Intimate family table reduce obesity in children.

The results of a recent US study that households that appear warmer and enjoy greater collective integrated treatment for family meals less than the likelihood of injury to children with obesity, Families communicate more food on less likely to be where the children are suffering from an increase in weight.

She supervises the -alta study published in the journal Medicine Alotafal- Jerica M. Berg at the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis United Balolaat, previous research has shown that eating family meals frequently prevents obesity young people, adding that the reason for this is not known, It is a question which the current study aims to answer him.

The study included 120 children between the ages of 6 and 12 years of the families in the area of St. Paul, Minneapolis, and who said they ate dinner with the family three times a week at least. Family Meals and recorded video on iPad devices for eight days.

And recorded the types of foods and meals for communication and interaction between parents and children and between siblings. The researchers also used surveys and interviews with parents and children.
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Children who are of normal weight were eating family meals for a longer period in the presence of a father or stepfather, compared with their counterparts who are overweight
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Longer
It was found that children who are of normal weight were eating family meals for a longer period in the presence of a father or stepfather, compared with their counterparts who are overweight. Overall, the dinner lasted about 16 minutes with an average of 18 minutes for children holders healthy weight and 13.5 minutes for children hull.

Berg said that this discovery may mean that when children are under greater control over the meals they have more protection against overweight or obese, which means that there may be food less chaotic environment and more opportunities to communicate.

The families are greater warmth and care-as classified by the researchers who followed recordings Alvedao- less likely to have children suffer from overweight or obese. And has been associated with lack of discipline and parental attitudes undemanding increase in the likelihood of obesity in childhood.

She said Berg This probably means that in families that have children do not suffer from overweight or obese there are more positive interactions during the family meal, which provides a sense of security and regularity and predictability, which may help children to regulate their daily lives, including the organization dietary behavior is subjective.
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Should not be exploited as a family meal to follow up on homework for children
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Dynamics
Berg noted that these results only define the link between meals habits and obesity in childhood, does not prove that the dynamics of eating cause obesity, but there are some well-known health strategies that parents can employ them at the dinner table.

She said it is important for families to provide and promote a positive atmosphere during family meals, and added that, for example, should not be used as a family meal to follow up on homework for children, and must instead use the time