Marital Conflict and Healthy Dietary Habits Among Preschoolers: A Study of the Experience of Coupled Women in Urban Mexico.

In Mexico social dynamics are changing toward less traditional arrangements. With a qualitative interview study, we explore the link between marital conflict and mothers' ability to foster healthy dietary habits. Sample consisted of 21 middle-class cohabitating mothers of preschoolers.

Reliability of a frequency method for assessing vegetable intake using photos among college students: a smart phone approach.

Objective: To measure the interrater reliability of assessing the frequency of vegetable intake using mobile photos and descriptions.

Design: Repeated measures design.

Setting: A Midwestern university.

Mexican Parents' Beliefs About Drinking Plain Water in Front of Their Preschoolers.

Because children learn habits from observing their parents, we assessed the top-of-the-mind beliefs held by parents about "drinking plain water in front of their preschool child during lunch one day this coming weekend." We recruited a convenience sample of 34 Mexican parents from daycares in Guadalajara and conducted a content analysis. Main advantage identified was getting healthier, followed by being a good example for the child.