{"id":2597,"date":"2009-03-30T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/return-to-the-family-table.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:22:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:22:23","slug":"return-to-the-family-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2597","title":{"rendered":"Return to the Family Table"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> There are some things that we have forgotten … and just need to remember. Need an example?<\/p>\n

Return to the Family Table.<\/p>\n

This study just published <\/a>in the March\/April issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior <\/em>showed that kids who eat with their families are more likely to eat better, and to develop better eating behaviors.<\/p>\n

According to the authors, of the 677 adolescents followed over 5 years, those who ate “regular family meals” had more healthful diets, meaning they consumed more vegetables, calcium-rich food, dietary fiber and essential nutrients.<\/p>\n

This is something that has been lost in many families, because it is deemed to be less important than many other items on the To-Do list. Unfortunately, we can also erode our nutritional, social, and familial health in the process. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are some things that we have forgotten … and just need to remember. Need an example? Return to the Family Table. This study just published in the March\/April issue … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[494],"tags":[291,468],"class_list":["post-2597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-children","tag-family"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-FT","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5687,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=5687","url_meta":{"origin":2597,"position":0},"title":"Weight Weight, There Are Social Solutions?","author":"Will Clower","date":"February 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Eat with the people you love in your life, whether your family or friends. 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