Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate nutrition knowledge, food preferences knowledge, and physical activity levels between mother-daughter dyads. It also aimed to examine the associations between maternal characteristics and adult daughters’ outcomes.Methods: A total of 200 participants (100 mothers and 100 adult daughters) were included. Nutrition knowledge and food preferences were assessed using the Nutrition Knowledge Level Scale For Adults, and physical activity levels were assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire–Short Form (IPAQ-SF). Comparisons were made between mothers’ and daughters’ outcomes, with associations examined using regression analyses.Results: Adult daughters scored significantly higher than their mothers in nutrition knowledge and food preferences, but the groups did not differ in physical activity levels (MET-min/week). Regression analyses showed that maternal nutrition knowledge significantly predicted daughters’ nutrition knowledge (ΔR² = 0.203, β = 0.415, p 0.001); daughters’ food preferences were positively linked to both maternal nutrition knowledge and food preference (ΔR² = 0.317, p 0.001). Maternal physical activity did not significantly predict daughters’ physical activity (ΔR² = 0.040, p = 0.242).Conclusion: Significant associations were found between maternal and adult daughters’ nutrition knowledge and food preferences; physical activity similarities were less pronounced. This suggests continuity in nutrition-related traits within mother–daughter dyads into adulthood.
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