Fill "half your child's plate with fruits and vegetables": Correlations with food-related practices and the home food environment.

ABSTRACT: This study examined the prevalence of parental report of children's adherence to USDA's MyPlate guidelines of 'half of plate filled with fruits and vegetables (FV)' and associations with child and parent/guardian report of food-related practices and the home food environment. Data for this study represent the baseline assessment (n = 160 parent-child dyads) of the Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME) Plus study, a randomized controlled trial to prevent excess weight gain among 8-12 year-old children. Multiple logistic regression models examined associations between a newly created 'half plate FV' variable 'During the past seven days how many times was half of your child's plate filled with fruits and vegetables at dinner?" and personal and home food environmental fact

SUBMITTER: Arcan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6944192 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature