Factors within the family environment such as parents’ dietary habits and fruit and vegetable availability have the greatest influence on fruit and vegetable consumption by Polish children

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Author	Wolnicka, Katarzyna Taraszewska, Anna Małgorzata Jaczewska-Schuetz, Joanna Jarosz, Mirosław
Copyright Year	2015
Description	Objective: To identify determinants of fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption among school-aged children.Design: A survey study was conducted in October 2010. The questionnaire contained questions concerning social and demographic data, lifestyle and dietary habits, particularly the frequency of F&V consumption, availability of F&V and knowledge about recommended amounts of F&V intake.Setting: Polish primary schools.Subjects: Children (n1255) aged 9 years from randomly selected primary schools and their parents.Results: The children’s consumption of fruit and of vegetables was influenced by the fruit consumption and vegetable consumption of their parents (r=0·333 andr=0·273, respectively;P=0·001), parents encouraging their children to eat F&V (r=0·259 andr=0·271,respectively;P=0·001), giving children F&V to take to school (r=0·338 andr=0·321,respectively;P=0·001) and the availability of F&V at home (r=0·200 andr=0·296, respectively;P=0·001). Parental education influenced only the frequency of fruit consumption (r=0·074;P=0·01). A correlation between parents’ knowledge of the recommended intakes and the frequency of vegetable and fruit consumption by children was noticed (r=0·258 andr=0·192, respectively,P=0·001).Conclusions: Factors within the family environment such as parents’ dietary habits and F&V availability had the greatest influence on the F&V consumption by children. Educational activities aimed at parents are crucial to increase the consumption of F&V among children.
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Ending Page	2711
Page Count	7
Starting Page	2705
ISSN	13689800
e-ISSN	14752727
DOI	10.1017/s1368980015000695
Journal	Public Health Nutrition
Issue Number	15
Volume Number	18
Language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publisher Date	2015-10-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Public Health Nutrition Obstetrics and Gynecology Vegetable Consumption Fruit Consumption Children Nutrition Determinants of Consumption
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nutrition and Dietetics Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health