Objective: To examine which factors act as mediators between parental educational level and children's fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake in ten European countries. Design: Cross-sectional data were collected in ten European countries participating in the PRO GREENS project (2009). Schoolchildren completed a validated FFQ about their daily F&V intake and filled in a questionnaire about availability of F&V at home, parental facilitation of F&V intake, knowledge of recommendations about F&V intake, self-efficacy to eat F&V and liking for F&V. Parental educational level was determined from a questionnaire given to parents. The associations were examined with multilevel mediation analyses.

Objective: Family meals have been negatively associated with overweight in children, while television (TV) viewing during meals has been associated with a poorer diet.

Ponudba zdravih in uravnoteženih obrokov v šolah, poleg izobraževanja in ozaveščanja otrok o pomenu zdrave prehrane, predstavlja pomemben javnozdravstveni ukrep. Prispevek prikazuje opis sistema organizirane šolske prehrane v Sloveniji ter primerjavo s trinajstimi državami v Evropi. Slovenija sodi med države s preko sedemdeset letno tradicijo šolske prehrane. Področje je urejeno z zakonodajo, vzgojno-izobraževalni zavodi pa imajo zagotovljene človeške, finančne in prostorske vire, ki omogočajo načrtovanje, pripravo in razdeljevanje šolskih obrokov. Ureditev in pristopi zagotavljanja obrokov v času pouka se v Evropi razlikuje od države do države in so odvisni od različnih dejavnikov. Večina držav ima decentralizirano ureditev, kjer se odgovornost za zagotavljanje šolske prehrane prenese na ustanovitelja (lokalno skupnost) in vzgojno-izobraževalni zavod. Slovenija sodi med države, ki ima poleg celovite organiziranosti ukrepa šolske prehrane in subvencioniranja obrokov zakonodajno urejeno tudi strokovno spremljanje s svetovanjem, ki ga sistematično in usklajeno izvaja Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje.