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How Minority Parents Could Help Children Develop Healthy Eating Behaviors: Parent and Child Perspectives.
Chishinga Callender1, Denisse Velazquez1, Meheret Adera1
1USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Nutrients
|December 23, 2020
Summary
Parents can help prevent childhood obesity by modeling healthy eating and ensuring food availability. Understanding parent and child views is key for culturally relevant strategies in under-resourced communities.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Nutrition
- Public Health
- Health Disparities
Background:
- Minority and low-income children face higher risks of obesity and diet-related disparities.
- Parental influence on the home environment is critical for child obesity prevention.
- Effective, culturally relevant strategies are needed for under-resourced communities.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore Black/African American and Hispanic parent and child perspectives on parental strategies for promoting healthy food choices.
- To identify facilitators and barriers to healthy eating from the parental viewpoint.
- To understand children's perspectives on parental support for healthy eating.
Main Methods:
- Secondary analysis of qualitative data from a mixed-methods study.
- Eighteen parent-child dyads from under-resourced Houston communities participated.
- Hybrid thematic analysis of interview transcripts and descriptive statistics.
Main Results:
- Mothers identified modeling, availability, and teaching as facilitators, and lack of time, cost, and knowledge as barriers.
- Children emphasized environmental support (availability, home cooking) and personal support (choice, encouragement).
- Most children found healthy eating easy and rated their habits favorably.
Conclusions:
- Understanding parent-child dyads' perspectives is vital for developing effective, culturally and economically relevant interventions.
- Tailoring strategies to address identified barriers and leverage facilitators can improve child nutrition.
- Addressing health disparities in childhood obesity requires community-specific insights.
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