Predictors of Calcium Intake at Dinner Meals of Ethnically Diverse Mother–Child Dyads from Families with Limited Incomes

• Published in: Journal of the American Dietetic Association Vol. 109; no. 10; pp. 1744 - 1750
• Main Authors: Hoerr, Sharon L., PhD, RD, Nicklas, Theresa A., PhD, Franklin, Frank, MD, Liu, Yan, MS
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Maryland Heights, MO Elsevier Inc 01.10.2009; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adequate Intakes; Adult; African Americans; African Americans - statistics & numerical data; Animals; beverages; Beverages - analysis; Beverages - statistics & numerical data; Biological and medical sciences; Body Mass Index; Bone Density Conservation Agents - administration & dosage; Calcium; Calcium, Dietary - administration & dosage; Cheese; child care centers; Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology; Child, Preschool; children; cross-sectional studies; Dairy Products - analysis; Dairy Products - statistics & numerical data; data collection; Diet Surveys; dietary minerals; dietary nutrient sources; Dietetics; dinner; Educational Status; European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; families; Feeding Behavior - ethnology; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; food intake; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Head Start Center; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Internal Medicine; Low income groups; low income households; Male; Marital Status; Maternal & child health; Middle Aged; Milk; Mother-Child Relations; mothers; Multiculturalism & pluralism; nationalities and ethnic groups; nutrient intake; Poverty; Predictive Value of Tests; preschool children; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Whites; Young Adult; Alabama; Texas; Consumption; Calcium; Family study; Prediction; Meal; Family environment; Metabolic diseases; Limit; Mother child relation; Inorganic element

Abstract Diets adequate in calcium and other key nutrients early in life are critical for optimal growth. This study's objective was to determine associations between beverage and dairy food intakes of mothers and their young children and food/beverage contributions to calcium at dinner meals f...