“…Few studies have examined the potential of parental influence on adolescents' health‐promoting behaviors, although there is a substantial literature on parental influences on children's nutrition (e.g., Clark, Goyder, Bissell, Blank, & Peters, 2007). Existing research on families with adolescents has explored general health preventive practices (Young et al, 2001) and specific practices such as good food/nutrition choices (Bourdeaudhuij & Oost, 1998) and sun protection (Young, Logan, Lovato, Moffat, & Shoveller, 2005). These studies demonstrate that primary influences on adolescent choices include both the observation of, and communication with, a parent and that parents have a growing influence on their children's preventive health behaviors during the teenage years (Lau, Quadrel, & Hartman, 1990).…”