OBJECTIVE: Young children's knowledge about healthy food may influence the formation of their eating behaviours, and parents have a major influence on the development of children's knowledge in the early years. DESIGN: We investigated the extent to which parental nutrition knowledge and attitudes around food predicted young children's knowledge of healthy foods, controlling for other influences such as socio-economic status (SES) and parent education levels in a cross-sectional research design. Children were given a healthy food knowledge activity and parents completed questionnaires. SETTING: Twenty primary schools in Adelaide, Australia, stratified by SES. SUBJECTS: We recruited 192 children aged 5-6 years and their parents. RESULTS: Structural equation modelling showed that parent nutrition knowledge predicted children's nutrition knowledge (r = 0·30, P < 0·001) independently of attitudes, SES and education level. CONCLUSIONS: Nutrition education for parents, targeted at low-SES areas at higher risk for obesity, may contribute to the development of healthy food knowledge in young children.
OBJECTIVE: Young children's knowledge about healthy food may influence the formation of their eating behaviours, and parents have a major influence on the development of children's knowledge in the early years. DESIGN: We investigated the extent to which parental nutrition knowledge and attitudes around food predicted young children's knowledge of healthy foods, controlling for other influences such as socio-economic status (SES) and parent education levels in a cross-sectional research design. Children were given a healthy food knowledge activity and parents completed questionnaires. SETTING: Twenty primary schools in Adelaide, Australia, stratified by SES. SUBJECTS: We recruited 192 children aged 5-6 years and their parents. RESULTS: Structural equation modelling showed that parent nutrition knowledge predicted children's nutrition knowledge (r = 0·30, P < 0·001) independently of attitudes, SES and education level. CONCLUSIONS: Nutrition education for parents, targeted at low-SES areas at higher risk for obesity, may contribute to the development of healthy food knowledge in young children.
Authors: G Santos-Beneit; M Sotos-Prieto; P Bodega; C Rodríguez; X Orrit; N Pérez-Escoda; R Bisquerra; V Fuster; J L Peñalvo Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2015-09-16 Impact factor: 3.295
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