Family meals and eating practices among mothers in Santos, Brazil: A population-based study

Autor(es)

Sato, Priscila de Morais ^[1] ; Lourenco, Barbara Hatzlhoffer ^[2] ; Bizzotto Trude, Angela Cristina ^[3] ; Unsain, Ramiro Fernandez ^[1] ; Pereira, Patricia Rocha ^[1] ; Martins, Paula Andrea ^[4] ; Scagliusi, Fernanda Baeza ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Inst Hlth & Soc, Dept Hlth Clin & Inst, Campus Baixada Santista, Rua Silva Jardim 136, BR-11015020 Santos, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Nutr, Av Dr Arnaldo 715, BR-01255000 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] Johns Hopkins Univ, Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Human Nutr, 615 N Wolfe St, Room W2041A, Baltimore, MD 21205 - USA

^[4] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Inst Hlth & Soc, Dept Human Movement Sci, Campus Baixada Santista, Rua Silva Jardim 136, BR-11015020 Santos, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: APPETITE; v. 103, p. 38-44, AUG 1 2016.
• Citações Web of Science: 1

Resumo

This study investigates family meals among mothers and explores associations between eating with family and sociodemographic characteristics, body mass index, and eating practices. A population-based cross-sectional study, using complex cluster-sampling, was conducted in the city of Santos, Brazil with 439 mothers. Frequency of family meals was assessed by asking if mothers did or did not usually have a) breakfast, b) lunch, and c) dinner with family. Linear regression analyses were conducted for the number of meals eaten with family per day and each of the potential explanatory variables, adjusting for the mother's age. Poisson regression with robust variance was used to analyze each factor associated with eating with family as classified categorically: a) sharing meals with family, b) not eating any meals with family. Only 16.4% (n = 72) of participants did not eat any meals with family. From the 83.6% (n = 367) of mothers that had at least one family meal per day, 69.70% (n = 306) ate dinner with their families. Mothers aged >= 40 years reported significantly fewer meals eaten with family compared to mothers aged 30-39 years (beta: -0.26, p = 0.04). Having family meals was 54% more prevalent among mothers with >= 12 years of education (PR for no meals eaten with family: 0.54, 95% CI: 030; 0.96, p = 0.03), when compared to mothers with less than nine years of education. Eating no meals with family was 85% more prevalent among mothers who reported that eating was one of the biggest pleasures in their lives (PR: 1.85, 95% CI: 1.21; 2.82, p = 0.004). We suggest the need for further research investigating the effects of family meals on mothers' health through nutritional and phenomenological approaches. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 09/01361-1 - Avaliação do ambiente nutricional no município de santos
• Beneficiário: Paula Andrea Martins
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 10/04255-5 - Práticas alimentares de mães residentes no município de Santos
• Beneficiário: Priscila de Morais Sato
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado