Engaging Latino Fathers in Children’s Eating and Other Obesity-Related Behaviors: a Review
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- 9 May 2018
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Current Nutrition Reports
- Vol. 7 (2) , 29-38
Abstract
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.Keywords
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