Dietary patterns are associated with child, maternal and household-level characteristics and overweight/obesity among young Samoan children
Choy CC, Wang D, Baylin A, Soti-Ulberg C, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Thompson AA, Duckham RL, Hawley NL. Dietary patterns are associated with child, maternal and household-level characteristics and overweight/obesity among young Samoan children. Public Health Nutrition 2018, 21: 1243-1254. PMID: 29362013, PMCID: PMC10261427, DOI: 10.1017/s1368980017003913.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVitamin C intakeOverweight/obesityDietary patternsC intakeSugar intakeSocio-economic statusHigher vitamin C intakeLow vitamin C intakeChild overweight/obesityEmpirical dietary patternsHigh sugar intakeLower sugar intakeOverweight/obeseNutritional status indicatorsCross-sectional studyMother-child pairsLow socio-economic statusEarly childhood growthSamoan childrenMaternal educational attainmentLogistic regression modelsHigher socio-economic statusFFQ itemsDistribution of childrenChild health