Obesogenic dietary practices of Latino and Asian subgroups of children in California: An analysis of the California Health Interview Survey, 2007-2012

A.D. Guerrero, N.A. Ponce and P.J. Chung

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 8, e105-e112

Abstract: Objectives. We examined obesogenic dietary practices among Latino and Asian subgroups of children living in California. Methods. We analyzed 2007, 2009, and 2011-2012 California Health Interview Survey data to examine the differences in dietary practices among Mexican and non-Mexican Latino children and 7 ethnic subgroups of Asian children. We used multivariable regression to examine the sociodemographic factors associated with specific dietary practices. Results. Latino subgroups of children had few differences in obesogenic dietary practices, whereas Asian subgroups of children exhibited significant differences in several obesogenic dietary practices. Korean and Filipino children were more likely than Chinese children to consume fast food and have low vegetable intake. Filipino children, followed by Japanese children, had the most obesogenic dietary practices compared with Chinese children, who along with South Asian children appeared to have the least obesogenic dietary practices. In general, income, education, and acculturation did not explain the dietary differences among Asian groups. Conclusions. Our findings suggest the need to disaggregate dietary profiles of Asian and Latino children and to consider nontraditional sociodemographic factors for messaging and counseling on healthy dietary practices among Asian populations. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: adverse effects; Asian American; California; child; China; diet; ethnology; female; health survey; human; Japan; male; Mexican American; Overweight; Pediatric Obesity; Philippines; preschool child; South Korea; Southeast Asia; statistics and numerical data, Asia, Southeastern; Asian Americans; California; Child; Child, Preschool; China; Diet; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Japan; Male; Mexican Americans; Overweight; Pediatric Obesity; Philippines; Republic of Korea (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302618

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2015.302618_7

DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302618

Access Statistics for this article

American Journal of Public Health is currently edited by Alfredo Morabia

More articles in American Journal of Public Health from American Public Health Association
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Christopher F Baum ().