title: Children's daily fruit and vegetable intake: associations with maternal intake and child weight status.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate associations between children's and their mothers' fruit and vegetable (FV) intake and children's FV intake and weight status.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mothers (n = 39) residing in Philadelphia, PA completed a subsection of the Diet History Questionnaire assessing their FV intake. Mothers also completed this questionnaire to estimate FV intake among their 5- or 6-year-old children (n = 39). Children's height and weight were measured. Pearson correlation, Student t tests, and binary logistic regression analyses were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A significant positive mother-child association was found for FV intake (P < .001). Overweight/obese children consumed fewer FVs than normal-weight children (P = .02).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Efforts to promote FV consumption in mothers may help children achieve the recommended intake of FVs. Higher intakes of FVs in turn may help with child weight management.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Paige
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Reneé H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Tanja V E
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Kral
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004435:Eating; D005518:Food Preferences; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009765:Obesity; D015143:Philadelphia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014675:Vegetables