Growth patterns of first-generation Southeast Asian Americans from birth to 5 years of age.

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare patterns of growth (height, weight, occipitofrontal circumference) of Hmong, Lao, and white children conceived and born in the United States.

Methods: The study design involved a retrospective review of longitudinal cohorts from clinic records. Participants included 146 white, 112 Hmong, and 49 Lao children on whom data were collected from birth to 5 years of age.

Indications of early obesity in low-income Hmong children.

Objective: To determine if there is evidence of obesity in low-income Hmong children.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Women, Infants, and Children clinics in Minneapolis, Minn.

Videotape dietary assessment: validity, reliability, and comparison of results with 24-hour dietary recalls from elderly women in a retirement home.

The validity and reliability of a videotape method for quantifying food intake were tested, and results of the method were compared with results obtained from 24-hour dietary recalls. Participants were 37 elderly Catholic nuns (aged 81.8 +/- 4.