Effects of Latino children on their mothers' dietary intake and dietary behaviors: The role of children's acculturation and the mother-child acculturation gap.

•We modeled associations between children's acculturation and Latina mothers' diet.•Mothers of assimilated versus bicultural children had a low diet quality.•Culturally traditional mothers of assimilated children had the lowest quality diet.•Future work should consider the role of children and culture on adult Latinas' diet.