Availability, accessibility, and preferences for fruit, 100% fruit juice, and vegetables influence children's dietary behavior.

The relationships among home fruit (F), 100% fruitjuice (J), and vegetable (V) availability and accessibility separately, as reported by 225 fourth- through sixth-grade children and their parents (n = 88), separately, and FJV preferences to child-reported FJV consumption were assessed. For girls, child-reported FJV availability and accessibility accounted for 35% of the variability in FJV consumption. Child-reported availability and parent-reported accessibility were significantly correlated with child FJV consumption in a combined model.

Influences on diet and physical activity among middle-class African American 8- to 10-year-old girls at risk of becoming obese.

Objective: To understand diet, physical activity, and inactivity influences among preadolescent African American girls at risk of becoming obese.

Design: Interviews and group qualitative discussions (i.e.

5 a day Achievement Badge for African-American Boy Scouts: pilot outcome results.

Background: Boy Scouts are an important channel to complement school-based programs to enable boys to eat more fruit, 100% juice, and vegetables (FJV) for chronic disease prevention. The "5 a Day Achievement Badge" program was presented on a pilot study basis to African-American Boy Scout troops in Houston.

Methods: Troops were the unit of recruitment and random assignment to treatment and control groups.

Ethnic differences in social correlates of diet.

Little is known about whether culture influences social correlates of dietary behaviors. Questionnaires on parent- and child-reported family and peer influences on children's fruit, juice and vegetable consumption were analyzed for ethnic group differences in responses. Grade 4-6 students completed the questionnaires in the classroom and their parents completed telephone or in-home interviews.