Patricia A. Cluss|Linda J. Ewing|Wendy C. King|Evelyn Cohen Reis|Judith L. Dodd|Barbara C. Penner
Nutrition knowledge of low-income parents of obese children
University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh|Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh|Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
minority lowincome children overrepresented among obese us children lack basic nutrition knowledge among parents may contribute disparity purpose study measure nutrition knowledge parents medicaidinsured obese children using simple lowliteracy tool parents recruited pediatric clinics demonstrated nutrition knowledge placing food stickers cells printed grid food groups displayed columns three nutrition categories displayed rows general parents n 135 748 black 792 income 25000year correctly identified food groups median 905 correct nutritional categories commonly misidentified median 67 correct parents mostly believing foods healthier multivariable linear regression revealed black race p 002 college education p 002 income 15000 p 003 independently predicted misidentification nutritional categories parents understanding foods nutritional value variable black race less education low income associated poorer nutrition knowledge