Correlates of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among 11-Year-Old Belgian-Flemish and Dutch Schoolchildren

Wind, Marianne; Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse De; Velde, Saskia te; Ki, Klepp; Brug, Johannes; Erasmus, Marisa A.

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2006.02.011

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“…It is also possible that attitudes, social support, self-efficacy, barriers and benefits vary across different eating behaviours and that the behaviour specific measurements resulted in the larger amount of variance explained. In line with our finding in adolescents, Wind et al (2006) also found that a large amount of the variance (34%) in fruit intake was explained by a comprehensive model of demographic, psychosocial and environmental factors in Belgian and Dutch elementary school children.…”

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The contribution of psychosocial and home environmental factors in explaining eating behaviours in adolescents

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Objective: The present study aimed at investigating the influence of food availability, rules and television viewing habits on eating behaviours in adolescents. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Four randomly selected middle schools. Subjects: A sample of 534 seventh and eighth graders. Interventions: Validated questionnaires were used to measure the family environment and fat, soft drink and fruit consumption. Hierarchical regression analyses on fat, soft drink and fruit consumption, with demographic and psychosocial variables entered as the first and environmental factors as the second block were conducted in boys and girls. Results: Boys with more unhealthy products available at home consumed more fat (Pp0.001, 95% CI: 8.2-29.4) and more soft drinks (Pp0.01, 95% CI: 0.2-1.4). Boys who reported better television viewing habits ate more fruit (Pp0.001, 95% CI: À1.7 to À0.5). Girls who reported better television viewing habits consumed less fat (Pp0.01, 95% CI: 1.4-9.0) and more fruit (Pp0.05, 95% CI: À1.0 to À0.1). Girls who reported higher availability of healthy products at home (Pp0.05, 95% CI: 0.3-3.1) and more food rules (Pp0.001, 95% CI: À1.8 to À0.5), consumed more fruit. Environmental factors were poor predictors of soft drink consumption among girls. Conclusion: Availability of (un)healthy food products, family food rules and TV viewing habits were related to one or more eating behaviours in boys or girls. Although home environmental factors can play an important role in influencing adolescents' eating behaviours, these factors were generally less predictive than demographic and psychosocial variables.

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“…from earlier studies conducted in these countries (4,29,37) . Children in the Nordic countries more often reported that their daily intake of vegetables included salads, grated vegetables or raw vegetables, whereas a higher proportion of Dutch children reported a daily intake of cooked vegetables.…”

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Role of free school lunch in the associations between family-environmental factors and children's fruit and vegetable intake in four European countries

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Roos

Brug

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Objective: To determine whether an association exists between different clusters of fruit-and vegetable-specific family-environmental factors and children's daily fruit and vegetable intake, and whether these associations differ between countries with different school lunch policies. Design: Cross-sectional data from four European countries participating in the Pro Greens project in 2009. These countries have different school food policies: two serve free school lunches and two do not. Self-administered data were used. Food frequency questions served to assess fruit and vegetable intakes. The study assessed sixteen children-perceived family-environmental factors, which were clustered based on principal component analysis into five sum variables: fruit and vegetable encouragement; vegetable modelling, family routine and demand; fruit modelling; fruit and vegetable snacking practices; and fruit and vegetable allowing. Setting: Schools in Finland, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands. Subjects: Schoolchildren aged 11 years (n 3317). Results: Multilevel logistic regression analyses revealed positive associations between nearly all clustered family-environmental factors and daily fruit and vegetable intake. The study tested a moderation effect between family-environmental factors and school lunch policy. In five out of twenty models significant interactions occurred. In the stratified analyses, most of the associations between family-environmental factors and raw and cooked vegetable intake were stronger in Germany and the Netherlands, neither of which provided free school lunches. Conclusions: Children reporting more fruit-and vegetable-promoting familyenvironmental factors had a more frequent intake of fruits and vegetables; the associations were stronger for vegetable intakes in countries providing no free school lunches, suggesting that parental involvement is crucial when schools offer no vegetables.

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“…In the literature, negative correlations are often found between pressure and intake, although Wind et al (20) found a positive correlation as well between parental demand ( , pressure) and children's vegetable intake. Presumably, the impact of a particular strategy on children's intake depends on the product in question.…”

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“…Pressuring a child to eat and offering rewards using instrumental eating ('If you eat your spinach, you will get a dessert') also decrease children's intake or preferences (9,13,15,16) . However, the consequences of these strategies appear to be less straightforward, since pressure and reward may have positive effects under appropriate circumstances (17)(18)(19)(20) . Offering unfamiliar foods with a familiar topping or providing the child with taste information can increase children's willingness to taste (21,22) .…”

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Parental child-feeding strategies in relation to Dutch children’s fruit and vegetable intake

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Koelen

Kok

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Objective: To identify parental child-feeding strategies that may increase children's fruit or vegetable intake, since the relationship between these strategies and children's intake has never been investigated for fruit and vegetables as two separate food groups. Design: A survey study, where parents provided information about their practices in relation to feeding their children and about their own and their children's fruit and vegetable intake. Children completed a preference questionnaire about fruit and vegetables. To find underlying parental child-feeding strategies, factor analysis was applied to parents' practices in relation to fruit and vegetables separately. Regression analysis was used to predict the effect of these strategies on children's fruit and vegetable intake. The impact of the strategies was further analysed by estimating children's intake based on the frequency of use of specific strategies. Setting: The study was conducted at three primary schools in The Netherlands. Subjects: A total of 259 children between 4 and 12 years old and their parents (n 242). Results: Parents used different strategies for fruit as compared with vegetables. The vegetable-eating context was more negative than the fruit-eating context. Parental intake and presenting the children with choice were positive predictors of children's intake of both fruit and vegetables. The intake difference based on frequency of use of the strategy 'Choice' was 40 g/d for vegetables and 72 g/d for fruit (P , 0?001). Conclusions: Future interventions should focus on presenting children with choice during fruit-and vegetable-eating situations, since this is a powerful strategy to stimulate children's fruit and vegetable intake.

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Correlates of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among 11-Year-Old Belgian-Flemish and Dutch Schoolchildren

Cited by 106 publications

References 41 publications

The contribution of psychosocial and home environmental factors in explaining eating behaviours in adolescents

The contribution of psychosocial and home environmental factors in explaining eating behaviours in adolescents

Role of free school lunch in the associations between family-environmental factors and children's fruit and vegetable intake in four European countries

Parental child-feeding strategies in relation to Dutch children’s fruit and vegetable intake

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