A review of associations between family or shared meal frequency and dietary and weight status outcomes across the lifespan

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-19

  Fulkerson, Jayne A ^a   Larson, Nicole ^b   Horning, Melissa ^a   Neumark Sztainer, Dianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary outcomes; Family meals; Lifespan; Shared meals; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY OUTCOMES; FAMILY; FAMILY MEALS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MEAL; SHARED MEALS; WEIGHT STATUS;

DIETARY OUTCOMES; FAMILY MEALS; LIFESPAN; SHARED MEALS; WEIGHT STATUS;

BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FAMILY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MEALS;

EID: 84890862244     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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