Targeting family functioning, acculturative stress, and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption for obesity prevention: findings from the Hispanic community children's health study/study of Latino youth

doi:10.1186/s12889-020-09658-6

. 2020 Oct 14;20(1):1546.

doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09658-6.

Targeting family functioning, acculturative stress, and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption for obesity prevention: findings from the Hispanic community children's health study/study of Latino youth

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. rf453@cornell.edu.
² Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁴ School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
⁶ Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
⁸ Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁹ Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 33054741
PMCID: PMC7559747
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09658-6

Targeting family functioning, acculturative stress, and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption for obesity prevention: findings from the Hispanic community children's health study/study of Latino youth

Roger Figueroa et al. BMC Public Health. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 14;20(1):1546.

doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09658-6.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. rf453@cornell.edu.
² Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁴ School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
⁶ Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
⁸ Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁹ Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 33054741
PMCID: PMC7559747
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09658-6

Abstract

Background: Maintaining a bond with one's family as well coping with stress while acculturating to the US may protect Hispanic/Latino youth from increased sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) consumption, which heightens the risk for overweight and obesity. This study aims to examine associations between acculturative stress, family functioning, and SSB consumption by acculturation status among U.S. Hispanic/Latino youth.

Methods: With cross-sectional data on 1465 youth 8-16y (49.6% females) participating in the Hispanic Community Children's Health Study/Study of Latino Youth, we classified youths into four acculturation groups - assimilated, integrated, marginalized/separated, and unclassified. SSB consumption was assessed through two 24-h diet recalls and defined as intake frequency of soda, fruit juice, sweetened soft and fruit drinks. Multi-group path regression models were used to test associations of Hispanic/Latino youth' acculturative stress and family functioning with SSB consumption, as well as the moderating role of acculturation status.

Results: When controlling for age, sex, and study site, acculturative stress (β = - 0.13, p = 0.01) was inversely associated with SSB, and poor family functioning (β = 0.11, p = 0.07) was only marginally associated with SSB consumption among youth classified as assimilated but not among youth classified as integrated, marginalized/separated, or unclassified.

Conclusions: A socio-ecological perspective that incorporates the role of key acculturation-related factors across multiple levels may aid efforts to identify mechanisms that influence the relationship between acculturation status and diet among Hispanic/Latino youth and their families.

Keywords: Acculturation; Adolescence; Family functioning; Hispanic/Latino; Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) consumption.

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[1] Hu FB. Resolved: there is sufficient scientific evidence that decreasing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption will reduce the prevalence of obesity and obesity-related diseases. Obes Rev. 2013;14(8):606–619. doi: 10.1111/obr.12040. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[6] Malik VS, Pan A, Willett WC, Hu FB. Sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain in children and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013;98(4):1084–1102. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.058362. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[9] Singh GM, Micha R, Khatibzadeh S, Lim S, Ezzati M, Mozaffarian D. Estimated Global, Regional, and National Disease Burdens Related to Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in 2010. Circulation. 2015;114:010636. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Singh GM, Micha R, Khatibzadeh S, Lim S, Ezzati M, Mozaffarian D. Estimated Global, Regional, and National Disease Burdens Related to Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in 2010. Circulation. 2015;114:010636. - PMC - PubMed

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