Food patterns and mealtime behaviors in low-income mothers and toddlers. Academic Article

abstract

• Maternal and/or child-feeding behaviors and food choices may be important contributors to childhood obesity. We aimed to compare food patterns and mealtime behaviors and to determine predictors of frequent intake of nutrient-dense and energy-dense foods of low-income African American (AA; n=199) and non-Hispanic White (NHW; n=200) mother-toddlers dyads using a cross-sectional study. Energy-dense foods were consumed frequently by AA than NHW mother-toddler dyads. Mealtime TV watching for AA and being single for NHW mothers predicted toddlers' frequency of nutrient-dense food intake. These findings have implications for culturally relevant interventions aimed at obesigenic food behavior in low-income parents of toddlers.

authors

• Venkatesh, Sumathi

published proceedings

• J Community Health Nurs

author list (cited authors)

• Weatherspoon, L. J., Venkatesh, S., Horodynski, M. A., Stommel, M., & Brophy-Herb, H. E.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Weatherspoon, Lorraine J||Venkatesh, Sumathi||Horodynski, Mildred A||Stommel, Manfred||Brophy-Herb, Holly E

publication date

• January 2013

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Community Health Nursing  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Black Or African American
• Child, Preschool
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Energy Intake
• Feeding Behavior
• Female
• Food Preferences
• Humans
• Infant
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Midwestern United States
• Obesity
• Poverty
• Surveys And Questionnaires
• White People
• Young Adult

PubMed Central ID

• 23384063

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/07370016.2013.750188

start page

• 1

end page

• 15

volume

• 30

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07370016.2013.750188