Are patterns of family evening meal practices associated with child and parent diet quality and weight-related outcomes?

ABSTRACT: Family meal practices such as family member presence, fast food consumption and media usage have been associated with health outcomes. However, little is known about combinations of family meal practices and their effects on diet and health. This secondary data analysis aimed to identify patterns of family evening meal practices and examine their associations with family characteristics (e.g., demographics and chaos) and child and parent diet quality and weight-related outcomes. We used baseline data from a community-based randomized controlled trial with 7- to 10-year-old children and their parents in rural Minnesota (n = 114). Parent-reported structural (e.g. media usage) and interpersonal (e.g. mealtime routines) aspects of family evening meal practices were included in latent profile a

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8892840 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature