Dinner with their parents help children to keep fit

9, according to foreign media reports, a new study found that those who regularly dine with their parents to sit down, and with lots of vegetables in the diet of children's eating habits than those without such children are more thinner.

 
The study, published in "Pediatrics", and this conclusion may sound is not surprising, but few studies explore the children's weight and their relationship between dietary patterns, such as intake of sugar or fat than more complex dietary pattern. Although it is generally agreed that the children eat with their families is good, but has no evidence that this approach actually helps children to keep eating a healthy body.

 
In the new study, Greek researchers to 1138 ages 9 to 13-year-old children about their diet and physical activity status, and use this information to determine the 5 kinds of diet and lifestyle patterns. There is a pattern they called "dinner, cooking meals and vegetables", the use of this dietary pattern intake of vegetables and more children, they often sit down to dine with family, eat lunch and dinner is usually the traditional "cook" food (hot or cold dish), not sandwiches, fast food or "breakfast category" food.

 
Study found that compared with other peers, the use of this model a lower body mass index of children generally, the lower their waist circumference, body fat low. In addition 4 of the pattern of diet and lifestyle of children independent of body weight or body fat levels. These models include the "wild food, fast food / sweets and a sedentary lifestyle," "high fiber", "Breakfast" and "fitness, fruits and vegetables."

 
Mary, University of Athens 哈洛克皮奥? 雅娜库里亚 researchers led by Dr that does not display the 4 categories associated with the weight of children, and family meal / vegetable patterns are weight-related causes and children is not clear. However, they believe, to sit down and share meals with their families cooking meals and eating habits of children may mean more to follow the traditional Mediterranean diet - rich in vegetables, olive oil, whole wheat bread and fish.

 
A major limitation of this study is to assess children at a point in time. Only long-term study tracking children who follow the family meal can explain / vegetable fat dietary patterns of children become less likely. However, 雅娜库里亚 and her colleagues wrote in a research study has concluded that such a dietary pattern is against childhood obesity, "the potential preventive approach." They wrote, it is acceptable to a majority of children "non-restrictive" method of eating.