TY - JOUR
T1 - Family function and eating behaviours among Hispanic/Latino youth
T2 - Results from the Hispanic Community Children's Health Study/Study of Latino Youth (SOL Youth)
AU - Colón-Ramos, U.
AU - Monge-Rojas, R.
AU - Smith-Castro, V.
AU - Wang, J.
AU - Cheng, Y. I.
AU - Perreira, K. M.
AU - Van Horn, L.
AU - Sotres-Alvarez, D.
AU - Isasi, C. R.
AU - Gallo, L. C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements: The authors thank the staff and participants of the HCHS/SOL and SOL Youth for their important contributions. The SOL Youth Study was supported by grant no. R01HL102130 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The youths in SOL Youth are drawn from the study of adults: The HCHS/SOL, which was supported by contracts from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to the University of North Carolina (N01-HC65233), University of Miami (N01-HC65234), Albert Einstein College of Medicine (N01-HC65235), Northwestern University (N01-HC65236) and San Diego State University (N01-HC65237). The following institutes/centres/offices contribute to the HCHS/SOL through a transfer of funds to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Office of Dietary Supplements. Additional support was provided by the Life Course Methodology Core of the New York Regional Center for Diabetes Translation Research (DK111022–8786). The study sponsors did not have any role in study design; collection, analysis and interpretation of data; writing the report and the decision to submit the report for publication. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute or the National Institutes of Health. Financial support: U.C.-R. received financial support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (award no. ECNS91160N) for additional training in the methodology used and from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children’s National in partnership with the George Washington University voucher award. Conflict of interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to report. Authorship: U.C.-R. conceived the study question, conceptual framework and study design with significant input from co-authors and mentors (R.M.-R., V.S.C., L.C.G., C.R.I. and D.S.-A.), Y.I.C. and J.W. analysed the data and contributed to interpretation. K.M.P., L.V.H. and all authors contributed significantly to the interpretation of data and manuscript writing. Ethics of human subject participation: The current study was conducted according to the guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki, and all procedures involving human subjects/patients were approved by the institutional review boards of each of the institutions involved in the study of HCHS/SOL. Written informed consent and assent were obtained from all parent/caregivers and their youth, respectively.
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PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - Objective: To elucidate mechanisms across family function, home environment and eating behaviours within sociocultural context among Hispanic youth. Design: Two models tested via path analysis (youth fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption; empty energy consumption) using data from the Study of Latino Youth (2011-2013). Setting: Chicago, IL; Miami, FL; Bronx, NY; San Diego, CA. Participants: Youth (8-16-year-olds), n 1466. Results: Youth ate 2.4 servings of FV per d and received 27 % of total energy from empty energies. Perceiving higher acculturative stress was indirectly associated with lower FV consumption via a pathway of low family function and family support for FV (β = -0.013, P < 0.001) and via lower family closeness and family support (β = -0.004, P = 0.004). Being >12-year-olds was indirectly associated with lower FV consumption via lower family closeness and family support (β = -0.006, P < 0.001). Household food security was indirectly associated with greater FV consumption via family closeness and family support (β = 0.005, P = 0.003). In contrast, perceiving higher acculturative stress was indirectly associated with higher empty energy consumption (via family closeness and family support: β = 0.003, P = 0.028 and via low family function and low family support: β = 0.008, P = 0.05). Being older was associated with higher consumption of empty energies via family closeness (related to family support: β = 0.04, P = 0.016; parenting strategies for eating: β = 0.002, P = 0.049). Conclusions: Findings suggest pathways of influence across demographic and sociocultural context, family dynamics and home environment. The directionality of these associations needs confirmation using longitudinal data.
AB - Objective: To elucidate mechanisms across family function, home environment and eating behaviours within sociocultural context among Hispanic youth. Design: Two models tested via path analysis (youth fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption; empty energy consumption) using data from the Study of Latino Youth (2011-2013). Setting: Chicago, IL; Miami, FL; Bronx, NY; San Diego, CA. Participants: Youth (8-16-year-olds), n 1466. Results: Youth ate 2.4 servings of FV per d and received 27 % of total energy from empty energies. Perceiving higher acculturative stress was indirectly associated with lower FV consumption via a pathway of low family function and family support for FV (β = -0.013, P < 0.001) and via lower family closeness and family support (β = -0.004, P = 0.004). Being >12-year-olds was indirectly associated with lower FV consumption via lower family closeness and family support (β = -0.006, P < 0.001). Household food security was indirectly associated with greater FV consumption via family closeness and family support (β = 0.005, P = 0.003). In contrast, perceiving higher acculturative stress was indirectly associated with higher empty energy consumption (via family closeness and family support: β = 0.003, P = 0.028 and via low family function and low family support: β = 0.008, P = 0.05). Being older was associated with higher consumption of empty energies via family closeness (related to family support: β = 0.04, P = 0.016; parenting strategies for eating: β = 0.002, P = 0.049). Conclusions: Findings suggest pathways of influence across demographic and sociocultural context, family dynamics and home environment. The directionality of these associations needs confirmation using longitudinal data.
KW - Diet
KW - Family closeness
KW - Family function
KW - Hispanic/Latino youth
KW - Parenting feeding practices
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U2 - 10.1017/S1368980020001457
DO - 10.1017/S1368980020001457
M3 - Article
C2 - 32838832
AN - SCOPUS:85094825747
SN - 1368-9800
VL - 24
SP - 924
EP - 934
JO - Public Health Nutrition
JF - Public Health Nutrition
IS - 5
ER -