Family Characteristics Associated with Preparing and Eating More Family Evening Meals at Home.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research has demonstrated dietary quality benefits of family meals and meals prepared at home. Less is known about associations between the proportion of family evening meals made at home and key personal, behavioral, and environmental characteristics. Moreover, most studies often measure these data retrospectively.

Objective

The objective of this study is to describe the proportion of evening meals made at home measured in real time and to assess associations between personal, behavioral, and environmental characteristics that are associated with a higher proportion of evening meals prepared and consumed at home.

Design

This study is a cross-sectional secondary analysis of baseline data collected during 2017 and 2018 from the New Ulm at Home study, a rando

SUBMITTER: Horning ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8688213 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature