Frequency of family meals and food consumption in families at high risk of type 2 diabetes : the Feel4Diabetes-study

A family meal is defined as a meal consumed together by the members of a family or by having> 1 parent present during a meal. The frequency of family meals has been associated with healthier food intake patterns in both children and parents. This study aimed to investigate in families at high ris...

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Hauptverfasser: Mahmood, Lubna, González-Gil, Esther M, Schwarz, Peter, Herrmann, Sandra, Karaglani, Eva, Cardon, Greet, De Vylder, Flore, Willems, Ruben, Makrilakis, Konstantinos, Liatis, Stavors, Iotova, Violeta, Tsochev, Kaloyan, Tankova, Tsvetalina, Rurik, Imre, Radó, Sándorné, Moreno, Luis A, Manios, Yannis, Lindström, Jaana, Annemans, Lieven, Ko, Winne, Karatzi, Kalliopi, Androutsos, Odysseas, Moschonis, George, Kanellakis, Spyridon, Mavrogianni, Christina, Tsoutsoulopoulou, Konstantina, Katsarou, Christina, Qira, Irini, Skoufas, Efstathios, Maragkopoulou, Konstantina, Tsiafitsa, Antigone, Sotiropoulou, Irini, Tsolakos, Michalis, Argyri, Effie, Nikolaou, Mary, Vampouli, Eleni-Anna, Filippou, Christina, Apergi, Kyriaki, Filippou, Amalia, Katerina, Gatsiou, Dimitriadis, Efstratios, Laatikainen, Tiina, Wikström, Katja, Kivelä, Jemina, Valve, Päivi, Levälahti, Esko, Virtanen, Eeva, Pennanen, Tiina, Olli, Seija, Nelimarkka, Karoliina, Van Stappen, Vicky, Huys, Nele, Shadid, Samyah, Timpel, Patrick, Liatis, Stavros, Dafoulas, George, Lambrinou, Christina-Paulina, Giannopoulou, Angeliki, Karuranga, Ernest, Moreno, Luis, Civeira, Fernando, Bueno, Gloria, De Miguel-Etayo, Pilar, Gonzalez-Gil, Esther Mª, Miguel-Berges, María L, Giménez-Legarre, Natalia, Flores-Barrantes, Paloma, Ayala-Marín, Aleli M, Seral-Cortés, Miguel, Baila-Rueda, Lucia, Cenarro, Ana, Jarauta, Estíbaliz, Mateo-Gallego, Rocío, Usheva, Natalia, Chakarova, Nevena, Galcheva, Sonya, Dimova, Rumyana, Bocheva, Yana, Radkova, Zhaneta, Marinova, Vanya, Bazdarska, Yuliya, Stefanova, Tanya, Ungvari, Timea, Jancsó, Zoltán, Nánási, Anna, Kolozsvári, László, Semánova, Csilla, Bíró, Éva, Antal, Emese, Martinez, Remberto, Tong, Marcos, on behalf of the Feel4Diabetes-Study Group, [missing]
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Zusammenfassung:A family meal is defined as a meal consumed together by the members of a family or by having> 1 parent present during a meal. The frequency of family meals has been associated with healthier food intake patterns in both children and parents. This study aimed to investigate in families at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes across Europe the association (i) between family meals' frequency and food consumption and diet quality among parents and (ii) between family meals' frequency and children's food consumption. Moreover, the study aimed to elucidate the mediating effect of parental diet quality on the association between family meals' frequency and children's food consumption. Food consumption frequency and anthropometric were collected cross-sectionally from a representative sample of 1964 families from the European Feel4Diabetes-study. Regression and mediation analyses were applied by gender of children. Positive and significant associations were found between the frequency of family meals and parental food consumption (beta = 0.84; 95% CI 0.57, 1.45) and diet quality (beta = 0.30; 95% CI 0.19, 0.42). For children, more frequent family meals were significantly associated with healthier food consumption (boys, beta = 0.172, p < 0.05; girls, beta = 0.114, p< 0.01). A partial mediation effect of the parental diet quality was shown on the association between the frequency of family meals and the consumption of some selected food items (i.e., milk products and salty snacks) among boys and girls. The strongest mediation effect of parental diet quality was found on the association between the frequency of family breakfast and the consumption of salty snacks and milk and milk products (62.5% and 37.5%, respectively) among girls. Conclusions: The frequency of family meals is positively associated with improved food consumption patterns (i.e., higher intake of fruits and vegetables and reduced consumption of sweets) in both parents and children. However, the association in children is partially mediated by parents' diet quality. The promotion of consuming meals together in the family could be a potentially effective strategy for interventions aiming to establish and maintain healthy food consumption patterns among children.
ISSN:0340-6199
1432-1076