In the United States, the rate of obesity prevalence among children from 6 to 11 years of age has increased from 4% in 1971 to 19% in 2012 (Dabrowska, 2014). In France, where this study was conducted, the prevalence of childhood and adolescent excess weight increased fivefold in half a century, from nearly 3% in 1965 to 16% now (Charles, 2007). It is wellknown that obesity corresponds to an excessive increase of fat accumulation in the body, to such an extent that it may bring serious health problems. For children, as for adults, obesity is due to a sustained positive energy balance (i.e. calorie or energy intake exceeds expenditure). The reasons for obesity are multiple and intricate, and depend on complex nutritional, genetic, metabolic, psychological, and social influences (Poulain, 2000). During the last decade, as excess weight became a national public health problem in France, the French National Health and Nutrition Program (PNNS) sought to promote new eating behaviors in children. The main goal of the PNNS was to induce children to increase their physical activities and to change some of their food habits and in particular, to increase their fruit and vegetable consumption and to decrease candy and soda consumption. In this study, congruent with one of the recommendations of the PNNS