%0 Journal Article
%T Parental Encouragement of Healthy Lifestyles for Their Children and Personally Caring about Healthy Lifestyles Is Positively Associated with Children Using Vitamin D Supplements
%A Erin L. Faught
%A Lalani L. Munasinghe
%A Noreen D. Willows
%A Paul J. Veugelers
%A Yan Yuan
%J Archive of "Nutrients".
%D 2016
%R 10.3390/nu8100596
%X Supplement users have better vitamin D status, and parenting is key to promoting a child¡¯s healthy behaviours. We examined the association of parental encouragement of and caring about healthy lifestyles with children¡¯s use of vitamin D supplements and multivitamins. A provincially representative sample of grade 5 students (n = 2686; 10¨C11 years) and their parents across the province of Alberta, Canada, was surveyed in 2014. Students were asked about use of multivitamins and/or vitamin D supplements. Parents were asked whether they cared about and encouraged healthy lifestyles. Mixed effect multiple logistic regression identified the association of parental responses with children¡¯s use of supplements; 29% and 54% of children took vitamin D supplements and multivitamins, respectively. They were more likely to take vitamin D supplements if their parents cared ¡®very much¡¯ vs. ¡®not at all/a little bit¡¯ about eating healthy foods (OR = 1.43; 95% CI = 1.08, 1.89), cared ¡®quite a lot¡¯ (OR = 1.55; 95% CI = 1.17, 2.04) and ¡®very much¡¯ (OR = 1.67; 95% CI = 1.26, 2.21) vs. ¡®not at all/a little bit¡¯ about physical activity, and encouraged ¡®very much¡¯ vs. ¡®not at all/a little bit¡¯ their children to eat healthy foods (OR = 1.51; 95% CI = 1.05, 2.17). Children whose parents personally cared for eating healthy foods were more likely to take multivitamins (¡®quite a lot¡¯ and ¡®very much¡¯ compared to ¡®not at all/a little bit¡¯ (OR = 1.60; 95% CI = 1.13, 2.28 and OR = 1.46; 95% CI = 1.04, 2.06, respectively). Education and parental encouragement of healthy lifestyles should be part of the public health initiatives to promote supplementation of vitamin D among children
%K vitamin D
%K child
%K dietary supplements
%K parenting
%K behavior
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5083984/