Results: Three of the eleven family-related variables were significantly associated with children’s BMI-z-score. The family
breakfast frequency was negatively associated with the BMI-z-score; permissiveness concerning skipping breakfast and
negotiating about breakfast were positively associated with the BMI-z-score. Children’s breakfast consumption was found to
be a mediator of the two associations. All family-related variables except for negotiating, praising and communicating
health beliefs, were significantly associated with children’s breakfast consumption.