Family Meals and Adolescent Emotional Well-Being: Findings From a National Study

Utter, Jennifer; Denny, Simon; Peiris‐John, Roshini; Moselen, Emma; Dyson, Benedict; Clark, Terryann

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2016.09.002

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“…Importantly, we also found that steady eaters had less suicide ideation and suicide attempts relative to breakfast skippers. Many studies have looked at the relationship between adolescent mental health problems and regularly sharing family meals (8,9,(12)(13)(14)(15). Gender differences play a role in mental health concerns, and it may be surprising that the significant relationship between frequent family meals and prosocial behaviors as well as academic performance is stronger for males than females (14,16).…”

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“…In more recent years, the relationship between unhealthy dietary habits and mental health problems among adolescents has received increased attention (1,7). With respect to specific dietary habits, adolescents who participate in shared dining experiences with family members report feeling 2.8 times happier than those who do not engage in this behavior, and also have reduced rates of alcohol consumption, smoking, and drug addiction (8,9).…”

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Emotional State According to Breakfast Consumption in 62276 South Korean Adolescents

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Objectives: Adolescents frequently skip breakfast for a variety of reasons. We investigated associations between lifestyle, emotional state, and breakfast consumption in adolescents. Methods: Data from 62276 adolescents were derived from the 13th Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (KYRBS), conducting from June 1, 2017 to June 30. The adolescents were drawn by stratified multistage clustered samples from 400 middle schools and 400 high schools. Breakfast skipper was defined as those who ate breakfast less than 2 days per week. Results: Among 62276 participants, 19658 (31.5%) were breakfast skippers. Compared to those who were steady eaters, those who skipped breakfast were younger and shorter, had a poorer academic performance, poorer parent education status, and lower family economic status. Compared to steady eaters, those who skipped breakfast regularly also tended to be more overweight and obese, participate in exercise less frequently, and report increased stress, depressive mood, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts. Skipping breakfast was also associated with increased levels of smoking and alcohol consumption compared to steady eaters. Conclusions: Skipping breakfast is associated with an adverse effect on adolescent health and well-being, especially in regard to suicide attempts. Public and parental education on the benefits of eating breakfast in adolescents is recommended.

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Emotional State According to Breakfast Consumption in 62276 South Korean Adolescents

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“…Specifically, our measure included items about consuming a home‐prepared lunch and family meals. Previous research has shown that young people consuming frequent family meals report better relationships with their families, lower levels of depressive symptoms and greater emotional well‐being …”

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Dietary behaviours and the mental well‐being of New Zealand adolescents

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J Paediatrics Child Health

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“…Frequent family meals may promote healthier diets, emotional well-being and lower weight status of children [20][21][22]. The benefits of family meals and home cooking may be amplified by the inclusion of children in food preparation.…”

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Utility of eButton images for identifying food preparation behaviors and meal-related tasks in adolescents

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Background: Food preparation skills may encourage healthy eating. Traditional assessment of child food preparation employs self-or parent proxy-reporting methods, which are prone to error. The eButton is a wearable all-day camera that has promise as an objective, passive method for measuring child food preparation practices. Purpose: This paper explores the feasibility of the eButton to reliably capture home food preparation behaviors and practices in a sample of pre-and early adolescents (ages 9 to 13). Methods: This is a secondary analysis of two eButton pilot projects evaluating the dietary intake of pre-and early adolescents in or around Houston, Texas. Food preparation behaviors were coded into seven major categories including: browsing, altering food/adding seasoning, food media, meal related tasks, prep work, cooking and observing. Inter-coder reliability was measured using Cohen's kappa and percent agreement.

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Family Meals and Adolescent Emotional Well-Being: Findings From a National Study

Cited by 52 publications

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Emotional State According to Breakfast Consumption in 62276 South Korean Adolescents

Emotional State According to Breakfast Consumption in 62276 South Korean Adolescents

Dietary behaviours and the mental well‐being of New Zealand adolescents

Utility of eButton images for identifying food preparation behaviors and meal-related tasks in adolescents

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