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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism Volume 2012, Article ID 242875, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2012/242875 Research Article Diet, Physical Activity, Weight Status, and Culture in a Sample of Children from the Developing World Pamela S. Gaskin,1 Pamela Lai,2 Devon Guy,2 JaDon Knight,1 Maria Jackson,3 and Anders L. Nielsen1 1 Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Martindale’s Road, St. Michael, Cave Hill, Barbados 2 School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Montred, QC, Canada H3A 0G4 3 Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica Correspondence should be addressed to Pamela S. Gaskin, pamela.gaskin@ Received 4 June 2012; Revised 14 September 2012; Accepted 17 September 2012 ´ Academic Editor: Dominique Bougle Copyright © 2012 Pamela S. Gaskin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective. Barbados, a small developing state at the end of the nutrition transition, faces an obesity epidemic. Although there is hope of stemming the epidemic in childhood, no descriptions of children’s dietary and physical activity (PA) patterns are available for planning purposes. We describe the food and activity preferences and adult encouragement of active and sedentary behaviors for children 9–11 years in relation to weight status and the cultural context. Design. We used data from a pilot study preceding a large-scale ongoing study on the local drivers of the obesity epidemic among preadolescent children. PA, sedentary activity,