TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the relationships between acculturation, food insecurity, and food parenting practices among socioeconomically/racially diverse parents
AU - Bidopia, Tatyana
AU - Fertig, Angie
AU - Burke, Natasha L.
AU - Loth, Katie A.
AU - Trofholz, Amanda C
AU - Berge, Jerica M
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2024/5/1
Y1 - 2024/5/1
N2 - Research suggests that acculturation and food insecurity are factors that are separately associated with the use of specific food parenting practices among United States (US) families. Certain food parenting practices, such as coercive control and unstructured food parenting practices, are related to negative health consequences in children, such as disordered eating behaviors. The current study aimed to explore associations between acculturation strategies and food parenting practices in a sample of 577 Latinx, Hmong, Somali/Ethiopian, and Multiracial families. A secondary objective was to understand whether food security status significantly modified the relationships between acculturation strategies and food parenting practices. Results showed that acculturation strategies were significantly related to food parenting practices, and patterns in these relationships differed across race and ethnicity. Further, food security status significantly modified the relationship between acculturation strategies and food parenting practices for Latinx, Hmong, and Somali/Ethiopian families, but not for Multiracial families. These results point to the complex relationships among acculturation strategies, food security status, and food parenting practices in immigrant populations in the US. Longitudinal studies exploring the temporal relationships between acculturation strategies, food security status, and food parenting practices would help tease apart how food parenting practices may evolve upon migrating to the US.
AB - Research suggests that acculturation and food insecurity are factors that are separately associated with the use of specific food parenting practices among United States (US) families. Certain food parenting practices, such as coercive control and unstructured food parenting practices, are related to negative health consequences in children, such as disordered eating behaviors. The current study aimed to explore associations between acculturation strategies and food parenting practices in a sample of 577 Latinx, Hmong, Somali/Ethiopian, and Multiracial families. A secondary objective was to understand whether food security status significantly modified the relationships between acculturation strategies and food parenting practices. Results showed that acculturation strategies were significantly related to food parenting practices, and patterns in these relationships differed across race and ethnicity. Further, food security status significantly modified the relationship between acculturation strategies and food parenting practices for Latinx, Hmong, and Somali/Ethiopian families, but not for Multiracial families. These results point to the complex relationships among acculturation strategies, food security status, and food parenting practices in immigrant populations in the US. Longitudinal studies exploring the temporal relationships between acculturation strategies, food security status, and food parenting practices would help tease apart how food parenting practices may evolve upon migrating to the US.
KW - Acculturation
KW - Food insecurity
KW - Food parenting practices
KW - Migrants/refugees
KW - Race/ethnicity
KW - Socioeconomic status
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U2 - 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107292
DO - 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107292
M3 - Article
C2 - 38447643
AN - SCOPUS:85187315863
SN - 0195-6663
VL - 196
JO - Appetite
JF - Appetite
M1 - 107292
ER -