Table 1.
Caregiver and child socio-demographics, children's fat consumption and parental influences (n = 541)
| n (%) | Mean ± SD | |
|---|---|---|
| Caregiver demographics | ||
| Age (y) | 37.6 ± 6.5 | |
| Female | 506 (93.5) | |
| Monthly income | ||
| $0–$2000 | 115 (22.7) | |
| $2001–$3500 | 106 (20.9) | |
| $3501–$5000 | 101 (20.0) | |
| $5001 or more | 184 (36.4) | |
| Education | ||
| Middle school or less | 80 (14.8) | |
| High school | 83 (15.3) | |
| Some college, not graduate | 145 (26.8) | |
| College graduate | 133 (24.6) | |
| Post graduate work | 100 (18.5) | |
| Latino ethnicity | 222 (41.0) | |
| Child Demographics | ||
| Age (y) | 6.7 ± 0.7 | |
| Female | 298 (55.1) | |
| Latino ethnicity | 249 (46.0) | |
| Mean fat consumption1 | 20.4 ± 7.0 | |
| Range: 4.0–54.0 | ||
| Parenting influences | ||
| Parent mediated dietary behaviors2 | ||
| Eating dinner together (3.5x week vs ≤ 1.5x week) | 100 (18.5) | |
| Eating dinner together (6x week vs ≤ 1.5x week) | 394 (72.8) | |
| TV on during snacks/meals (weekly) | 2.3 ± 1.8 | |
| Weekly eating away from home: family and friends | 76 (14.0) | |
| Weekly eating away from home: fast food restaurants | 214 (39.6) | |
| Weekly eating away from home: sit down restaurants | 164 (30.3) | |
| Total screen time (minutes per day) | 108 ± 86.2 | |
| Parent modeling of food rules3 | 5.2 ± 1.7 | |
| RREM4 | 4.7 ± 1.8 | |
| Parent support of healthy eating5 | 5.2 ± 1.5 | |
1
Fat consumption score refers to the sum score of the fatty foods consumed by children.
2
Parent mediated behaviors refer to the behaviors listed here that parents facilitate for their children.
3
Parent modeling of rules refers to the food rules that parents have for themselves (possible range from 0–7).
4
RREM refers to the food rules that parents have at home for their children (possible range from 0–7).
5
Parent support refers to behaviors which parents use to encourage healthy eating behaviors or discourage unhealthy eating behaviors (possible range from 0–7).