Effect of meal environment on diet quality rating - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 2009 Autumn;70(3):118-24.
doi: 10.3148/70.3.2009.118.
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- DOI: 10.3148/70.3.2009.118
Effect of meal environment on diet quality rating
Sarah J Woodruff et al. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2009 Autumn.
Abstract
Purpose: Family meals have been associated with improved dietary quality in children and adolescents, and yet very little is known about family meals beyond their frequency. Specific aspects of the breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal environments were described and compared, and the associations with overall diet quality were investigated.
Methods: Data on food intake and meal environments were obtained in northern Ontario, southern Ontario, and Nova Scotia grades six, seven, and eight classrooms over the 2005 to 2006 school year. Specific aspects of the meal environments described were where the meal was consumed, with whom participants consumed each meal, who prepared the meal, and where the food was originally purchased. Diet quality was assessed using the Canadian version of the Healthy Eating Index. Cluster K-means procedures were used to classify into groups observations about the four meal environment variables.
Results: Three, eight, and six clusters of meal environments were identified for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, respectively. Diet quality was negatively associated with consuming/ purchasing meals outside the home, and with skipping breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner.
Conclusions: Results have immediate relevance for family-based and/or school programs and policies aimed at educating and feeding children and adolescents.
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