Parental influences on young girls' fruit and vegetable, micronutrient, and fat intakes.

By J. Fisher, D. Mitchell, H. Smiciklas‐Wright, L. Birch. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2002

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Creating healthy food and eating environments: policy and environmental approaches. (2008, background): “Parental fruit and vegetable intake has been associated with fruit and vegetable intake among youth (18, 27, 44) and may be the strongest predictor of fruit and vegetable consumption among young children (18).”
Parents are key players in the prevention and treatment of weight-related problems. (2004, background): “found that parents who consumed more fruits and vegetables had daughters who consumed more fruits and vegetables.(66) Some studies suggested children resemble their parents in food preferences and even in food neophobia.”
A Review of Family and Social Determinants of Children’s Eating Patterns and Diet Quality (2005, background): “Children’s intake of fruit and vegetables was positively related to parents’ intake of fruit and vegetables [39–40], and parents’ modeling of healthful dietary behaviors was associated with low-fat eating patterns and lower dietary fat intake [41].”
A systematic review of environmental correlates of obesity-related dietary behaviors in youth. (2006, background): “Twenty-nine studies (37 samples) had children as the study population [16–44], and 27 (40 samples) included adolescents [45–71].”