ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Nutr.
Sec. Nutrition and Sustainable Diets
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1552240
Family environment and frequency of consumption of each type of vegetable in children from 6 to 12 years old
Provisionally accepted
- Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Daily consumption of vegetables, in recommended quantities, reports health benefits. Its intake during the first years of life plays an essential role in the development of healthier eating habits. As a contribution in the area of children's eating behavior towards vegetables, the purpose of the study was to explore the frequency of consumption along with certain parental factors in the family environment of children between 6 and 12 years old. Factors such as nutritional knowledge (NK), frequency of vegetable consumption (FVC), interest in vegetable consumption, personal appreciation upon vegetable consumption and the appreciation of the health benefits that its consumption provides. The parental factors that were studied presented a positive correlation for some of the vegetables studied. Therefore, the necessity to study them individually and not in groups is evident. The NK influenced the consumption of some of the vegetables studied. Despite being aware of the health benefits associated with its intake, parents who had lower levels of NK were shown to have lower FVCs and to be more eager in increasing their consumption. Therefore, increasing the parents' FVC is required in order to improve their children's FVC.
Keywords: Parental influence1, eating behavior2, Children3, vegetables4, frequency of consumption5
Received: 15 Jan 2025; Accepted: 24 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: Laura Raggio, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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