Say yes to “Sunday Dinner” and no to “Nyam and Scram”: Family mealtimes, nutrition, and emotional health among adolescents and mothers in Jamaica

Giray, Cagla; Ferguson, Gail M.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2018.05.132

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“…Thirty-one studies were conducted in North America [11, 12, 19, 20, 23, 24, 27-32, 34, 35, 36, 41-47, 49, 52, 53, 55, 56, 61-64], and 27 of these were conducted in the United States. An additional 6 studies were performed in Europe [21,22,38,41,50,60], 4 in Oceania [18,39,40,54], and 4 in Latin America [26,48,58,59]. Three studies were performed in Asia [25,51,57], 1 in Africa [33], and 1 in the Middle East [17].…”

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“…FFM was self-reported by the adolescents in 34 studies [11, 12, 17, 20, 21, 23-26, 29, 30, 33-36, 38, 39, 42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 51-53, 55-60, 62-64] and reported by parents in 8 studies [22,32,37,40,41,43,46,54]. In 7 studies, these data were reported by both parents and adolescents [18,19,27,28,31,48,50]. One study did not describe how these data were collected [61].…”

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“…Twenty-seven studies also investigated dietary practices [21, 23, 24, 26, 33, 36, 38-42, 44-49, 51-54, 56-58, 62-64], such as dieting, purchasing breakfast, snacking patterns, and eating behaviors. Twelve studies also evaluated family meal environment [21,23,24,27,28,41,43,48,51,53,54,56], including variables such as mealtime conversation, family dinnertime routine, importance of mealtime, watching television during meals, parenting style, and parent dinnertime media use. Five studies assessed psychological factors [18,20,25,48,50], such as behavior problems and mental health.…”

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“…Twelve studies also evaluated family meal environment [21,23,24,27,28,41,43,48,51,53,54,56], including variables such as mealtime conversation, family dinnertime routine, importance of mealtime, watching television during meals, parenting style, and parent dinnertime media use. Five studies assessed psychological factors [18,20,25,48,50], such as behavior problems and mental health. Five studies evaluated adolescent health factors [17,20,23,32,36], such as Tanner stages, physical health, health condition, and beginning of menstrual life for girls.…”

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Family meal frequency and its association with food consumption and nutritional status in adolescents: A systematic review

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This systematic review evaluated the association between frequency of family meals (FFM) and nutritional status (NS) and/or food consumption (FC) in adolescents. The protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42017062180) and followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. No publication date, language, or meal type restrictions were imposed. Only full-text original articles were included; qualitative studies were excluded. Studies were identified by searching 5 electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, BVS Brazil, and Adolec) and gray literature (Google Scholar) and by scanning reference lists of included articles. Risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale for cohort and cross-sectional studies. Initial search yielded 2001 results and 47 articles were included. An updated literature search added 3 articles. Of the 50 studies included, 25 studied the association between FFM and NS, 32 investigated the association between FFM and FC, being that seven studies analyzed both outcomes. Thirty-four were cross-sectional studies, 12 were longitudinal studies, and 4 studies analyzed both cross-sectional and longitudinal data. Thirty-five studies were rated as having good quality, whereas 19 were of fair quality. Sample size ranged from 140 to 102 072 participants. Most investigations evaluated the frequency of breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner/supper/evening meals over a 1-week period. Seventeen studies identified a positive relationship between high FFM and better NS, and 26 found a positive association between high FFM and better FC. In conclusion, this review showed an association between FFM and healthy dietary patterns, such as increased consumption of fruits and vegetables. Further research is needed to understand the association between FFM and NS, since some studies showed a protective role of family meals against obesity in this age group, whereas other studies identified no significant association between these variables.

