Racial and ethnic disparities in children's diets are prevalent. Little is known about how fathers' food parenting practices may contribute to these disparities. We examined racial and ethnic variations in food parenting practices and their associations with 2–6‐year‐old children's diets in a cross‐sectional sample of U.S. fathers surveyed in 2021–2023 (N = 1015; 16% Asian, 9% Black, 6% Hispanic, 70% White; Mage = 37 years) using path analysis. Fathers' food parenting practices were significantly associated with children's diets, yet little evidence emerged that fathers' food parenting practices explained racial and ethnic disparities in children's diets. These findings suggest the potential importance of structural constraints on healthy eating (e.g., access to healthy food) among minoritized children beyond fathers' food parenting practices.

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父亲的食物育儿实践和儿童饮食中的种族和民族差异

儿童饮食中的种族和民族差异普遍存在。关于父亲的食物育儿习惯如何导致这些差异，我们知之甚少。我们在 2021-2023 年接受调查的美国父亲横断面样本中研究了食物育儿实践的种族和民族差异及其与 2-6 岁儿童饮食的关联（N = 1015;16% 亚裔，9% 黑人，6% 西班牙裔，70% 白人;Mage = 37 岁）使用路径分析。父亲的食物育儿做法与儿童的饮食显著相关，但几乎没有证据表明父亲的食物育儿做法解释了儿童饮食中的种族和民族差异。这些发现表明，除了父亲的食物育儿实践之外，结构性限制对少数族裔儿童健康饮食（例如，获得健康食品）的潜在重要性。