Samen eten het beste*
Uit een Britse studie onder bijna 2.400 Londense kinderen en hun ouders blijkt dat het met heel de familie samen eten leidt tot het duidelijk meer eten van
groente en fruit door kinderen. Gemiddeld aten de kinderen bijna 300 gram groenten en fruit per dag. Doch zij die altijd samen met hun ouders aten bleken wel 125 gram meer te eten dan zij die nooit samen aten, en 88 gram meer dan zij die af en toe samen aten. Als groenten en fruit ook nog in kleinere stukjes gesneden was bleken de kinderen nog eens 44 gram per dag extra te eten.
Family meals can help children reach their 5 A Day: a cross-sectional survey of children's dietary intake from London primary schools
1. Meaghan S Christian, 2. Charlotte E L Evans, 3. Neil Hancock, 4. Camilla
Nykjaer, 5. Janet E Cade + Author Affiliations
1. Nutritional Epidemiology Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
1. Correspondence to Meaghan S Christian, Nutritional Epidemiology Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK;
m.s.christian@leeds.ac.uk
Abstract
Background This study aims to explore how the home food environment and parental attitudes and values affect children's fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake.
Methods The sample consists of 2383 children with a mean age of 8.3 years (95% CI 8.2 to 8.3) attending 52 primary schools in London. These children are taking part in two randomised controlled trials to evaluate a school gardening programme. Diet was assessed using a validated 24-h food tick list, the Child And Diet Evaluation Tool (CADET).
Results The CADET tool found that children consumed on average 293 g F&V (95% CI 287 to 303) per day. Clustered (by school) multilevel regression models with total F&V as the primary outcome were conducted to explore how the home environment affects children's F&V intake. Children of families who reported ‘always’ eating a family meal together at a table had 125 g (95% CI 92 to 157; p=<0.001) more F&V than families who never ate a meal together. Daily consumption of F&V by parents was associated with higher F&V (88 g, 95% CI 37 to 138) intake in children compared with rarely/never consumption of F&V by parents. Cutting up fruit and vegetables for children was associated with higher consumption. Families who reported always cutting up F&V for their children had 44 g (95% CI 18 to 71) more F&V than families who never cut up F&V.
Conclusions This study identified that cutting up F&V and family consumption of F&V facilitates children's intake. Eating a family meal together regularly could increase children's F&V intake and help them achieve the recommended intake.
Trial registration ISRCTN11396528.
J Epidemiol Community Health doi:10.1136/jech-2012-201604 (December 2012)
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