Eliana M. Perrin|Russell L. Rothman|Lee Sanders|Asheley Cockrell Skinner|Svetlana K. Eden|Ayumi Shintani|Elizabeth M. Throop|H. Shonna Yin
Racial and Ethnic Differences Associated With Feeding- and Activity-Related Behaviors in Infants
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|Stanford University|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Valley City State University|New York University
objective examine parental reports feeding activity behaviors cohort parents 2montholds differ raceethnicity methods parents participating greenlight cluster randomized trial obesity prevention 4 health centers queried enrollment feeding activity behaviors thought increase obesity risk unadjusted associations raceethnicity outcomes interest performed using pearson 2 kruskalwallis tests adjusted analyses performed using proportional odds logistic regressions results eight hundred sixtythree parents 50 hispanic 27 black 18 white 86 medicaid enrolled exclusive formula feeding twice common 45 exclusive breastfeeding 19 12 already introduced solid food 43 put infants bed bottles 23 propped bottles 20 always fed infant cried 38 always tried get children finish milk 90 exposed television mean 346 minutesday 50 reported active television watching mean 25 minutesday 66 meet tummy time recommendations compared white parents black parents likely put children bed bottle adjusted odds ratio aor 197 p amplt 004 bottle propping aor 31 p amplt 001 report television watching aor 16 p 034 hispanic parents likely white parents encourage children finish feeding aor 19 p 007 bottle propping aor 25 p 009 report less tummy time aor 06 p 037 conclusions behaviors thought relate later obesity highly prevalent large diverse sample varied raceethnicity suggesting importance early culturallyadapted interventions