BACKGROUND Involvement of Latino fathers in food and activity parenting practices has implications for child obesity prevention yet remains largely unknown. OBJECTIVE To explore Latino fathers' perspectives and parenting experiences regarding early adolescents' eating, physical activity, and screen-time behaviors using the focus group method. DESIGN Twenty-six fathers (primarily Mexican-American men) of 10- to 14-year-old children participated in one of four focus groups between March and October 2016. Focus groups were conducted in Spanish by male moderators. PARTICIPANTS/SETTINGS A convenience sample was recruited from three community centers and one charter school in Minneapolis/St Paul, MN. ANALYSIS Audiotaped focus groups were transcribed verbatim in Spanish and translated to English; transcripts were coded and analyzed for themes based on the grounded theory approach. RESULTS Three themes emerged including 1) paternal beliefs and concerns about early adolescents' diet, physical activity, and screen time; 2) paternal food and activity parenting practices; and 3) factors that may influence paternal involvement in promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors. Father-reported food and activity parenting practices included setting expectations and limits, role modeling, managing availability and accessibility, teaching and reasoning, monitoring, motivating, and doing things together. Factors influencing paternal involvement were identified at intrapersonal, interpersonal, and social-environmental levels, which included paternal dietary and activity behaviors, self-efficacy, time and financial constraints, parental congruency, child resistance, perceived gender role, and environmental challenges. CONCLUSIONS Fathers identified eight major food and activity parenting practices they use to promote a healthy lifestyle for their adolescent children and factors that influence their involvement. Health care professionals can use this information to provide culturally appropriate and specific interventions for Latino American fathers of young adolescents.

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拉丁裔父亲对青少年早期儿童饮食、体育活动和屏幕时间行为的看法和育儿做法：焦点小组调查结果

背景拉丁裔父亲在食物和活动养育实践中的参与对儿童肥胖症的预防具有影响，但在很大程度上仍然未知。目的 使用焦点小组方法探讨拉丁裔父亲对青少年早期饮食、身体活动和屏幕时间行为的看法和养育经验。设计 26 位 10 至 14 岁儿童的父亲（主要是墨西哥裔美国男性）在 2016 年 3 月至 10 月期间参加了四个焦点小组之一。焦点小组由男性主持人用西班牙语进行。参与者/环境 从明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯/圣保罗的三个社区中心和一所特许学校招募了便利样本。分析 录音的焦点小组被逐字转录成西班牙语并翻译成英语；根据扎根理论方法对转录本进行编码和分析。结果 出现了三个主题，包括：1) 父亲对青少年早期饮食、身体活动和屏幕时间的看法和担忧；2) 父亲的食物和活动育儿做法；3) 可能影响父亲参与促进健康生活方式行为的因素。父亲报告的食物和活动养育实践包括设定期望和限制、角色建模、管理可用性和可访问性、教学和推理、监控、激励和一起做事。在个人内部、人际交往和社会环境层面确定了影响父亲参与的因素，其中包括父亲的饮食和活动行为、自我效能、时间和财务限制、父母的一致性、儿童抵抗、感知的性别角色和环境挑战。结论 父亲们确定了他们用来促进青春期孩子健康生活方式的八种主要的食物和活动养育方式，以及影响他们参与的因素。卫生保健专业人员可以使用这些信息为拉丁美洲青少年的父亲提供文化上适当的和具体的干预措施。