1998 Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 52-63
The relationship between the beverage drinking behavior and preferences of parents and children was assessed in a study of female junior high school students and their parents, and the following results were obtained. The female junior high school students drink fruit juices, cola drinks/carbonated beverages, isotonic beverages, coffee/tea (sugar added), lactic acid bacteria beverages, and dietary fiber beveragesmuch more regularly than their parents.They tended to dislike vegetable juice, but their fathers tended to like them.The beverages that all three drink a great deal are green tea/oolong tea and milk.The junior high students and the mothers drink mlk and green tea/oolong tea during meals at home, and the fathers drink cola drinks/carbonated beverages and isotonic beverages during meals outside the home. The reasons for consumption differed according to the beverage.The students chose fruit juices, cola drinks/carbonated beverages, isotonic beverages, and dietary fiber beverages because of the physiological reason that “I am thirsty” and because “I enjoy them, ” fruit juices, cola drinks/carbonated beverages, coffee/tea (sugar added), and lactic acid bacteria beverages, because “I like them, ” and all three selected milk because “It's good for your health” . A high percentage of parents claimed that they drink green tea/oolong tea because “It's a custom.” There were similarities in beverage drinking behavior especially between the female junior high school students and the mothers. This seemed to be because the eating environment of the students was managed by their mothers, and was inferred to be attributable to the influence of the mother in the home.
