Cynthia N Lebron1, Yaray Agosto2, Tae K Lee3, Guillermo Prado3, Sara M St George3, Hilda Pantin3, Sarah E Messiah4. 1. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. Electronic address: Clebron@med.miami.edu. 2. Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL. 3. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. 4. University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Dallas, TX; Center for Pediatric Population Health, Children's Health System of Texas and UTHealth School of Public Health, Dallas, TX.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of adolescent self-report of family mealtime communication on obesity-related behaviors in single- and dual-parent households and by sex in a sample of overweight and obese Hispanic adolescents. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of a randomized control trial SETTING: Eighteen middle schools in Miami-Dade County, Florida. PARTICIPANTS: Two-hundred and eighty Hispanic seventh- and eighth-grade students MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake, and added sugar intake. ANALYSIS: Structural equation modeling. RESULTS: The findings indicate that mealtime communication was associated with fruit and vegetable consumption in boys (β = .30; P = .001; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.52-2.68) and physical activity in girls (β = .26; P = .010; 95% CI, 0.16-1.30). Moreover, a single-parent household was associated with dietary consumption in boys (fruit and vegetable intake [β= .18; P = .039; 95% CI, 0.02-2.60] but had a moderating effect on fruit and vegetable consumption in girls (β = .21; P = .015; 95% CI, 0.14-2.19). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Family mealtime communication may impact dietary and physical activity outcomes in Hispanic adolescents with overweight and obesity, but differentially across gender and household parent makeup. These findings, together with the prevalence of single parents, point to the importance of targeting Hispanic single parents as agents of change to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors in their children via positive mealtime interactions.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of adolescent self-report of family mealtime communication on obesity-related behaviors in single- and dual-parent households and by sex in a sample of overweight and obese Hispanic adolescents. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of a randomized control trial SETTING: Eighteen middle schools in Miami-Dade County, Florida. PARTICIPANTS: Two-hundred and eighty Hispanic seventh- and eighth-grade students MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake, and added sugar intake. ANALYSIS: Structural equation modeling. RESULTS: The findings indicate that mealtime communication was associated with fruit and vegetable consumption in boys (β = .30; P = .001; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.52-2.68) and physical activity in girls (β = .26; P = .010; 95% CI, 0.16-1.30). Moreover, a single-parent household was associated with dietary consumption in boys (fruit and vegetable intake [β= .18; P = .039; 95% CI, 0.02-2.60] but had a moderating effect on fruit and vegetable consumption in girls (β = .21; P = .015; 95% CI, 0.14-2.19). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Family mealtime communication may impact dietary and physical activity outcomes in Hispanic adolescents with overweight and obesity, but differentially across gender and household parent makeup. These findings, together with the prevalence of single parents, point to the importance of targeting Hispanic single parents as agents of change to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors in their children via positive mealtime interactions.
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