Trial reportJournal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)2017
Family dinner frequency interacts with dinnertime context in associations with child and parent BMI outcomes.
Trial report in Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline: Developing a Diabetes Mellitus Comprehensive Care Plan-2022 Update.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2022Guideline
- Family meal frequency and its association with food consumption and nutritional status in adolescents: A systematic review.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Are patterns of family evening meal practices associated with child and parent diet quality and weight-related outcomes?Appetite · 2022Trial
- Family Nutrition and Physical Activity Practices Associated with Overweight and Obesity in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Cross-sectional associations between overweight, eating behavior, and physical activity in children and adolescents: differences depending on socio-economic status.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Exploration of parent-reported family meal dinner characteristics to inform a definition of family meals.Appetite · 2023Article
- Epigenetic Effects of Healthy Foods and Lifestyle Habits from the Southern European Atlantic Diet Pattern: A Narrative Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Review
- Parental perceptions of the food environment and their influence on food decisions among low-income families: a rapid review of qualitative evidence.BMC public health · 2022Review
- Family Characteristics Associated with Preparing and Eating More Family Evening Meals at Home.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2022Article
- Perceptions and behaviors related to noncommunicable diseases in Palau: a qualitative study.Nagoya journal of medical science · 2021Article
- Sex Differences in the Association between Household Chaos and Body Mass Index z-Score in Low-Income Toddlers.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2020Article
- A healthful home food environment: Is it possible amidst household chaos and parental stress?Appetite · 2019Article
- Frequency of eating alone is associated with adolescent dietary intake, perceived food-related parenting practices and weight status: cross-sectional Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) Study results.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
- Description of the home food environment in Black, White, Hmong, Latino, Native American and Somali homes with 5-7-year-old children.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
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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. General linear models tested associations and interactions between dinnertime context measures and family dinner frequency with parent and child BMI, adjusted for race and economic assistance. Lower parent dinnertime media use and higher dinnertime routines were significantly associated with lower child BMI z scores but not parent BMI scores. Interaction-moderation findings suggest higher family dinner frequency amplifies the healthful impact of the dinnertime context on child BMI z scores. Additionally, findings emphasize that promoting frequent family meals along with consistent routines and reduction in parent dinnertime media use may be important for the prevention of childhood obesity. (PsycINFO Database Record
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