Diet Quality of Mothers of Children in NYC Head Start Is Not Associated With Child Adiposity. (7th June 2021)
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- Title:
- Diet Quality of Mothers of Children in NYC Head Start Is Not Associated With Child Adiposity. (7th June 2021)
- Main Title:
- Diet Quality of Mothers of Children in NYC Head Start Is Not Associated With Child Adiposity
- Authors:
- Ashby-Thompson, Maxine
Goldstein, Inge
Contento, Isobel
Wolf, Randi
Jacobson, Judith - Abstract:
- Abstract: Objectives: To assess whether maternal diet quality, measured when child was between ages 3 and 5, is associated with child overweight/obesity at ages 3 to 5. Methods: Baseline data from the Endotoxin Obesity and Asthma longitudinal study were used for these analyses. 380 African American and Hispanic mothers of children attending NYC Head Start answered a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) about their own intake and a demographic questionnaire about themselves and child. FFQ data were converted to Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015 total scores (higher scores suggest better diet quality). Anthropometric measurements (weight, height, skinfolds, and waist circumference) were obtained from children. BMI, triceps and subscapular z-scores, and weight-to-height ratio (WHtR) were calculated. Results: Mean HEI total score at baseline was 64.3 ± 8.7 of 100 (considered a "D" grade or poor diet quality), but 69.8 ± 8.6 for Dominican and 60.2 ± 6.5 for Mexican mothers. Children were 50% female, 25% Mexican, 18% Dominican, 19% African American, 15% Puerto Rican and 23% Other. Mean age was 49 months. 52% of children fell below the 85 th percentile for BMI, 20% between 85 th and 95 th, and 28% above the 95 th percentile. Mother's HEI-2015 total score was not associated with child's BMI z-score (p = 0.830), child's triceps z-score (p = 0.77), child's subscapular z-score (p = 0.29), or child's WHtR (p = 0.83). More weight loss attempts by the mother (p = 0.03) and child's birthplaceAbstract: Objectives: To assess whether maternal diet quality, measured when child was between ages 3 and 5, is associated with child overweight/obesity at ages 3 to 5. Methods: Baseline data from the Endotoxin Obesity and Asthma longitudinal study were used for these analyses. 380 African American and Hispanic mothers of children attending NYC Head Start answered a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) about their own intake and a demographic questionnaire about themselves and child. FFQ data were converted to Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015 total scores (higher scores suggest better diet quality). Anthropometric measurements (weight, height, skinfolds, and waist circumference) were obtained from children. BMI, triceps and subscapular z-scores, and weight-to-height ratio (WHtR) were calculated. Results: Mean HEI total score at baseline was 64.3 ± 8.7 of 100 (considered a "D" grade or poor diet quality), but 69.8 ± 8.6 for Dominican and 60.2 ± 6.5 for Mexican mothers. Children were 50% female, 25% Mexican, 18% Dominican, 19% African American, 15% Puerto Rican and 23% Other. Mean age was 49 months. 52% of children fell below the 85 th percentile for BMI, 20% between 85 th and 95 th, and 28% above the 95 th percentile. Mother's HEI-2015 total score was not associated with child's BMI z-score (p = 0.830), child's triceps z-score (p = 0.77), child's subscapular z-score (p = 0.29), or child's WHtR (p = 0.83). More weight loss attempts by the mother (p = 0.03) and child's birthplace in (vs. outside) the United States (p = 0.01) were associated with higher BMI z-scores. Mexican ethnicity was associated with greater triceps z-scores (p = 0.03). Child's age was positively associated with subscapular z-score (p = 0.02). Child's age (p < 0.001) and Mexican ethnicity (p < 0.001) were associated with greater WHtR. Conclusions: Maternal diet quality was not associated with child adiposity; however, mother's weight loss attempts, child's age and being born in the US, and a child being identified as Mexican were related did. A novel maternal characteristic, number of weight loss attempts, and several child characteristics suggest targets for intervention. Funding Sources: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Current developments in nutrition. Volume 5(2021)Supplement 2
- Journal:
- Current developments in nutrition
- Issue:
- Volume 5(2021)Supplement 2
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- Volume 5, Issue 2 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0005-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 710
- Page End:
- 710
- Publication Date:
- 2021-06-07
- Subjects:
- Nutrition -- Periodicals
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Nutrition
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http://www.oxfordjournals.org/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/cdn/nzab046_007 ↗
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- English
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- 2475-2991
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