The individual and combined influence of the “quality” and “quantity” of family meals on adult body mass index.

Berge, Jerica M.; Wickel, Katharine; Doherty, William J.

doi:10.1037/a0030660

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“…The Spanish sample studied here showed a higher weekly frequency of having dinner as a family than in U.S. samples, 5.6 vs. 4.3-4.5 [24,34]. Likewise, the proportion of adolescents that have at least 5 dinners per week with the family was higher in Spain than in the U.S., Canada or New Zealand; 77% vs. 57% [35], 59% [36] and 60% [37], respectively.…”

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Association between Family Meals and the Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Spanish Adolescents

Shalá¹,

López-Guimerà²,

Fauquet³

et al. 2017

J Child Adolesc Behav

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Association between Family Meals and the Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Spanish Adolescents

Shalá¹,

López-Guimerà²,

Fauquet³

et al. 2017

J Child Adolesc Behav

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“…However, associations between higher family meal frequency and lower body mass index (BMI) for youth and their parents have not been consistently found in the literature (Berge et al, 2013; Berge et al, 2015; Berge, Wickel, & Doherty, 2012; Chan & Sobal, 2011; Fulkerson et al, 2014a; Hammons & Fiese, 2011; Martin-Biggers et al, 2014; Sobal & Hanson, 2014). Thus, more research is needed to understand if other aspects of family meals, beyond meal frequency, are important for healthful weight outcomes.…”

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Family dinner frequency interacts with dinnertime context in associations with child and parent BMI outcomes.

Horning¹,

Schow²,

Friend³

et al. 2017

Journal of Family Psychology

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For youth and parents, frequent family meals have been consistently associated with positive dietary outcomes but less consistently associated with lower body mass index (BMI). Researchers have speculated dinnertime context (dinnertime routines, parent dinnertime media use) may interact with family meal frequency to impact associations with BMI. The present study evaluates the associations and interactions between dinnertime context measures and family dinner frequency with parent and child BMI. This cross-sectional study uses baseline data from the Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME) Plus randomized control trial that aimed to prevent childhood obesity. Participants (160 parent/child dyads) completed psychosocial surveys and were measured for height and weight. General linear models tested associations and interactions between dinnertime context measures and family dinner frequency with parent and child BMI, adjusted for race and economic assistance. Lower parent dinnertime media use and higher dinnertime routines were significantly associated with lower child BMI z-scores but not parent BMI scores. Interaction/moderation findings suggest higher family dinner frequency amplifies the healthful impact of the dinnertime context on child BMI z-scores. Additionally, findings emphasize that promoting frequent family meals and consistent routines and reduction in parent dinnertime media use may be important for the prevention of childhood obesity.

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“…For children and adolescents, a higher frequency of family meals is associated with healthier diets (2)(3)(4) and a lower likelihood of reporting disordered eating behaviours (5) , substance use (6) and depressive symptoms (7) . Family meals may help to prevent obesity in children and adolescents (8) and some researchers have found an inverse association between family meal frequency and BMI among parents (9)(10)(11) . Fruit and vegetable consumption may also be higher among parents who eat family meals more often (12) .…”

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The epidemiology of family meals among Ohio’s adults

Tumin

Anderson

2014

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: The epidemiology of family meals among adults at a population level is poorly characterized and whether living with children impacts this health behaviour is uncertain. We determined the prevalence of family meals among US adults in a mid-western state whose families did and did not include minor children and described how it varied by sociodemographic characteristics. Design: The cross-sectional 2012 Ohio Medicaid Assessment Survey is representative of Ohio adults and included questions on their sociodemographic characteristics and the frequency with which they eat family meals at home. Setting: Trained interviewers administered landline and cell phone surveys to adults sampled from Ohio's non-institutionalized population. Subjects: We analysed data from 5766 adults living with minor children and 8291 adults not living alone or with children. Results: The prevalence of family meals was similar for adults who did and did not live with minor children: 47 % (95 % CI 46, 49 %) of adults living with and 51 % (95 % CI 50, 53 %) of adults living without children reported eating family meals on most (six or seven) days of the week. Family meal frequency varied by race/ ethnicity, marital and employment status in both groups. Non-Hispanic AfricanAmerican adults, those who were not married and those who were employed ate family meals less often. Conclusions: Adults in Ohio frequently shared meals with their family and family meal frequency was not strongly related to living with children. Broadening the scope of future studies to include adults who are not parents could enhance our understanding of the potential health benefits of sharing meals. Keywords Family meals Adults Family structure DisparitiesFamily meals are an important family practice associated with positive health outcomes among children and adolescents (1) , but few studies have examined the epidemiology of family meals among adults. For children and adolescents, a higher frequency of family meals is associated with healthier diets (2-4) and a lower likelihood of reporting disordered eating behaviours (5) , substance use (6) and depressive symptoms (7) . Family meals may help to prevent obesity in children and adolescents (8) and some researchers have found an inverse association between family meal frequency and BMI among parents (9)(10)(11) . Fruit and vegetable consumption may also be higher among parents who eat family meals more often (12) . Studies of family meals have predominantly relied on data collected from samples of children or adolescents and their parents. An exception is a study of commensal eating patterns that included adults living in one community and found that approximately two-thirds ate dinner with family members, but the authors did not examine if the presence of children affected this pattern (13) . Little is known about the epidemiology of family meals in families without minor children. Such families include married couples who do not have children and those couples whose children have grown and no longer live...

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The individual and combined influence of the “quality” and “quantity” of family meals on adult body mass index.

Cited by 22 publications

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Association between Family Meals and the Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Spanish Adolescents

Association between Family Meals and the Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Spanish Adolescents

Family dinner frequency interacts with dinnertime context in associations with child and parent BMI outcomes.

The epidemiology of family meals among Ohio’s adults

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