Does eating family meals and having the television on during dinner correlate with overweight? A sub-study of the PRO GREENS project, looking at children from nine European countries

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ID15096293
AutoresE Röös (0000-0003-3521-6517, Folkhälsans Forskningscentrum, autor correspondente), Tuuli Pajunen (Folkhälsans Forskningscentrum), Carola Ray (0000-0002-1443-3531, Folkhälsans Forskningscentrum), Christel Lynch (Karolinska Institutet), Ása Gudrun Kristiansdottir (National University Hospital of Iceland), Thorhallur I Halldorsson, Þórhallur I Halldórsson (0000-0002-3488-0777, University of Iceland), Inga Thorsdottir, Inga Þórsdóttir (0000-0002-2946-287X, National University Hospital of Iceland), Saskia J Te Velde (0000-0002-4674-8052, Amsterdam Public Health), Michael Krawinkel (0000-0001-5801-4876, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), Isabel Behrendt (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), Maria Daniel Vaz de Almeida (0000-0002-6436-4634, Universidade do Porto), Bela Franchini (0000-0002-0428-4771, Universidade do Porto), Anna Papadaki (0000-0002-5728-3975, University of Crete), Joanna Moschandreas (University of Crete), Cirila Hlastan Ribic (National Education Institute of the Republic of Slovenia), Stefka Petrova (National Center of Public Health and Analyses), Vesselka Duleva (0000-0001-7793-0116, National Center of Public Health and Analyses), Irena Simčic (National Education Institute of the Republic of Slovenia), Agneta Yngve (0000-0002-7165-279X, Örebro University)
Ano2014
Volume17
Fascículo11
Páginas2528-2536
Data de publicação2014-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980013002954
PMID24642340
OpenAlexW2097635119
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas31

Objective Family meals have been negatively associated with overweight in children, while television (TV) viewing during meals has been associated with a poorer diet. The aim of the present study was to assess the association of eating family breakfast and dinner, and having a TV on during dinner, with overweight in nine European countries and whether these associations differed between Northern and Southern & Eastern Europe. Design Cross-sectional data. Schoolchildren reported family meals and TV viewing. BMI was based on parental reports on height and weight of their children. Cut-off points for overweight by the International Obesity Task Force were used. Logistic regressions were performed adjusted by age, gender and parental education. Setting Schools in Northern European (Sweden, the Netherlands, Iceland, Germany and Finland) and Southern & Eastern European (Portugal, Greece, Bulgaria and Slovenia) countries, participating in the PRO GREENS project. Subjects Children aged 10–12 years in ( n 6316). Results In the sample, 21 % of the children were overweight, from 35 % in Greece to 10 % in the Netherlands. Only a few associations were found between family meals and TV viewing during dinner with overweight in the nine countries. Northern European children, compared with other regions, were significantly more likely to be overweight if they had fewer family breakfasts and more often viewed TV during dinner. Conclusions The associations between family meals and TV viewing during dinner with overweight were few and showed significance only in Northern Europe. Differences in foods consumed during family meals and in health-related lifestyles between Northern and Southern & Eastern Europe may explain these discrepancies

Environmental health · Geography · Logistic regression · Obesity · Overweight · Sociology · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Demography · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet