رسالة جامعية
The role of children, families, and acculturation on Latina mothers' dietary intake and behaviors
| العنوان: | The role of children, families, and acculturation on Latina mothers' dietary intake and behaviors |
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| المساهمون: | Soto, Sandra Hyatt (author), Arredondo, Elva M. (Advisor), Ayala, Guadalupe X. (Committee Member), Marcus, Bess (Committee Member), Roesch, Scott (Committee Member), Shakya, Holly B. (Committee Member), Public Health (Department) |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| المجموعة: | SDSUnbound (San Diego State University) |
| الوصف: | Background: Many adult Latinos are not meeting guidelines for healthy eating. Theory posits the important role of family and family members on individual’s health behaviors (e.g., diet). However, few studies examine how children impact their parents’ diet. Furthermore, empirical evidence shows that acculturation is an important predictor of diet among Latino adults. The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the role of children, families, and acculturation on mothers’ dietary intake and related behaviors. Methods: Chapters 1 and 2 used secondary data from mother-child dyads enrolled in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) and Chapter 3 used primary data collected from mother-child dyads. Chapter 1 used baseline survey data from 314 Latino mother-child dyads to test how children’s acculturation and the mother-child acculturation gap was associated with mothers’ dietary intake and related behaviors. Building on the results from Chapter 1, in Chapter 2, longitudinal data from 162 dyads enrolled in delayed treatment group of the RCT were used to test the temporal relations of the family environment on traditional mothers’ dietary intake and behaviors, and whether these relations differed between mothers of assimilated versus bicultural children. Finally, Chapter 3 used qualitative interview data from mothers and their bicultural (n=11) or assimilated (n=10) children and quantitative data from mothers to explore how children influenced their mothers’ dietary intake and behaviors. Results: Chapter 1 provided evidence that accounting for mothers’ acculturation, having an assimilated versus a bicultural child was negatively associated with mothers’ vegetable intake and positively associated with mothers’ sugary beverage intake, percent of calories from fat, and frequency of away-from-home eating. The most at-risk dyads for lower quality diet among mothers were traditional mothers of assimilated children. Chapter 2 found that less positive family interactions around food at baseline predicted more frequent ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | doctoral or postdoctoral thesis |
| وصف الملف: | 164 pages; text |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | sdsu:21657; http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11929/sdsu:21657Test |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/20.500.11929/sdsu:21657Test https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11929/sdsu:21657Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.FBA64151 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
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