Resemblance in dietary intakes between urban low-income African-American adolescents and their mothers: the healthy eating and active lifestyles from school to home for kids study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the association and predictors of dietary intake resemblance between urban low-income African-American adolescents and their mothers.

Methods

Detailed dietary data collected from 121 child-parent pairs in Chicago during fall 2003 were used. The association was assessed using correlation coefficients, kappa, and percentage of agreement, as well as logistic regression models.

Results

Overall, the association was weak as indicated by correlations and other measures. None of the mother-son correlations for nutrients and food groups were greater than 0.20. Mother-daughter pairs had stronger correlations (0.26 for energy and 0.30 for fat). The association was stronger in normal-weight mothers than in mothers with overweight or obesity. Logistic models

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2643250 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature