Family Influences: Mothers' and Daughters' Use of Multivitamin Mineral Supplements.

Girls' multivitamin mineral (MVM) use was evaluated among a white middle-class sample (n = 192 mother-daughter pairs). Daughters' MVM use was predicted by mothers' use by mothers' beliefs attitudes practices regarding her own eating child feeding practices. Mothers who gave daughters supplements reported greater monitoring of daughters' intake were more likely to pressure daughters to eat. MVM user diets did not differ from nonusers with the exception that nonusers consumed more fats sweets. Patterns of intake revealed food group servings below recommended levels for both groups whereas vitamin mineral intakes exceeded the RDA. This pattern reflects girls' high levels of consumption of fortified foods.