Family dinner frequency interacts with dinnertime context in associations with child and parent BMI outcomes.

ABSTRACT: For youth and parents, frequent family meals have been consistently associated with positive dietary outcomes but less consistently associated with lower body mass index (BMI). Researchers have speculated dinnertime context (dinnertime routines, parent dinnertime media use) may interact with family meal frequency to impact associations with BMI. The present study evaluates the associations and interactions between dinnertime context measures and family dinner frequency with parent and child BMI. This cross-sectional study uses baseline data from the Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME) Plus randomized control trial that aimed to prevent childhood obesity. Participants (160 parent-child dyads) completed psychosocial surveys and were measured for height and weight. Gene

SUBMITTER: Horning ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5662481 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature