Relationships between the Frequency of Family Meals, Overweight, Dietary Intake and TV Viewing Behaviors among White, Hispanic, and Black Maryland Adolescent Girls

dc.contributor.advisorSaksvig, Brit Ien_US
dc.contributor.authorSiddiqui, Sheena Fatimaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEpidemiology and Biostatisticsen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-29T05:41:28Z
dc.date.available2013-06-29T05:41:28Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: Examine relationships between frequency of family meals (FFM) and overweight, dietary intake (DI) and TV viewing behaviors, and examine relationships by race/ethnicity among adolescent girls. Methods: Secondary analysis of TAAG 2 data was conducted. Participants categorized in two groups based on overweight status. Personal data, DI and TV viewing behaviors were collected. Multivariate logistic regression used to estimate parameters. Results: No association between FFM and overweight or between FFM and overweight by race/ethnicity; significant associations found in the relationships between FFM and specific DI and TV viewing behaviors; and effect modification plays role in the relationship between FFM and weekly breakfast intake only. Conclusion: Findings suggest that additional research is needed to establish if FFM has an effect on overweight, families who have ≥three FM may promote positive DI behaviors and watch less TV, and more studies exploring the racial/ethnic differences in FFM and DI behaviors relationship are needed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/14182
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEpidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledadolescent girlsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledadolescent overweighten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddietary intakeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledfrequency of family mealsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledrace/ethnicityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTV viewingen_US
dc.titleRelationships between the Frequency of Family Meals, Overweight, Dietary Intake and TV Viewing Behaviors among White, Hispanic, and Black Maryland Adolescent Girlsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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