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Family meal frequency and its association with food consumption and nutritional status in adolescents: A systematic review

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“…Moreover, adolescents from rural settings, higher family size, with unprotected water source for drinking and food insecure household are with greater odds of the nutritional problems [10,12]. As literature depicts, nutritional outcomes of adolescents have been determined by several factors like adolescent pregnancy, advertisements, watching television during mealtime, socio-economic status of parents, gender disparity, activity-related health behavior, skipping a meal, and high consumption of sweets and soft drinks containing sugar and others [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. In this case, nutrition-related interventions to adolescents have been undergone mainly in developed nations in response of the aforementioned and other related factors; of which, relatively successful nutrition interventions are culturally appropriate and tailored educational programs [18,22,[28][29][30], using school-based health and nutrition intervention [31,32], and lifestyle (nutrition education and physical activity) and nutrient supplementation interventions [33,34].…”

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Exploration of barriers to the uptake of nutritional services among adolescent girls from the rural communities of Tigrai Region, Northern Ethiopia: A qualitative study

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Introduction:Adolescence is a time of tremendous physical growth and mental development, with high nutrient requirements. Ethiopia is among a country with high prevalence of nutritional deficiencies among the women of reproductive age group whilst adolescent girls from rural suffer from it disproportionally. However, there is dearth of evidence regarding the barriers that hinder adolescent girls to utilize the available nutritional interventions. Therefore, the current study aimed to qualitatively explore the range of barriers for the uptake of nutritional interventions among adolescent girls in rural communities of Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia. Methods and participants : An explorative qualitative study was employed among purposively selected adolescent girls and school teachers form rural districts of Tigrai region of Northern Ethiopian. Nine focused group discussions (FGDs) with adolescent girls (Five with in-school adolescents and four with out-school girls), thirteen in-depth interviews with adolescent girls (Seven in-school girls and six out-school girls) and in-depth interviews with six teachers were conducted using semi-structured guide. Data were audio-taped, transcribed verbatim in local language, translated into English and imported into ATLAS.ti version 7.5 qualitative data analysis software for coding and analysis. Results : Adolescents perceived that stunting, anemia and thinness are among the main nutritional problems in their community. Food insecurity, limited nutrition awareness in the community, limited access to water for drinking and gardening, high workload, service provider’s little attention for adolescents’ nutrition and food taboo were emerged as barriers for the uptake of adolescent girls nutritional interventions. Though limited in reach, available nutritional interventions include awareness creation, nutritional supplementation, and disease prevention. Conclusion : A range of barriers hinder adolescent girls to access nutritional interventions. Food insecurity poses a strong challenge to adolescent girls’ nutrition. As access to safe drinking water continues to be a considerable bottleneck for nutritional interventions, multi-sectoral response to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services is required. Bounded by food taboo, high burden of workload among the adolescent girls, women empowerment and nutritional status seem to be the unfinished agenda in resource limited settings such as the rural areas of Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia. Keywords : Adolescent girls, barriers, nutritional services, rural, Tigrai, Ethiopia.

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Family-to-work enrichment associations between family meal atmosphere and job satisfaction in dual-earner parents

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Research on factors related to job satisfaction in parents has mainly focused on work-related variables, paying less attention to family events that may provide parents with resources to invest in the work domain. To contribute to this body of knowledge, this study examined the associations between family meal atmosphere and job satisfaction in dual-earner parents with adolescent children, and tested the mediating role of family-to-work enrichment (FtoWE) between family meal atmosphere and job satisfaction. Questionnaires were administered to 473 different-gender dual-earner parents in Temuco, Chile. Participants answered the Project-EAT Atmosphere of family meals scale, three items that measure FWE from the Work-Home Interaction Survey, and the Overall Job Satisfaction Scale. Analyses were conducted using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model and structural equation modelling. A positive association was found from family meal atmosphere to job satisfaction, directly and via FtoWE in fathers, and only via FtoWE in mothers. No associations were found for these variables between parents, as, one parent’s perception of a pleasant family meal atmosphere is positively associated with their own FtoWE and job satisfaction, but not with those of the other parent. These findings suggest policymakers and organizations to account for workers’ experiences in the family domain to improve satisfaction in the work domain.

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Say yes to “Sunday Dinner” and no to “Nyam and Scram”: Family mealtimes, nutrition, and emotional health among adolescents and mothers in Jamaica

Cited by 12 publications

References 29 publications

Family meal frequency and its association with food consumption and nutritional status in adolescents: A systematic review

Family meal frequency and its association with food consumption and nutritional status in adolescents: A systematic review

Exploration of barriers to the uptake of nutritional services among adolescent girls from the rural communities of Tigrai Region, Northern Ethiopia: A qualitative study

Family-to-work enrichment associations between family meal atmosphere and job satisfaction in dual-earner parents

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