PMID- 31581699 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200303 LR - 20200303 IS - 2072-6643 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6643 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 10 DP - 2019 Oct 2 TI - A Cross-Sectional Study on the Relationship between the Family Nutrition Climate and Children's Nutrition Behavior. LID - 10.3390/nu11102344 [doi] LID - 2344 AB - BACKGROUND: Parents influence their children's nutrition behavior. The relationship between parental influences and children's nutrition behavior is often studied with a focus on the dyadic interaction between the parent and the child. However, parents and children are part of a broader system: the family. We investigated the relationship between the family nutrition climate (FNC), a family-level concept, and children's nutrition behavior. METHODS: Parents of primary school-aged children (N = 229) filled in the validated family nutrition climate (FNC) scale. This scale measures the families' view on the consumption of healthy nutrition, consisting of four different concepts: value, communication, cohesion, and consensus. Parents also reported their children's nutrition behavior (i.e., fruit, vegetable, water, candy, savory snack, and soda consumption). Multivariate linear regression analyses, correcting for potential confounders, were used to assess the relationship between the FNC scale (FNC-Total; model 1) and the different FNC subscales (model 2) and the child's nutrition behavior. RESULTS: FNC-Total was positively related to fruit and vegetable intake and negatively related to soda consumption. FNC-value was a significant predictor of vegetable (positive) and candy intake (negative), and FNC-communication was a significant predictor of soda consumption (negative). FNC-communication, FNC-cohesion, and FNC-consensus were significant predictors (positive, positive, and negative, respectively) of water consumption. CONCLUSIONS: The FNC is related to children's nutrition behavior and especially to the consumption of healthy nutrition. These results imply the importance of taking the family-level influence into account when studying the influence of parents on children's nutrition behavior. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Dutch Trial Register NTR6716 (registration date 27 June 2017, retrospectively registered), METC163027, NL58554.068.16, Fonds NutsOhra project number 101.253. FAU - Verjans-Janssen, Sacha AU - Verjans-Janssen S AD - Department of Health Promotion, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, 6229 HA Maastricht, The Netherlands. s.verjans@maastrichtuniversity.nl. FAU - Van Kann, Dave AU - Van Kann D AD - Department of Health Promotion, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, 6229 HA Maastricht, The Netherlands. d.vankann@fontys.nl. AD - School of Sport Studies, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, 5644 HZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands. d.vankann@fontys.nl. FAU - Kremers, Stef AU - Kremers S AD - Department of Health Promotion, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, 6229 HA Maastricht, The Netherlands. s.kremers@maastrichtuniversity.nl. FAU - Vos, Steven AU - Vos S AD - School of Sport Studies, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, 5644 HZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands. steven.vos@fontys.nl. AD - Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands. steven.vos@fontys.nl. FAU - Jansen, Maria AU - Jansen M AD - Academic Collaborative Center for Public Health, Public Health Service South-Limburg, 6400 AA Heerlen, The Netherlands. maria.jansen@ggdzl.nl. AD - Department of Health Services Research, Maastricht University, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, 6229 GT Maastricht, The Netherlands. maria.jansen@ggdzl.nl. FAU - Gerards, Sanne AU - Gerards S AD - Department of Health Promotion, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, 6229 HA Maastricht, The Netherlands. sanne.gerards@maastrichtuniversity.nl. LA - eng GR - 101.253/Fonds NutsOhra/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191002 PL - Switzerland TA - Nutrients JT - Nutrients JID - 101521595 SB - IM MH - Age Factors MH - Child MH - *Child Behavior MH - Communication MH - Consensus MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - *Diet, Healthy MH - Energy Intake MH - *Feeding Behavior MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Nutritive Value MH - *Parent-Child Relations MH - Parents/*psychology MH - Recommended Dietary Allowances PMC - PMC6836050 OTO - NOTNLM OT - children OT - family OT - health OT - nutrition OT - parents COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/10/05 06:00 MHDA- 2020/03/04 06:00 PMCR- 2019/10/01 CRDT- 2019/10/05 06:00 PHST- 2019/08/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/09/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/10/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/10/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/03/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nu11102344 [pii] AID - nutrients-11-02344 [pii] AID - 10.3390/nu11102344 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nutrients. 2019 Oct 2;11(10):2344. doi: 10.3390/nu11102344.