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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: The Gendered Experience of Food Choice
3027.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
The Gendered Experience of Food Choice
Men and women, their current role in the family--as bread winners and caregivers--influence what they and their children eat. Five perspectives of how gender and employment status influence family food choice will be presented. These influences are often steeped in cultural backgrounds and social economic status of the parents. New strategies of food procurement and healthy eating emerge as immigrants and families with little time provide meals for their family members.
Learning Objectives: 1. At the completion of this session, participants will be able to describe the roles that both women and men play within the family that influence food selection. 2. At the completion of this session, participants will be able to describe and consider the role of work and income on food procurement, especially among low-income families.
Moderator(s):Patricia M. Risica, DrPH, RD
8:30 AMMaternal employment status: The effect on dietary intake from selected food sources in US children  [ Recorded presentation ]
Sibylle Kranz, PhD, RD, Elizabeth Hill Ruder, RD, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, RD, David K. Guilkey, PhD, Barry Popkin, PhD
8:47 AMWork-family spillover and the food choice strategies of low wage employed parents
Carol M. Devine, PhD, RD, Margaret Jastran, RD, Tracy Farrell, MS, Jennifer Jabs, MS, RD, Carol A. Bisogni, PhD, Elaine Wethington, PhD
9:04 AMConstructions of time and food choices of low-and moderate-income employed mothers
Jennifer Jabs, MS, RD, Carol M. Devine, PhD, RD, Carol A. Bisogni, PhD, Tracy J. Farrell, MS, Margaret Jastran, RD, Elaine Wethington, PhD
9:21 AMUnderstanding the Social Roots of Child Obesity: The Politics of Food and Fatherhood
Leslie D. Kaufman, PhD
9:38 AMNativity and duration of time in the United States: Differences in fruit and vegetable intake among low-income postpartum women  [ Recorded presentation ]
Tamara Dubowitz, MSc, SM, Stephanie A. Smith-Warner, PhD, Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, PhD, S.V. Subramanian, PhD, Karen E. Peterson, ScD, RD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by:APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Nursing; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA