Understanding Weight Talk in Racially/Ethnically Diverse Homes: A Qualitative Analysis With Parents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore weight talk in the homes of racially/ethnically diverse immigrant/refugee children and their families.

Design

Qualitative interviews were conducted with parents of young children.

Setting

Twin Cities, Minnesota.

Participants

Parents from 150 families (25 families each from White, Black, Latino, Hmong, Native American, and Somali households) were recruited from primary care clinics. Eligibility criteria included: participating parent lived with a child aged 5-7 years, shared a meal with this child at least daily, and had another child living in the home.

Main outcome measures

Weight talk (ie, weight-related conversations, teasing), intergenerational transmission of weight talk.

Analysis

Qualitative content analysis using Nvivo

SUBMITTER: Trofholz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10591964 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature