Is frequency of shared family meals related to the nutritional health of children and adolescents?

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hammons, Amber J ^a   Fiese, Barbara H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Family meal frequency; Family meal patterns; Family nutrition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; FAMILY RELATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 79957896652     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1440     Document Type: Review

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