Latino fathers’ feeding-related parenting strategies on children’s eating

ABSTRACT

This study examined father and child sociodemographic characteristics in relation to fathers’ feeding-related parenting strategies and whether their parenting strategies were associated with children’s reported fruit and vegetable (FV), weekly fast-food, and daily sugar-sweetened beverage intake among 81 Latino father-child pairs. Father’s employment status, acculturation, number of children in the home, and child’s age and weight status were associated with the use of different parenting strategies. More control was associated with less FV intake, but more reinforcement was associated with more FV intake by children. Fathers play a role in their children’s diet and should be considered in future interventions.

KEYWORDS:

• Fast food
• fathers
• fruits and vegetables
• Hispanic/Latino
• parenting strategies
• sugar-sweetened beverages

Funding

This research was funded by the American Cancer Society (Grant G00007105) awarded to Dr. Guadalupe X. Ayala. American Cancer Society had no role in the design, analysis, or writing of this article.

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Funding

This research was funded by the American Cancer Society (Grant G00007105) awarded to Dr. Guadalupe X. Ayala. American Cancer Society had no role in the design, analysis, or writing of this article.