Table 1.

Participant Characteristics (N=40)

Age of participating mothers and their children:
Mean mother age in years (SD) a	32.1 (5.5)
Mean child age in years (SD)	3.6 (.5)
Nativity:
Born outside the U.S. (%)	97.5
Mean number of years lived in the U.S. among foreign-born mothers (SD)	11.8 (5.0)
Acculturation (%):
Strong Mexican orientation	82.5
Strong Anglo orientation	5.0
Weak Mexican and Anglo orientation	2.5
Strong Mexican and Anglo orientation	10.0
Married or living with a partner (%)	82.5
Educational status (%):
Less than high school	40.0
High school diploma or GED	50.0
Some college or college graduate	10.0
Child beverage intake (%):
Soda: 1 or more times per week	75.0
Diet soda: 1 or more times per week	0
Fruit juice: More than 1 time per day	37.5
Flavored drinks: 1 or more times per week	65.0
White milk: More than 2 times per day	20.0
Flavored milk: 1 or more times per week	52.5
Atole made with water: 1 or more times per week	2.5
Atole made with milk: 1 or more times per week	15.0
Water: 1 or more times per day	85.0
Child exposure to television time:
Mean number of hours of television watched on weekdays (SD)	4.2 (1.2)
Mean number of hours of television watched on weekend days (SD)	3.9 (1.8)

^aSD = standard deviation