The Association of the Parent-Child Language Acculturation Gap with Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk in Hispanic/Latino Youth: Results from the Hispanic Community Children's Health Study/Study of Latino Youth (SOL Youth).
Madison N LeCroyGarrett M StrizichLinda C GalloKrista P PerreiraGuadalupe X AyalaMercedes R CarnethonAlan M DelamaterJeffrey S GonzalezElva M ArredondoElizabeth R PulgaronCarmen R IsasiPublished in: Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2021)
Discordance in Hispanic/Latino parent-child dyads' English use may relate to increased risk for childhood obesity. Future studies should identify mediators of this association.