From: Feeding styles and evening family meals among recent immigrants
Overall population | Prevalence of overweight and obesity | Eating dinner as a family ≥5 times/week | |
---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | |
Child | |||
Age (mean, sd) | 6.2, 2.7 | 6.3, 2.7 | 5.9, 2.7 |
BMI-z (mean, sd) | 0.9, 1.2 | 1.9, 0.7 | 0.8, 1.2 |
Gender | |||
% male | 57.3 | 46.1 | 38.6 |
p value | 0.18 | 0.19 | |
Mother | |||
Ethnic group | |||
Brazilian | 35.9 | 48.2 | 38.4 |
Haitian | 34.6 | 40.3 | 35.9 |
Latino | 29.5 | 47.4 | 50.0 |
p value | 0.36 | 0.06 | |
Education | |||
Less than high school | 31.5 | 41.2 | 42.9 |
High school, trade/technical school | 45.0 | 51.2 | 40.0 |
Some college/college graduate/graduate | 23.5 | 40.5 | 39.3 |
p value | 0.13 | 0.85 | |
Employment status | |||
Employed full time >35 hrs/wk | 24.0 | 48.3 | 33.7 |
Employed part time <35 hrs/wk | 25.1 | 44.1 | 30.1 |
Employed seasonally/Unemployed | 35.3 | 41.2 | 47.3 |
Student/Homemaker | 15.6 | 53.5 | 53.5 |
p value | 0.42 | <0.01 | |
Number of current jobs | |||
0 | 26.2 | 35.5 | 52.6 |
1 | 69.0 | 46.3 | 35.3 |
2 | 4.5 | 46.2 | 7.7 |
p value | 0.27 | <0.01 | |
Marital status | |||
Never married | 58.2 | 44.8 | 39.3 |
Married | 21.3 | 41.3 | 37.5 |
Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 20.5 | 50.7 | 45.5 |
p value | 0.49 | 0.55 | |
Number of children in the household <18 | |||
1 | 34.2 | 46.0 | 39.5 |
2 | 43.0 | 50.0 | 39.7 |
≥3 | 22.9 | 39.8 | 39.7 |
p value | 0.32 | 0.99 | |
Length of time in U.S. | |||
<5 years | 29.7 | 38.2 | 39.1 |
≥5 years | 70.4 | 49.0 | 41.4 |
p value | 0.06 | 0.68 | |
Child’s place of birth | |||
U.S. born | 43.2 | 45.6 | 42.9 |
Foreign born | 56.7 | 46.2 | 38.1 |
p value | 0.91 | 0.36 | |
Maternal obesity (BMI cutoffs) | |||
<30 | 62.5 | 38.0 | 39.7 |
≥30 | 37.5 | 59.2 | 44.0 |
p value | <0.001 | 0.41 | |
How often does your child eat dinner in a room with the TV turned on? | |||
A lot/sometimes | 58.1 | 45.8 | 33.0 |
Rarely/never | 41.9 | 45.8 | 53.6 |
p value | 0.99 | <0.0001 | |
Feeding style | |||
High Demandingness/High responsiveness | 15.6 | 40.7 | 52.5 |
High Demandingness/Low responsiveness | 32.5 | 39.0 | 39.0 |
Low Demandingness/High responsiveness | 34.0 | 55.8 | 38.8 |
Low Demandingness/Low responsiveness | 17.9 | 44.1 | 36.8 |
p value | 0.04 | 0.24 |