Friday, November 23, 2018

Sit-Down Family Dinners Improve Teens’ Eating Habits

A new Canadian study shows that teens and young adults who sit down for family dinners — even when the family unit is less than functional — tend to have healthier eating habits than if they graze or fend for themselves at dinner time.

Lead researcher Kathryn Walton, dietitian and Ph.D. student at the University of Guelph in Ontario, conducted the study with family relations and applied nutrition professor Jess Haines.

“Gathering around the dinner table is sort of a magical thing,”...


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