Food choices: concordance in Australian children aged 11–12 years and their parents

Objectives Snack foods—typically high in salt, sugar, fat and/or energy—are likely important to the obesity epidemic. In the context of a population-based health assessment involving parent–child dyads at child age 11–12 years, we report cross-generational concordance in intake at a controlled snack food observation. Design Cross-sectional study (Child Health CheckPoint), nested within the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Setting...