Health Status Outcomes for Family meals
Health Status Outcomes
Frequency of family meals has been positively associated with intake of fruits and vegetables in adults, and negatively associated with sweets and sugar-sweetened beverages in adolescents. Family meals have been positively correlated with perceived family cohesion.Welsh EM, French SA, Wall M. Examining the relationship between family meal frequency and individual dietary intake: does family cohesion play a role? J Nutr Educ Behav. 2011;43(4):229-35.