Childhood Fitness

Family Meals May Help Children Avoid Becoming Overweight

A new University of Missouri-Columbia study has found that eating more meals as a family and watching less television are effective in keeping children from becoming overweight. "Other research has shown that children who eat meals with their families eat more healthy foods than children who don't eat as many meals with their families," said Sara Gable, associate professor of human development and family studies in the MU College of Human Environmental Studies. "I suspect there are other benefits of family meal times that protect children from developing some of the habits that could lead to weight problems." The article appears in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

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