2018
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
2017
Child, maternal and household-level correlates of nutritional status: a cross-sectional study among young Samoan children
Choy CC, Desai MM, Park JJ, Frame EA, Thompson AA, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Duckham RL, Deziel NC, Hawley NL. Child, maternal and household-level correlates of nutritional status: a cross-sectional study among young Samoan children. Public Health Nutrition 2017, 20: 1235-1247. PMID: 28162141, PMCID: PMC10261405, DOI: 10.1017/s1368980016003499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverweight/obesityCross-sectional community-based surveyNutritional statusOdds of anemiaOverweight/obeseCross-sectional studyPrevalence of stuntingCommunity-based surveyCondition-specific interventionsMother-child pairsNutritional status outcomesEarly childhood growthHigher family socio-economic statusAnemic mothersObese childrenSugar intakeSamoan childrenChildhood growthStatus outcomesSocio-economic statusDual burdenAge groupsAnemiaHealth programsGrowth standards