Journal article
Children's Daily Fruit and Vegetable Intake: Associations with Maternal Intake and Child Weight Status
Journal of nutrition education and behavior, v 43(5), pp 396-400
01 Sep 2011
PMID: 21764642
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate associations between children's and their mothers' fruit and vegetable (FV) intake and children's FV intake and weight status.
Methods: Mothers (n = 39) residing in Philadelphia, PA completed a subsection of the Diet History Questionnaire assessing their FV intake. Mothers also completed this questionnaire to estimate FV intake among their 5-or 6-year-old children (n = 39). Children's height and weight were measured. Pearson correlation, Student t tests, and binary logistic regression analyses were performed.
Results: A significant positive mother-child association was found for FV intake (P < .001). Overweight/obese children consumed fewer FVs than normal-weight children (P = .02).
Conclusions and Implications: Efforts to promote FV consumption in mothers may help children achieve the recommended intake of FVs. Higher intakes of FVs in turn may help with child weight management.
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- Title
- Children's Daily Fruit and Vegetable Intake: Associations with Maternal Intake and Child Weight Status
- Creators
- Paige Miller - NCI, Canc Prevent Fellowship Program, Bethesda, MD 20892 USARenee H. MooreTanja V. E. Kral - College Station Medical Center
- Publication Details
- Journal of nutrition education and behavior, v 43(5), pp 396-400
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 5
- Grant note
- The Obesity Society
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000300178000015
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-80052546739
- Other Identifier
- 991021448157504721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Education, Scientific Disciplines
- Nutrition & Dietetics