The Surprising Benefits of the Family Meal

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-22

  Fruh, Sharon M ^a   Fulkerson, Jayne A ^b   Mulekar, Madhuri S ^c   Kendrick, Lee Ann J ^d   Clanton, Clista ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Department of mathematics and statistics ^*  (United States)

^d National PTA   (United States)

^e Baugh Biomedical Library   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic success; Eating alone; Family closeness; Family connectedness; Frequent family meals; Healthy food choices; High risk behaviors; Intellectual development; Watching TV

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650753015     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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