Family Meals, Conviviality, and the Mediterranean Diet among Families with Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Two aspects that characterize the Mediterranean diet (MD) are "what" and "how" we eat. Conviviality relates to "how" we eat and to the pleasure of sharing meals with significant people. The most studied concept is "family meals", which includes conviviality, which involves "enjoying" family meals. Given the lack of research on convivial family meals in Mediterranean countries, the purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze the family meal representations and practices of families with 12- to 16-year-old adolescents to assess whether they responded to a pattern of conviviality, and to examine their association with MD adherence. Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted and food frequency and family meal questionnaires were administered. A food pattern analysis was carried out

SUBMITTER: de la Torre-Moral A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7967627 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature