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Background: Today, families enjoy fewer meals together than they did 30 years ago. However, sharing family meals is associated with healthier eating patterns in children and teens. Shared meals can also be relaxed times to talk and help families become closer.
Below are the articles, websites, and other sources of evidence for information conveyed in the Nios Sanos Familia Sana Family Nutrition Education curriculum: Allen, S. L., Howlett, M. D., Coulombe, J. A., & Corkum, P. V. (2016).
Background: Young children naturally stop eating when they are full. Still, parents often worry that their children are not eating enough. Since young children eat small amounts of food throughout the day, adults may not see how it all adds up in a days time.
Background: Drink water instead of sugary beverages! Sugar-sweetened beverages, including colas, teas, fruit-flavored drinks, sports drinks, and others add a lot of sugar in the diets of children and adults.
Background: Across cultures, breakfast habits vary widely. For this lesson, breakfast is defined as foods and/or beverages from at least one food group, consumed within 2-3 hours of waking after the longest period of sleep.
