Nutrition knowledge of low-income parents of obese children

被引:26
作者
Cluss, Patricia A. [1 ]
Ewing, Linda [1 ,2 ,3 ]
King, Wendy C. [4 ]
Reis, Evelyn Cohen [5 ,6 ,7 ]
Dodd, Judith L. [8 ]
Penner, Barbara [9 ]
机构
[1] Univ Pittsburgh, Western Psychiat Inst & Clin, Dept Psychiat, Sch Med, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
[2] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Psychol, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
[3] Univ Pittsburgh, Childrens Hosp Pittsburgh UPMC, Dept Pediat, Sch Med, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 USA
[4] Univ Pittsburgh, Grad Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA
[5] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Pediat, Sch Med, Gen Acad Pediat, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
[6] Univ Pittsburgh, Clin & Translat Sci Inst, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
[7] CTSI Pediat PittNet, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
[8] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Sports Med & Nutr, Div Clin Dietet & Nutr, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
[9] UPMC, Western Psychiat Inst & Clin, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
Pediatric obesity; Nutrition knowledge; Assessment; Health disparity;
D O I
10.1007/s13142-013-0203-6
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Minority and low-income children are overrepresented among obese US children. Lack of basic nutrition knowledge among parents may contribute to this disparity. The purpose of this study is to measure nutrition knowledge of parents of Medicaid-insured obese children using a simple low-literacy tool. Parents, recruited from pediatric clinics, demonstrated their nutrition knowledge by placing food stickers into cells on a printed grid with food groups displayed in columns and three nutrition categories displayed in rows. In general, parents (n=135; 74.8 % black; 79.2 % income of <=$25,000/year) correctly identified food groups (median=90.5 % correct). Nutritional categories were more commonly misidentified (median=67 % correct), with parents mostly believing foods were healthier than they were. Multivariable linear regression revealed black race (p=0.02), no college education (p=0.02) and income of <$ 15,000 (p=0.03) independently predicted misidentification of nutritional categories. Parents' understanding of food's nutritional value is variable. Black race, less education, and very low income are associated with poorer nutrition knowledge.
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页码:218 / 225
页数:8
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