Systematic review of the effects of family meal frequency on psychosocial outcomes in youth

While having meals as a family seems to have a positive effect on individuals, Kasper et al. (2019) point out that family meals are not well defined. Since there is a possibility that the characteristics of the mealtime may be linked with the healthfulness of the foods served, this study examined this relationship among young […]

This 2019 study theorizes that child inclusion in meal planning and preparation by their parents may help increase their vegetable consumption. This concept is based on the ‘IKEA effect’, which assumes that individuals like self-created objects more than objects created by someone else. Radtke et al. also investigate whether this relationship between child participation and […]