Association Between Family Meals and Child Health and Well-Being

Association Between Family Meals and Child Health and Well-Being is a secondary data analysis study using direct observational data to examine important unanswered methodological and analytical questions regarding the quality of family meals, both in regards to meal dietary healthfulness and the emotional atmosphere.

Results from this study will inform both methodological considerations for data collection with diverse children and their families and intervention efforts targeting childhood obesity via family meals.

Publications

Trofholz AC, Tate AD, Draxten ML, Neumark-Sztainer D, Berge JM. Home food environment factors associated with the presence of fruit and vegetables at dinner: a direct observational studyAppetite. 2016;96:526-32.

Trofholz AC, Tate AD, Miner MH, Berge JM. Associations between TV viewing at family meals and the emotional atmosphere of the meal, meal healthfulness, child dietary intake, and child weight statusAppetite. 2017;108:361-6.

Trofholz AC, Tate AD, Draxten ML, … Berge JM. What's being served for dinner? An exploratory investigation of the associations between the healthfulness of family meals and child dietary intake [published online ahead of print Sep 22, 2016]. J Acad Nutr Diet.

Funding

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development