Family meals and adolescents: what have we learned from Project EAT (Eating Among Teens)?
Family meals and adolescents: what have we learned from Project EAT (Eating Among Teens)?
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DOI：
10.1017/s1368980010000169
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发表时间：
2010-07-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Story, Mary
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作者：
Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne;Larson, Nicole I.;Story, Mary
目的：本文件的目的是提供一个综合的概述的研究方法和主要结果，从十年的研究项目EAT（吃青少年），一个大型的，以人口为基础的青少年studyofadolescent.Design的一部分，家庭餐进行了141初中和高中的青少年建议的重要性，家庭餐在影响青少年的食物选择。这些研究结果导致列入项目EAT-I调查，完成了4746初中和高中学生，并在项目EAT-II纵向调查，完成了2516年后的原始参与者的家庭膳食的问题。一个子集的902名家长还参加了电话采访的一部分，项目EAT-I。结果：调查结果表明，许多青少年和家长认为家庭用餐的积极光，但有很大的多样性的背景和频率的家庭用餐模式在青少年的家园。研究结果进一步表明，家庭聚餐可能有好处的饮食摄入量，饮食行为紊乱，物质使用和心理健康方面的结论：从项目EAT的结果，与其他研究家庭聚餐，建议与家庭合作，以增加频率和提高家庭聚餐的质量的重要性。需要进一步研究，以阐明支持家庭膳食和健康结果之间关系的途径。根据从EAT项目中学到的知识，提出了未来研究议程的建议。
Objective: The purpose of the present paper is to provide an integrated overview of the research methodology and key findings from a decade of research on family meals as part of Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), a large, population-based study of adolescents.Design: Focus groups conducted with 141 middle-school and high-school adolescents suggested the importance of family meals in influencing adolescents' food choices. These findings led to the inclusion of questions on family meals in the Project EAT-I survey, completed by 4746 middle-school and high-school students, and in the Project EAT-II longitudinal survey, completed by 2516 of the original participants five years later. A subset of 902 parents also participated in telephone interviews as part of Project EAT-I.Results: Findings indicate that many adolescents and parents view family meals in a positive light, but there is great diversity in the context and frequency of family meal patterns in the homes of adolescents. Findings further suggest that family meals may have benefits in terms of dietary intake, disordered eating behaviours, substance use and psychosocial health.Conclusions: Findings from Project EAT, in conjunction with other research studies on family meals, suggest the importance of working with families to increase the frequency and improve the quality of family meals. Further research is needed in order to elucidate the pathways that underpin the relationships between family meals and health outcomes. Suggestions for a future research agenda based on what was learned from Project EAT are provided.