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

Hammons, Amber; Fiese, Barbara H.

doi:10.1542/peds.2010-1440

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“…The potential for home cooked family meals to support healthful eating has been well documented (36)(37)(38) . The adolescents in the present study described the quality of the food that was served, involvement in food preparation, the control that parents had over meals, and the preferences of other family members as mechanisms for how family meals impacted their choices.…”

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Experiences of overweight/obese adolescents in navigating their home food environment

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Lovato

Barr

et al. 2015

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To explore perceived factors that impede or facilitate healthful eating within the home environment among overweight/obese adolescents. Design: In the present qualitative photovoice study, participants were instructed to take photographs of things that made it easier or harder to make healthful food choices at home. Digital photographs were reviewed and semi-structured interviews were conducted to promote discussion of the photographs. Data were analysed using constant comparative analysis. Setting: Vancouver, Canada, in 2012-2013. Subjects: Twenty-two overweight/obese adolescents who completed a familybased lifestyle modification intervention. Results: The mean age of participants was 14 (SD 1·9) years, 77 % were female and their mean BMI Z-score was 2·4 (SD 0·6). Adolescents talked about six aspects of the home environment that influenced their eating habits (in order of frequency): home cooking, availability and accessibility of foods/beverages, parenting practices, family modelling, celebrations and screen use/studying. In general, homes with availability of less healthful foods, where family members also liked to eat less healthful foods and where healthier foods were less abundant or inaccessible were described as barriers to healthful eating. Special occasions and time spent studying or in front of the screen were also conducive to less healthful food choices. Home cooked meals supported adolescents in making healthier food choices, while specific parenting strategies such as encouragement and restriction were helpful for some adolescents. Conclusions: Adolescents struggled to make healthful choices in their home environment, but highlighted parenting strategies that were supportive. Targeting the home food environment is important to enable healthier food choices among overweight/obese adolescents.

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Experiences of overweight/obese adolescents in navigating their home food environment

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Lovato

Barr

et al. 2015

Public Health Nutr.

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“…Much evidence shows that the socializing effects of family meals do reduce obesity risk for children and teens (Berge et al 2014;Hammons and Fiese 2011). Families with normal weight children have more positive interaction during meals and view mealtimes as more essential than do those with overweight children (Fiese, Hammons and Grigsby-Toussaint 2012).…”

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All in the Family? Parental Roles in the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity

2016

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Childhood obesity is a serious global health challenge. Families and consumption are at the nexus of the problem, as childhood weight issues depend significantly on family-related influences (genetic predispositions, physical activities, and household food consumption practices). This article focuses on how a family socializes a child toward or away from obesity. It advances a family consumer socialization framework to characterize key elements and processes.Biological predispositions, parent/family inputs, elements of child development, parent-child interactions, and intergenerational transfer are all major contributors to weight status and life course potentials. Time is also a crucial component, here represented in two forms --linear and cyclical. Drawing on extensive research from other disciplines and related consumer research, five "Foundational Properties" are distilled, representing fundamental tenets underpinning the family's role in this problem. Each property is then used to chart promising opportunities for consumer researchers and others interested in advancing knowledge on this pressing concern.

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“…In addition, family meals can act as a protective factor against nutritional problems that may appear during childhood and adolescence, such as overweight, unhealthy diets, and eating disorders [21].…”

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Skipping breakfast and associated factors among Brazilian adolescents

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A B S T R A C T ObjectiveTo analyze the prevalence and factors associated with breakfast skipping among adolescents. MethodsCross-sectional study, with adolescents aged 10-17 years, evaluated between 2009 and 2011, belonging to a cohort study in the Central-West region of Brazil. Breakfast skipping was considered as not having breakfast every day. Demographic, socioeconomic, and lifestyle factors were evaluated through a questionnaire. Anthropometric assessment included measurement of weight and height, which were used to classify weight status using body mass index. Poisson regression was used to assess the association of breakfast skipping with demographic and socioeconomic variables, lifestyle factors, and weight status. ResultsAmong 1,716 Brazilian adolescents evaluated, 36.2% reported not consuming breakfast every day, with the highest prevalence among girls (p=0.03). After adjusting for age and economic class, breakfast skipping was associated with not consuming breakfast with parents and morning shift at school, in both genders, and with obesity only in boys. Lifestyle factors such as alcohol consumption, physical activity, diet quality, and smoking were not associated with skipping breakfast. Revista de NutriçãoRev. Nutri., Campinas, 30(5):615-626, set./out

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

Cited by 527 publications

References 29 publications

Experiences of overweight/obese adolescents in navigating their home food environment

Experiences of overweight/obese adolescents in navigating their home food environment

All in the Family? Parental Roles in the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity

Skipping breakfast and associated factors among Brazilian adolescents

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