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Association Between Family Dinner Frequency and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents; the Caspian-V Study Publisher Pubmed



Karimi G1 ; Vard B1 ; Riyahi R2 ; Motlagh ME3 ; Heshmat R4 ; Kelishadi R1, 2
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  1. 1. Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Child Growth and Development Research Centre, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Paediatrics, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
  4. 4. Chronic Diseases Research Centre, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition Published:2020


Abstract

This cross-sectional study was conducted among 14,400 Iranian students, aged 7–18 years to determine the association between the frequency of family dinner and mental health. Family dinner frequency, family relationship, life satisfaction (LS), self-perceived health and anxiety were assessed by validated questionnaires. Of 14,274 participants, 50.6% were boys and 71.4% were urban residents, with a mean (SD) age of 12.28 (3.16) years. Family dinner frequency was significantly correlated with LS (boys: β = 0.27, p <.001; girls: β = 0.26, p <.001) and socio-economic status (boys: β = 0.05, p <.001; girls: β = 0.02, p <.001). A significant inverse association was observed between family dinner frequency and family relationship with anxiety, which was more evident in boys than in girls (p <.05). This study underscores the important role of family dinner frequency with lower anxiety in children as well as a better family relationship with better LS. © 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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