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ArticleBMC public health2026

Associations among familism, maternal parenting, and weight-related behaviors in Mexican American adolescents: a cross-sectional structural equation modeling study.

Kay W Kim, Deborah Wiebe, Katherine R Kogut, Kim G Harley, Nina T Holland, Brenda Eskenazi, Julianna Deardorff

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Kay W KimDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA, 95343, USA. wkim32@ucmerced.edu.
Deborah WiebeDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA, 95343, USA.
Katherine R KogutSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Kim G HarleySchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Nina T HollandSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Brenda EskenaziSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Julianna DeardorffSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.

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CHAMACOS age 14 year data collection and curation was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). R01 DA035300, R01 ES021369, U24ES028529-06
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backgroundMexican American adolescents in the U.S. face disproportionately high rates of obesity. Familism, a core Mexican cultural value emphasizing family closeness, and parenting processes such as communication and monitoring are associated with adolescents’ weight-related behaviors such as diet, physical activity, sleep, screen time and weight outcomes.

methodsParticipants were 439 mother-adolescent dyads (47.2% boys) from the CHAMACOS cohort, a longitudinal study of Mexican-origin families in California’s Salinas Valley. Data were collected at the 14-year study visit. Adolescents reported on familism, maternal communication and monitoring, and their own weight-related behaviors. Anthropometric data were collected to calculate BMI percentiles. Structural equation modeling was used to test hypothesized relationships among variables and examine gender differences.

resultsFamilism was positively associated with maternal communication and monitoring, as well as with adolescent physical activity and sleep, and negatively with screen time. Mother-youth communication was related to longer sleep duration, while maternal monitoring was not significantly related to any weight-related behaviors. Fruit and vegetable intake and sleep were negatively associated with weight status. Gender differences were observed: for girls, mother-daughter communication was linked to longer sleep duration, and for boys, familism was related to higher physical activity.

conclusionsThe results highlight significant associations between cultural values, maternal parenting, and healthy weight-related behaviors among Latino adolescents. These findings emphasize that incorporating gender-sensitive cultural and family dynamics may enhance the design of obesity prevention strategies for this population.

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Adolescent BehaviorMexican AmericansMother-Child RelationsParentingAdolescentBody WeightCaliforniaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansLatent Class AnalysisLongitudinal StudiesMaleAdolescentCommunicationDietFamilismMonitoringObesity preventionPhysical activityScreen timeSleepWeight

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PMCPMC13137479

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