Effects of Family-Togetherness on the Food Selection by Primary and Junior High School Students: Family-Togetherness Means Better Food.

Kusano-Tsunoh, Atsuko; Nakatsuka, Haruo; Satoh, Hiroshi; Shimizu, Hiroyuki; Sato, Shigeyuki; Ito, Ichio; Fukao, Akira; Hisamichi, Shigeru

doi:10.1620/tjem.194.121

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“…A number of studies on the relationships between whether the subjects ate breakfast with their families or not and the intake of specific food groups have been published in Japan. In Japanese elementary school children, the intake of rice, fish, and fruit for breakfast was higher, and the intake of meat and bread for breakfast was lower, among those who ate breakfast with their families [23]. These results are similar to those reported for our study population.…”

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Breakfast habits among adolescents and their association with daily energy and fish, vegetable, and fruit intake: a community-based cross-sectional study

Sugiyama

Okuda

Sasaki³

et al. 2012

Environ Health Prev Med

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Objectives To investigate breakfast eating habits on daily energy and fish, vegetable, and fruit intake in Japanese adolescents. Methods This study was completed as part of the Shunan Child Health Cohort Study. Two types of questionnaires, one on lifestyle habits and the other a brief-type, selfadministered questionnaire on diet history, were administered to second-year junior high school students (1,876 boys and 1,759 girls) in Shunan City, Yamaguchi, Japan. The different breakfast habits were compared using the general linear model and the estimated means and P value for trend were calculated, with energy-adjusted food intake as the dependent variable and body mass index, gender, age, residential areas, and living status as covariates. Results In both males and females, the proportion of those who ate breakfast irregularly was about 10%. The daily intake of fish, vegetables, and fruit was significantly higher in those who ate breakfast with their guardians than in those who ate breakfast alone (P for trend \0.01). The daily intake of fish, seafood, and vegetables was significantly higher in those who less frequently ate cooked foods for breakfast (P for trend \0.01). Those who ate rice more frequently than bread at breakfast had a higher daily intake of fish, seafood, and vegetables (P for trend \0.01). Conclusions Eating breakfast with the family, reducing the intake of cooked foods at breakfast, and eating breakfast with rice as a main staple food are suggested to contribute to an improved quality of diet in adolescents.

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confidence: 89%

Breakfast habits among adolescents and their association with daily energy and fish, vegetable, and fruit intake: a community-based cross-sectional study

Sugiyama

Okuda

Sasaki³

et al. 2012

Environ Health Prev Med

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“…For purposes of being thorough, 2 coders independently examined all dimensions (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) for all included studies. Agreement was high (89%).…”

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“…Adjusted ORs with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to estimate the relation between family meal frequency and the outcomes. All studies reported ORs with the exception of 1 study, 5 which reported only frequency data; therefore, an OR was calculated on the basis of available information. In the analyses that examined obesity, food consumption (ie, unhealthy eating), and disordered eating, ORs of Ͻ1 indicate a protective factor.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In terms of geographical makeup, the studies were conducted in the United States (n ϭ 12), 1,[8][9][10][11][12]14,15,17,[19][20][21] Australia (n ϭ 1), 2 Canada (n ϭ 1), 13 Finland (n ϭ 1), 18 Japan (n ϭ 1), 5 and New Zealand (n ϭ 1). 16 All studies were adjusted for confounders with the exception of 1 study.…”

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“…2,5,[13][14][15][16][17][18] The consumption of unhealthy foods was analyzed and reported separately from the consumption of healthy foods for simplicity of interpretation of the ORs. The studies included a total of 56 919 participants (range: from 404 -18 177 per study).…”

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Is Frequency of Shared Family Meals Related to the Nutritional Health of Children and Adolescents?

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OBJECTIVE:We used meta-analytic methods to examine the frequency of shared family mealtimes in relation to nutritional health in children and adolescents. The primary objective was to determine consistency and strength of effects across 17 studies that examined overweight and obese, food consumption and eating patterns, and disordered eating. METHODS:The total sample size for all studies was 182 836 children and adolescents (mean sample age: 2.8 -17.3 years). Pooled odds ratios were calculated. A random-effects model was used to estimate all outcomes. RESULTS:The frequency of shared family meals is significantly related to nutritional health in children and adolescents. Children and adolescents who share family meals 3 or more times per week are more likely to be in a normal weight range and have healthier dietary and eating patterns than those who share fewer than 3 family meals together. In addition, they are less likely to engage in disordered eating. CONCLUSIONS:Educational and public health initiatives aimed at promoting shared family mealtimes may improve nutritional health of children and adolescents. Clinicians may advise their patients about the benefits of sharing 3 or more family mealtimes per week; benefits include a reduction in the odds for overweight (12%), eating unhealthy foods (20%), and disordered eating (35%) and an increase in the odds for eating healthy foods (24%

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Family Meal Patterns and Eating in Children and Adolescents

Larson

Story

2010

Obesity Prevention

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Effects of Family-Togetherness on the Food Selection by Primary and Junior High School Students: Family-Togetherness Means Better Food.

Cited by 17 publications

References 4 publications

Breakfast habits among adolescents and their association with daily energy and fish, vegetable, and fruit intake: a community-based cross-sectional study

Breakfast habits among adolescents and their association with daily energy and fish, vegetable, and fruit intake: a community-based cross-sectional study

Is Frequency of Shared Family Meals Related to the Nutritional Health of Children and Adolescents?

Family Meal Patterns and Eating in Children and Adolescents

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