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Relationship between Family Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds, Parenting Practices and Styles, and Adolescent Eating Behaviors

Obesity is more prevalent among racial minority children in the United States, as compared to White children. Parenting practices can impact the development of children’s eating behaviors and habits. In this study, we investigated the relationships among racial/ethnic backgrounds, parenting practice...

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Autores principales: Monroe-Lord, Lillie, Anderson, Alex, Jones, Blake L., Richards, Rickelle, Reicks, Marla, Gunther, Carolyn, Banna, Jinan, Topham, Glade L., Lora, Karina R., Wong, Siew Sun, Ballejos, Miriam, Hopkins, Laura, Ardakani, Azam
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9224503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742636
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127388
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author Monroe-Lord, Lillie
Anderson, Alex
Jones, Blake L.
Richards, Rickelle
Reicks, Marla
Gunther, Carolyn
Banna, Jinan
Topham, Glade L.
Lora, Karina R.
Wong, Siew Sun
Ballejos, Miriam
Hopkins, Laura
Ardakani, Azam
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Anderson, Alex
Jones, Blake L.
Richards, Rickelle
Reicks, Marla
Gunther, Carolyn
Banna, Jinan
Topham, Glade L.
Lora, Karina R.
Wong, Siew Sun
Ballejos, Miriam
Hopkins, Laura
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description Obesity is more prevalent among racial minority children in the United States, as compared to White children. Parenting practices can impact the development of children’s eating behaviors and habits. In this study, we investigated the relationships among racial/ethnic backgrounds, parenting practices and styles, and eating behaviors in adolescents. Fifty-one parent–adolescent dyads were interviewed to characterize parenting practices and styles, as well as the consumption of dairy, fruits and vegetables, and unhealthy snacks. Height and weight were measured to calculate parent BMI and adolescent BMI-for-age percentiles. Three parenting practice categories—modeling, authoritative, and authoritarian—were found to be related to race/ethnicity. A higher score in authoritarian parenting practices was related to higher BMI percentiles among African American adolescents, whereas a higher score in monitoring practices was related to lower BMI percentiles among non-Hispanic White adolescents. Modeling, reasoning, and monitoring led to higher consumption of fruits and vegetables among adolescents; however, the consumption of unhealthy snacks was higher with rule-setting and lower with reasoning and authoritative practices. Finally, an analysis of the relationships between environmental factors and snack intake showed that adolescents consumed significantly more unhealthy snacks when performing other activities while eating. In conclusion, the findings from this study suggest that families’ racial heritages are related to their parenting practices, BMI percentiles, and their adolescents’ food consumption and eating behaviors. The results of this study can be used to develop and improve adolescent nutrition education and interventions with consideration of their racial/ethnic backgrounds.
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spelling pubmed-92245032022-06-24 Relationship between Family Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds, Parenting Practices and Styles, and Adolescent Eating Behaviors Monroe-Lord, Lillie Anderson, Alex Jones, Blake L. Richards, Rickelle Reicks, Marla Gunther, Carolyn Banna, Jinan Topham, Glade L. Lora, Karina R. Wong, Siew Sun Ballejos, Miriam Hopkins, Laura Ardakani, Azam Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Obesity is more prevalent among racial minority children in the United States, as compared to White children. Parenting practices can impact the development of children’s eating behaviors and habits. In this study, we investigated the relationships among racial/ethnic backgrounds, parenting practices and styles, and eating behaviors in adolescents. Fifty-one parent–adolescent dyads were interviewed to characterize parenting practices and styles, as well as the consumption of dairy, fruits and vegetables, and unhealthy snacks. Height and weight were measured to calculate parent BMI and adolescent BMI-for-age percentiles. Three parenting practice categories—modeling, authoritative, and authoritarian—were found to be related to race/ethnicity. A higher score in authoritarian parenting practices was related to higher BMI percentiles among African American adolescents, whereas a higher score in monitoring practices was related to lower BMI percentiles among non-Hispanic White adolescents. Modeling, reasoning, and monitoring led to higher consumption of fruits and vegetables among adolescents; however, the consumption of unhealthy snacks was higher with rule-setting and lower with reasoning and authoritative practices. Finally, an analysis of the relationships between environmental factors and snack intake showed that adolescents consumed significantly more unhealthy snacks when performing other activities while eating. In conclusion, the findings from this study suggest that families’ racial heritages are related to their parenting practices, BMI percentiles, and their adolescents’ food consumption and eating behaviors. The results of this study can be used to develop and improve adolescent nutrition education and interventions with consideration of their racial/ethnic backgrounds. MDPI 2022-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9224503/ /pubmed/35742636 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127388 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Wong, Siew Sun
Ballejos, Miriam
Hopkins, Laura
Ardakani, Azam
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9224503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742636
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127388
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