Parents’ cooking skills confidence reduce children’s consumption of ultra-processed foods

This 2017 review looks at the existing research regarding the influence that parents have on their children’s food intake behaviors. Yee et al. examine how parents play the promoting (e.g., encouraging intake of healthy foods) as well as the preventative (avoiding unhealthy foods) role in children’s food choices. After reviewing 78 articles, the data showed […]

While having meals with family members has been associated with better diets among young people, this 2018 study addresses the potentially moderating or confounding effect of family functioning in this relationship. Walton et al. therefore investigated whether the level of family functioning (how family members manage daily routines, communicate, and connect emotionally with one another) […]