1. Improving diet quality during adolescence linked to healthy food parenting behaviors in fathers and better dietary habits in children.
2. Three diet quality trajectories identified: low adherence, declining adherence, and increasing adherence.
3. Adolescent diet patterns may influence future food parenting practices and children’s nutritional outcomes.
4. Study funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
5. The relevance of adolescent diet in shaping early childhood environments highlighted.

Source: Nutrition 2025