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Gender-based eating norms, the family environment and food intake among Costa Rican adolescents.
Monge-Rojas, Rafael; Colón-Ramos, Uriyoán; Chinnock, Anne; Smith-Castro, Vanessa; Reyes-Fernández, Benjamín.
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  • Monge-Rojas R; Nutrition and Health Unit, Costa Rican Institute for Research and Education on Nutrition and Health (INCIENSA), Ministry of Health, Ruta Nacional 409, Calles 8 y 12, Tres Ríos, La Unión, Cartago42250, Costa Rica.
  • Colón-Ramos U; Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
  • Chinnock A; Department of Human Nutrition, Universidad de Costa Rica, Campus Rodrigo Facio, San José, Costa Rica.
  • Smith-Castro V; Psychological Research Institute, Universidad de Costa Rica, Campus Rodrigo Facio, San José, Costa Rica.
  • Reyes-Fernández B; Psychological Research Institute, Universidad de Costa Rica, Campus Rodrigo Facio, San José, Costa Rica.
Public Health Nutr ; 24(15): 4840-4850, 2021 10.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33602372
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between family environment variables (parenting styles, family meal atmosphere), gender-based stereotypes and food intake in Latin American adolescents. DESIGN: Structural equation modelling applied to cross-sectional data, 2017. SETTING: Urban and rural sites of San José, Costa Rica. PARTICIPANTS: n 813; 13-18 years old. RESULTS: Data suggest direct associations between gender-based stereotypes and intake of fruits and vegetables (FV) (ß = 0·20, P < 0·05), unhealthy foods (fast food (FF)) (ß = -0·24, P < 0·01) and ultra-processed foods (ß = -0·15, P < 0·05) among urban girls; intake of legumes among rural girls (ß = 0·16, P < 0·05) and intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) among rural boys (ß = 0·22, P < 0·05). Family meal atmosphere was associated with legume intake (ß = 0·19, P <·05) among rural girls. Authoritative parenting style was associated with FV intake (ß = 0·23, P < 0·05) among urban boys and FF intake (ß = 0·17, P < 0·05) among urban girls. Authoritarian parenting style was associated with FV consumption (ß = 0·19, P < 0·05) among rural boys, and with SSB and FF consumption (ß = 0·21, P < 0·05; ß = 0·14, P < 0·05, respectively) among urban girls. CONCLUSIONS: Findings are the first to describe the complex family environment and gender-based stereotypes within the context of a Latin American country. They emphasise the need for culturally relevant measurements to characterise the sociocultural context in which parent-adolescent dyads socialise and influence food consumption.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Vegetables / Feeding Behavior Type of study: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspects: Determinantes_sociais_saude Limits: Adolescent / Humans Language: En Journal: Public Health Nutr Journal subject: CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO / SAUDE PUBLICA Year: 2021 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Costa Rica Country of publication: United kingdom

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Vegetables / Feeding Behavior Type of study: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspects: Determinantes_sociais_saude Limits: Adolescent / Humans Language: En Journal: Public Health Nutr Journal subject: CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO / SAUDE PUBLICA Year: 2021 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Costa Rica Country of publication: United kingdom