Family Meals

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Family Meals

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Family Meals

• What does family meal mean to you?

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Is there time for meals?
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Are family meals important? How frequent are
family meals?
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Teens Having Family Dinners 7X/Week
2005 CASA National Survey of American Attitudes
on Substance Abuse X Teens and Parents
http//www.casacolumbia.org
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What happened to the family meal?

• Conflicting schedules
• Both parents working
• Long work hours
• Split shifts
• Meetings
• Sports practices
• Music lessons
• ? Cooking skills

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How we eat today . . .
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How about YOU?

• Reflect on your own experiences with family
  mealtime . . .
• Share your best memories of family meals growing
  up
• Describe family meals for you today

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Do family meals matter?
Academic performance Risk-taking behaviors
Relationships Eating habits and weight
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S U C C E S - S

• Smarter children
• Unlikely to smoke, drink, or take drugs
• Courteous and conversational
• Connected to familyand
• Eating better! Becauseat family meals
• Sharing food and conversation
• Strengthens families!!

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S Smarter Children

• ? language acquisition (C. Snow, Harvard Grad
  School of Education)
• ? vocabulary better readers and students

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Teens Who Get As/Bs in School by Frequency of
Family Dinners
2005 CASA National Survey of American Attitudes
on Substance Abuse X Teens and Parents
http//www.casacolumbia.org
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Jeopardys Million Dollar Man Ken Jennings
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U Unlikely to smoke
http//www.casafamilyday.org
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Family Dinners and Teen Substance-Abuse Risk
2005 CASA National Survey of American Attitudes
on Substance Abuse X Teens and Parents
http//www.casacolumbia.org
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What teens like to do with their parents

• Spend holidays together 90
• Go out to a nice restaurant 86
• Go on vacation 79
• Eat dinner at home 79
• Family parties 68
• Go to church, synagogue 66
• Watch TV 66
• Go out for fast food 64

Teenage Research Unlimited, P. Zollo, 2004
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C Courteous and Conversational
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C Connected to Family
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E Eating Better

• ? fruits and vegetables
• ? grains
• ? calcium-rich foods
• ? protein
• ? iron
• ? fiber
• ? vitamins
• ? soft drinks

Neumark-Sztainer, JADA (103), 2003
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JADA. 1041 Supplement 1. January 2004
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Family Meals Could they help prevent
overweight?

• Consistent mealtimes ? food security
• ? nutrient-dense foods, ? nutrient-poor foods
• Parents role model healthy eating at meals
• Prevent disengaged eating and promote focused
  eating, respond to hunger/satiety
• Promote sense of belonging

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S U C C E S - S

• Smarter children
• Unlikely to smoke, drink, or take drugs
• Courteous and conversational
• Connected to familyand
• Eating better! Becauseat family meals
• Sharing food and conversation
• Strengthens families!!

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TV and Family Meals Kaiser Family Foundation
1999 (1090 2-7 yrs old 2065 8-18 yrs old)

• Is TV usually on during meals in your home?
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• Total sample 58
• 2-7 yrs 47
• 8-18 yrs 65

www.kff.org/content/archive/1477/vchip_s.pdf
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What difference does TV make?

• TV during meals ? in households with ?
  incomes, less educated or single parents
• Consumption of pizza, salty snacks and soda
  higher among families with TV on during 2 or more
  meals
• Children from families with high TV use had 5
  less of their energy intake from fruits and
  vegetables

Coon et al. Pediatrics 2001107
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Strategies for family meals

• Make a priority
• Plan ahead
• Create positive atmosphere

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Strategies for family meals
Make a priority
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Community Support
Reorganization of meetings and schedules to keep
mealtimes open and available for families to be
home and together. Create coalitions.
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How can schools promote?

• Educate students
• Inform parents
• Promotion ideas
• Designate no practice during mealtimes
• Family style meals at school

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www.casafamilyday.org FamilyTable.info
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Strategies for family meals
Plan ahead
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Strategies for family meals
Create positive atmosphere
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Family Meals Impossible Dream or Realistic Goal?
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Family Dinners, 1998-2005
2005 CASA National Survey of American Attitudes
on Substance Abuse X Teens and Parents
http//www.casacolumbia.org
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Family MealtimeMake it happen!
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This presentation on Family Mealtimewas made
possible by thePurdue UniversityCenter for
FamiliesPromoting Family Meals Project. For
more information go to www.cfs.purdue.edu/CFF/pr
omotingfamilymeals