Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, Nutritional Knowledge and Beliefs in Mothers and Children

Gibson, E.L.; Wardle, Jane; Watts, C.D.

doi:10.1006/appe.1998.0180

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“…In a recent American study eating habits of the family food preparer (FFP) predicted the eating habits of their family members: children's fruit and vegetable consumption was influenced by the FFP's own consumption and shared meals with the FFP (Hannon et al, 2003). Furthermore, a positive correlation has been shown between mother's and children's fruit and vegetable consumption (Gibson et al, 1998;Fisher et al, 2002;Longbottom et al, 2002). Our results suggest a correlation between parental and children's consumption.…”

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Longitudinal trends in consumption of vegetables and fruit in Finnish children in an atherosclerosis prevention study (STRIP)

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Objective: To assess prospectively the consumption of fruit and vegetables and its' correlation to the parental consumption in boys and girls taking part in an atherosclerosis prevention study (Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project for Children (STRIP) study). Hypothesis: Nutrition counselling focused on cardiovascular health effects vegetable and fruit consumption. Design: A prospective, randomised, clinical trial. Subjects: Children were recruited to the STRIP study between 1989 and 1992. At the age of 7 months, children were randomised to the intervention (n ¼ 540) or the control group (n ¼ 522) and were followed up until the age of 11 years. Intervention: Families in the intervention group have, since randomisation, received biannual individualised dietary counselling aimed at reduction of cardiovascular risk factors, especially saturated fat intake. Food records were used to assess fruit and vegetable consumption of children and parents. Results: The percentage of total energy intake provided by fruit and vegetables decreased when the children grew older (P for age o0.001). The 1-to 10-year-old intervention boys consumed more vegetables (mean difference 3.18 g/day; CI 1.48-4.86; Po0.001) and fruit (mean difference 10.1 g/day; CI 5.28-14.94; Po0.001) than did the control. Mother's consumption correlated with the consumption of their daughters and sons, whereas father's consumption correlated only with the consumption of their sons. Conclusions: Finnish children taking part in the atherosclerosis prevention study had a remarkably low fruit and vegetable consumption, which furthermore decreased with age. The children's consumption correlated with the parental consumption, except between boys and mothers. A slight intervention effect was present only among boys.

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“…separate factors influence their consumption by children (Gibson et al, 1998). Among English children aged 8-11 years, acceptability and recognition of fruits was better than acceptability and recognition of vegetables (Edwards and Hartwell, 2002).…”

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“…In a French study, children aged 9-11 years reported that parents were their main source of nutrition information, followed by school teachers, television and doctors (17) . Gibson et al (5) reported that 9-10-year-old children's knowledge of the fat and sugar content of food and total nutrition knowledge were positively associated with mothers' knowledge. In the current study with younger children, parents with better nutrition knowledge and who placed greater importance on teaching their children about healthy foods were more likely to have children with better nutrition knowledge.…”

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“…Parents' attitudes are likely to impact how much information they provide to their children about food and nutrition, and how important they feel it is to discuss these topics with their children, thereby influencing children's nutrition knowledge. Gibson et al (5) showed that mother's concern for disease prevention and attitude to fruit and vegetable consumption were significant predictors of fruit and vegetable intake, indicating that parents' attitudes can also influence children's food intake. This may be problematic for health professionals, as it may be easier to improve knowledge through education programmes than to modify attitudes.…”

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“…The home food environment is determined by many factors including food availability, feeding rules, parent role modelling, discussion about food and parents' food preparation skills (2)(3)(4) . When forming the home food environment parents are likely to be influenced by their own attitudes and nutrition knowledge, and therefore these two factors can be important for children's nutrition knowledge, food preferences and eating habits (5) .…”

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Parental nutrition knowledge and attitudes as predictors of 5–6-year-old children's healthy food knowledge

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Petkov

et al. 2011

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Young children's knowledge about healthy food may influence the formation of their eating behaviours, and parents have a major influence on the development of children's knowledge in the early years. Design: We investigated the extent to which parental nutrition knowledge and attitudes around food predicted young children's knowledge of healthy foods, controlling for other influences such as socio-economic status (SES) and parent education levels in a cross-sectional research design. Children were given a healthy food knowledge activity and parents completed questionnaires. Setting: Twenty primary schools in Adelaide, Australia, stratified by SES. Subjects: We recruited 192 children aged 5-6 years and their parents. Results: Structural equation modelling showed that parent nutrition knowledge predicted children's nutrition knowledge (r 5 0?30, P , 0?001) independently of attitudes, SES and education level. Conclusions: Nutrition education for parents, targeted at low-SES areas at higher risk for obesity, may contribute to the development of healthy food knowledge in young children.

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2016

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Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, Nutritional Knowledge and Beliefs in Mothers and Children

Cited by 501 publications

References 37 publications

Longitudinal trends in consumption of vegetables and fruit in Finnish children in an atherosclerosis prevention study (STRIP)

Longitudinal trends in consumption of vegetables and fruit in Finnish children in an atherosclerosis prevention study (STRIP)

Parental nutrition knowledge and attitudes as predictors of 5–6-year-old children's healthy food knowledge

Control of Weight: How Do We Get Fat?

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