilera and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rates of obesity have soared in the past couple decades in the United States. Yet obesity has not affected all groups equally. A disparity in the prevalence of obesity among different ethnic and racial groups continues to exist. More Latino children and adults are affected by obesity than their white counterparts. This is a pressing issue in California, where the Latino population is predicted to become a majority during the next few decades. There is a need for research that investigates how to address obesity in Latino populations, especially those of Mexican descent. This dissertation presents findings from the Niños Sanos, Familia Sana (NSFS, Healthy Children, Healthy Family) study conducted between June 2010 and May 2015. The study sample included Mexican-origin children ages 3 to 8 years (n=594) and their parents living in the rural Central Valley of California. This dissertation was completed in three phases. The first phase consisted of qualitative research among parents to explore their perspectives on childhood obesity, barriers to a healthy lifestyle, and ideas for obesity interventions. Five focus groups were conducted among Mexican-origin parents (n=33) in 2010-2011 in Firebaugh CA. A major theme that emerged from these focus groups is that the transition to school negatively influences children's eating preferences. A nutrition message that resonated with participants was eating meals as a family and the role it can play in living a healthy lifestyle. The second phase compared different methods for the assessment of fruit and vegetable consumption within the NSFS study. To understand how dietary patterns and food behaviors change over time, instruments such as food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) and dietary recalls are commonly used. However, there are newer methods and technology that allow for more objective measurements of diet. Fruit and vegetable intake among Mexican-origin children (n= 51) was assessed using a noninvasive technology that measures the levels of carotenoids in the skin. The results from this chapter demonstrate a significant correlation between skin carotenoid levels and reported dietary recall vegetable intake (r=0.41, p=0.003), but not with dietary recall fruit, FFQ fruit, and FFQ vegetable consumption. Lastly, the third phase examined differences between intervention (n=105) and control (n=70) children in consumption of vegetables and fast/convenience food from baseline until the end of the second year of the intervention. The predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption were also examined in this study. At the end of year 2, no significant effect of the intervention was observed between groups in vegetable consumption (p=0.579). However a significant reduction on fast and convenience food consumption (p=0.001) was observed in the intervention children only. After adjusting for covariates, child BMI z-score was found to have a negative relationship with vegetable intake (n=108, [beta]=-2747.5, SE=849.4, p=0.002). The findings from this dissertation contribute to the obesity literature and provide the foundation for future nutrition and obesity interventions, which are culturally adapted to Mexican-origin populations.

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 Nutrition Status of Mexican American Children in the United States written by Chandra C. Khan and published by Garland Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Surgeon General s Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity written by and published by Office of the Surgeon General. This book was released on 2001 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promotes the recognition, treatment, and prevention of conditions of overweight and obesity in the United States.

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 Hispanics and the Future of America written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hispanics and the Future of America presents details of the complex story of a population that varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status, and generation. The papers in this volume draw on a wide variety of data sources to describe the contours of this population, from the perspectives of history, demography, geography, education, family, employment, economic well-being, health, and political engagement. They provide a rich source of information for researchers, policy makers, and others who want to better understand the fast-growing and diverse population that we call "Hispanic." The current period is a critical one for getting a better understanding of how Hispanics are being shaped by the U.S. experience. This will, in turn, affect the United States and the contours of the Hispanic future remain uncertain. The uncertainties include such issues as whether Hispanics, especially immigrants, improve their educational attainment and fluency in English and thereby improve their economic position; whether growing numbers of foreign-born Hispanics become citizens and achieve empowerment at the ballot box and through elected office; whether impending health problems are successfully averted; and whether Hispanics' geographic dispersal accelerates their spatial and social integration. The papers in this volume provide invaluable information to explore these issues.

Download or read book Growth Fatness and Leanness in Mexican American Children written by Anthony Noe Zavaleta and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Growth Abnormalities in Mexican American Children in the United States written by Fernando S. Mendoza and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Obesity and the Economics of Prevention Fit not Fat written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the scale and characteristics of the obesity epidemic, the respective roles and influence of market forces and governments, and the impact of interventions.

