Frequency of Family Meals and 611-year-old Childrens Social Behaviors

2015

Beth DeGrace
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Family meals are regarded as an opportunity to promote healthy child development. In this brief report, we examined the relationship between frequency of family meals and childrens social behaviors in 611-year-olds. The 2007 U.S. National Survey of Childrens Health (NSCH) provided data on the frequency of family meals in a sample of 611-year-old children (N = 24,167). The following social behavior indicators were examined: child positive social skills, child problematic social behaviors, child engagement in school, and parental aggravation with the child. Individual logistic regression analyses were calculated in unadjusted and adjusted models. On average, families had 5.3 meals together per week.

Family Meals, Children, Social Behaviors, Psychology, Occupational Therapy

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