Brian Wansink|Ellen van Kleef
Dinner rituals that correlate with child and adult BMI
Cornell University|Wageningen University & Research
objective predicts whether child risk obesity whereas past research focused foods eating habits feeding styles family meal patterns study departs foodcentric approach examine various dinner rituals might influence bmis children adults methods study 190 parents bmi 291 72 148 children bmi 203 44 relationship bmis everyday family dinner rituals examined using correlation regression analysis controlled educational level parents results families frequently ate dinner kitchen dining room significantly lower bmis adults r 031 children r 024 compared families ate elsewhere additionally helping cook dinner associated higher bmi girls r 026 remaining table everyone finished eating associated lower bmi boys r 031 conclusions dinner tables may one place social support family involvement meetboth relate bmi children well parents family meals rituals might underappreciated battleground fight obesity