Sweetened Food Purchases and Indulgent Feeding Are Associated With Increased Toddler Anthropometry
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Objective To explore the role of feeding practices and food purchases in toddler dietary intake and anthropometry.Methods A convenience sample of Latino mother and toddler pairs were interviewed at baseline and at 6-month follow-up. Data on feeding practices, toddler dietary intake, anthropometry, and food purchases were collected using the Toddler-Feeding Questionnaire; 24-hour recalls; measurements of weight, height, and/or length; and food purchase receipts.Results Indulgent feeding scores and high intake of sweetened beverage were associated with a 0.52 increase (P = .03) and 0.46 increase in toddler weight-for-height z-score (P = .05), respectively. Households with 10 percentage points of more sweetened food and beverage expenditures were associated with increases in weight indicator z-scores.Conclusions and implications Indulgent feeding, high intake, and purchase of sweetened beverage are associated with weight gain in Latino toddlers. Programs should target food purchasing decisions and provide concrete guidance for the division of responsibility around feeding.
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High SSB intake, defined as greater than median intake in the study population, among Latino toddlers was associated with a 0.46 unit increase in weight for height z-score at 6-month follow-up.
“high SSB intake (defined as greater than median intake in study population) among Latino toddlers was associated with a 0.46 unit increase in weight for height z-score at 6-month follow-up [37]”
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- Authors
- Chaidez, V., McNiven, S., Vosti, S. A., & Kaiser, L. L.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chaidez, Virginia
- Venue
- Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-07
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 293-298
- ISSN
- 1499-4046 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2098319305
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 3.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Lincoln (University of Nebraska) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States
- Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Keywords
- sweetened beverages, food purchasing, feeding practices, household food expenditure, maternal feeding practices
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anthropometry, Body Height, Body Weight, Carbohydrates, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Eating, Feeding Behavior, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Infant, Mothers, Surveys and Questionnaires, Overweight, Young Adult
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