Prevalence of daily family meals among children and adolescents from 43 countries
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- dc.contributor.author López-Gil, José Francisco
- dc.contributor.author Smith, Lee
- dc.contributor.author Tully, Mark A.
- dc.contributor.author Álvarez-Pitti, Julio
- dc.contributor.author Gómez, Santiago Felipe
- dc.contributor.author Schröder, Helmut, 1958-
- dc.date.accessioned 2025-07-04T06:26:43Z
- dc.date.available 2025-07-04T06:26:43Z
- dc.date.issued 2025
- dc.description.abstract Prevalence studies about family meals, including large and representative samples of children and adolescents on this topic, are scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was twofold: first, to determine the prevalence of daily family meals in large and representative samples of school-going children and adolescents from 43 countries, and second, to identify the sex, age, socioeconomic status (SES), family structure, immigrant status and parental labour market status inequalities associated with this prevalence. Using data from the 2017/2018 wave of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study, a total of 179,991 participants from 43 countries were involved in this cross-sectional study. Family meals were assessed by the following question: 'How often do you and your family usually have meals together?'. Participants had five different response options: 'every day', 'most days', 'about once a week', 'less often', and 'never'. The meta package was utilized for conducting a meta-analysis of single proportions, specifically applying the metaprop function. The analysis involved pooling the data using a random-effects model and presenting the outcomes through a forest plot generated using the inverse variance method. Moreover, we applied generalized linear mixed models to explore the relationships between the studied sociodemographic factors as fixed effects, country as a random effect and the status of daily family meals as an outcome. Overall, the prevalence of daily family meals was 49.12% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 45.00-53.25). A greater probability of having daily family meals was identified for children aged 10-12 years (61.55%; 95% CI: 57.44%-65.49%), boys (61.55%, 95% CI: 57.44%-65.49%), participants with high SES (64.66%, 95% CI: 60.65%-68.48%), participants with both parents at home (65.05%, 95% CI: 61.16%-68.74%) and those with both unemployed parents (61.55%, 95% CI: 57.44%-65.49%). In the present study, which included large representative samples of school-going children and adolescents from 43 countries, more than half of the participants did not have daily family meals.
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- dc.identifier.citation López-Gil JF, Smith L, Tully MA, Álvarez-Pitti J, Gómez SF, Schröder H. Prevalence of daily family meals among children and adolescents from 43 countries. Matern Child Nutr. 2025 Jan;21(1):e13706. DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13706
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13706
- dc.identifier.issn 1740-8695
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/70833
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Wiley
- dc.relation.ispartof Matern Child Nutr. 2025 Jan;21(1):e13706
- dc.rights © 2024 The Author(s). Maternal & Child Nutrition published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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- dc.subject.keyword Family dinners
- dc.subject.keyword Family structure
- dc.subject.keyword Immigrant status
- dc.subject.keyword Parental employment
- dc.subject.keyword Sex
- dc.subject.keyword Socioeconomic status
- dc.title Prevalence of daily family meals among children and adolescents from 43 countries
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