Download or read book The Association of Parent Acculturation with Childhood Obesity and Dietary Behaviors Among a Predominately Mexican American Sample written by Monica Iolanda Morello and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of parent acculturation on child fruit and vegetable consumption and obesity, as measured by BMI, among Mexican American and other Hispanic families. Mexican Americans make up the largest sub-group of Hispanics in the U.S. and account for a large proportion of the prevalence of overweight and obesity. There is a need to understand the influences of acculturation among Mexican American and other Hispanic families in order to reduce and prevent childhood obesity among this population in the U.S. Secondary baseline data from a randomized controlled trial was analyzed for this study. The study took place in San Diego County, California. Participants consisted of a total of 541 families with a child between the ages of 5 and 8 years old who spoke English or Spanish and lived within up to three miles from a local community recreation center. Only Mexican American or other Hispanic individuals were included in the present study, yielding a final sample size of 250 participants. Height and weight measurements were collected to calculate the age- and sex-specific BMI for each child and parent. Self-administered surveys were given to parents and included questions on basic demographics, acculturation, and child fruit and vegetable consumption. Over half (56.4%) of the parents were born in Mexico; 86.8% of the children were born in the U.S. Parent acculturation scores ranged from 4 to 32 with a mean of 16.41 (SD=9.25); child acculturation scores ranged from 1 to 5 with a mean of 3.53 (SD=0.81). The bivariate results indicated that the outcome variable of child BMI z score was related to the main predictor variable of parent acculturation at the 0.20 significance level. At the same significance level, the outcome variable of child fruit consumption was associated with parent acculturation (p=0.01). After controlling for parent acculturation and parent birth place, child BMI z score remained significantly related to parent BMI (p

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 Anthropometric Assessment of Nutritional Status written by John H. Himes and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1991-03-25 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical book discusses the importance of body measurements as indicators of human nutritional conditions. Various experts present state-of-the-art overviews regarding both theoretical and practical issues dealing with application and interpretation of body measurements to evaluate adequate or deficient nutrition. Also covers related topics including anthropometric dimensions during pregnancy; genetic aspects of anthropometric measurements relevant for assessing nutritional status and more.

Download or read book Overweight Among U S Children and Adolescents written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mexican American Mothers Perceptions of Childhood Obesity and Their Role in Prevention written by Erica Tobias Sosa and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The childhood obesity epidemic continues to escalate, disproportionately impacting Mexican American children. It is unclear how Mexican American mothers, who are at high-risk of rearing obese children, perceive childhood obesity, prevention or their role in prevention. Three studies - a systematic literature review, a qualitative study focusing on Mexican American mothers' perceptions of childhood obesity, and a qualitative study examining Mexican American mothers' perceptions regarding childhood obesity prevention and their role in prevention - were used to address this research question. The first study is a systematic review of the literature regarding Mexican American mothers' perceptions of childhood obesity and their role in prevention. Four databases were searched for relevant articles and 22 studies met inclusion criteria and were included in the review. Social Cognitive Theory was used to sort similar findings across studies and identify scarce areas researched. Major findings included: (a) mothers felt inadequate to be role models for their children's healthy behaviors, (b) mothers did not identify short-term consequences of childhood obesity, (c) only 23% of studies explicitly used a theoretical framework to guide their study, and (d) most studies used heterogeneous groups (including all caretakers, including all Hispanics/Latinos) to discuss perceptions. The second study used naturalistic inquiry to examine mothers' perceptions regarding childhood obesity, its causes and its consequences. Using a Social Ecological Model adapted to childhood obesity, the study examined causes of childhood obesity at different levels of influence - intrapersonal, interpersonal, and community. Obesity was identified as an adult issue by the mothers. Mothers were more aware of the health risks associated with having underweight children rather than overweight children. Lastly, mothers identified overweight children as those who are suffering from consequences. The third study used a narrative inquiry approach to qualitatively investigate mothers' perceptions. Mothers suggested several ways parents could prevent childhood obesity and overweight among their children. However, fathers, grandparents and schools could unintentionally counter mothers' efforts to encourage healthful behaviors. Mothers identified a lack of ability to speak English, feelings of guilt associated with limiting food intake, and a lack of knowledge and skills as impediments in carrying out obesity preventive behaviors within the home.

Download or read book Anthropometric Standardization Reference Manual written by Timothy G. Lohman and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: