Introduction:
Eating preferences and habits initiated from the beginning of our life have significant impact on correct nutrition through our lifetime. Parents play major role in this process, because their children learn from them what is healthy and what is not.

Materials and methods:
During our research we focused on group of 110 children at age of 7-10 and parents who live in Zabrze and Ruda Slaska. Both groups were asked to take part in survey by filling in two authorial questionnaires. Statistic analyse was taken based on χ2 Pearson’s test.

Results:
Most of meals consumed from analysed group of products were well thought of by children. The research showed that 92% of children liked apples very much. Out of vegetables, 67% of children preferred cucumbers. Out of dairy products, 62% of children identified milk and 56% identified fruit yogurt as their preferred products. Sour fermented dairy products were defined as products that were the most disliked by children, i.e. 55% of children disliked buttermilk, and 20% of children disliked dark/full grain bread.

Conclusions:
Eating habits and preferences of children are well known by most of their parents. However, this research hasn’t shown in studies the relationship between the level of acceptance of the products and the frequency of their consumption. Results gathered during this research have shown that there is a need to educate both children and their parents to make sure that they understand rules of good eating habits and its influence on growing children.