title: Correlates of fruit and vegetable consumption among 11-year-old Belgian-Flemish and Dutch schoolchildren.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine factors associated with the consumption of fruit and vegetables among 11-year-old schoolchildren in Belgium-Flanders and the Netherlands.
  
  
  METHODS
  In total, 2468 school children from 98 randomly selected schools participated in a cross-sectional survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Frequency of fruit and vegetable intake and potential personal, social and environmental correlates were measured by means of self-administered, school-based, written questionnaires.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted to assess potential correlates of schoolchildren's fruit and vegetable consumption. Separate analyses were conducted for boys and girls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Bringing fruit to school, modeling behavior of parents and friends, parents demanding that their child eat fruit, knowledge about recommended intake levels, liking fruit, and self-efficacy to eat fruit were the strongest correlates of fruit intake. For vegetables, gender, parental demand, parents facilitating the consumption of vegetables by cutting them for their child, modeling behavior of parents and friends, and preferences for vegetables emerged as strongest correlates. No substantial differences in significant correlates were found according to gender. The percentage of explained variance was 33.7% for fruit and 28.4% for vegetable intake.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions need to be focused on personal (taste preferences), social (parental influences), and environmental factors (availability).
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands. m.wind@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wind
authors.forename: Ilse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Bourdeaudhuij
authors.forename: Saskia J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: te Velde
authors.forename: Camilla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sandvik
authors.forename: Pernille
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Due
authors.forename: Knut-Inge
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Klepp
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brug
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D002648:Child; D053198:Child Nutrition Sciences / Q000193:education*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014675:Vegetables