The home environment: A mediator of nutrition knowledge and diet quality in adolescents

The objective of this research was to assess adherence to the Healthy Eating Index-2010 of mothers and their adolescents (11–14 years old) and to examine the role of the home environment as a mediator of maternal nutrition knowledge and adolescent diet quality. It is hypothesized that mothers with greater knowledge impact the diet quality of their adolescents by creation of healthier home environments. A sample of 206 mother-adolescent dyads...