USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Academic General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Curr Nutr Rep. 2018 Jun;7(2):29-38. doi: 10.1007/s13668-018-0225-2.
There is a growing evidence of the important role that fathers play in influencing their children's eating and other weight-related behaviors. Latino children are at high risk for obesity and associated medical conditions. Engaging Latino fathers is a potentially important and unique way to help promote healthy lifestyles for Latino children, but doing so requires a culturally sensitive understanding both of fathers' current role and the family perceptions of this role.
Here, we review recent data and argue that there are subtle but important differences between the qualitative and quantitative research conducted regarding the role Latino fathers may play in promoting healthy eating and physical activity for their children. We suggest how to synthesize these findings and also present qualitative results for ways to best engage Latino fathers in research studies with a focus on physical activity. Results from the review support that Latino fathers are important potential targets for child obesity prevention, but our findings stress the importance of considering cultural values when trying to recruit, engage and retain Latino fathers for such research.
目的综述：越来越多的证据表明，父亲在影响孩子的饮食和其他与体重相关的行为方面发挥着重要作用。拉丁裔儿童肥胖和相关疾病的风险很高。让拉丁裔父亲参与其中是一种潜在的重要且独特的方式，可以帮助促进拉丁裔儿童的健康生活方式，但这需要对父亲当前的角色以及家庭对这一角色的看法有一个文化敏感的理解。
最新发现：在这里，我们回顾了最近的数据，并认为在定性和定量研究中，关于拉丁裔父亲在促进孩子健康饮食和身体活动方面可能发挥的作用，存在微妙但重要的差异。我们提出了如何综合这些发现，并展示了定性结果，介绍了如何以身体活动为重点，最好地让拉丁裔父亲参与研究。综述结果支持拉丁裔父亲是儿童肥胖预防的重要潜在目标，但我们的研究结果强调，在招募、参与和留住拉丁裔父亲参与此类研究时，考虑文化价值观的重要性。
