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JOURNAL OF HUNGER & ENVIRONMENTAL NUTRITION
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 147-157Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/19320240902915250
Keywords
food security; Latino; child feeding practices
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- Jastro-Shields Graduate Research Fund
- Body Weight and Health Workgroup
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To determine whether food insecurity influences child feeding practices, a structured interview was conducted in a convenience sample of 87 low-income Latino and non-Latino white mothers of preschoolers in California. Current food insecurity, occurring in 34% of the families, was not associated with any child feeding practice. Greater past food insecurity was associated with less monitoring of sweets and snack foods (r = -0.27, P < 0.05). In a multiple regression model including past food insecurity, current household income, and mother's education, only the influence of mother's education remained marginally related to monitoring of sweets and snacks (beta = + 0.08, SE = 0.04, F-value = 4.4, P < 0.01, Adj R-2 = 0.10).
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