Miguel Ángel Aguilar-Jurado, Pedro Gil-Madrona, Juan Francisco Ortega-Dato, David Zamorano-García
Effects of an Educational Glass Recycling Program against Environmental Pollution in Spain
International journal of environmental research and public health
examine association feeding practices fruit vegetable intakes preschoolers crosssectional data collected 2009 2010 child care centers enrolled cohort synergistic theory research obesity nutrition group kids program three hundred sixteen motherchild dyads recruited baseline survey primary caregivers children aged 25 years ten aspects maternal feeding practices measured using comprehensive feeding practices questionnaire frequency childrens fruit vegetable consumption estimated mothers spearmans rank order correlation linear regression analysis parental feeding practices fruit vegetable consumption adjusted potential confounders pearsons correlation coefficients among 10 parental feeding practices calculated children study consumed fruit 17 09 times per day vegetables 14 08 times per day feeding practices building healthy home food environment involvement positively related restriction health negatively related childrens vegetable consumption p 001 moreover encouraging balance variety monitoring positively related childrens fruit consumption p 001 results study suggest fruit vegetable intakes preschool children likely increase parents employ feeding practices encourage child autonomy competence relatedness