Eating breakfast and dinner together as a family: associations with sociodemographic characteristics and implications for diet quality and weight status

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 […]

While frequent family meals have been linked with fewer depressive symptoms several times in adolescents, this 2018 study investigated the relationship in older populations in Korea. As part of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 4959 elderly residents (aged 65 years and over) reported their depressive state, family mealtime frequency, and covariates through […]