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Association Between Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Mothers and Children in Low-Income, Urban Neighborhoods

Marie-Pierre Sylvestre, MSc

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, marie-pierre.sylvestre{at}mail.mcgill.ca

Jennifer O'Loughlin, PhD

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Katherine Gray-Donald, PhD

School of Dietetics & Human Nutrition, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

James Hanley, PhD

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Gilles Paradis, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

To understand factors influencing fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption in children, the authors studied the association between F&V consumption in mothers and children in a sample of 1,106 boys and girls in Grades 4-6 in 24 elementary schools in low-income, multiethnic neighborhoods in Montreal, Canada. Approximately 10% of girls and 19% of boys reported not having eaten any vegetables in the week prior to questionnaire administration; 53% of girls and 63% of boys did not consume whole fruits daily. Each unit increase in F&V consumption in mothers was associated with a 10% to 20% increase in F&V consumption in children. Interventions to improve F&V consumption should aim to improve awareness among parents of the importance of fruits and vegetables and of the impact of their own behavior on their children's F&V consumption.

Key Words: children • nutrition • fruits and vegetables consumption • multiethnic population

This version was published on October 1, 2007

Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 34, No. 5, 723-734 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106290758
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