Family meals and food insecurity in Spanish adolescents
Barreiro Álvarez, María Fernanda (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Facultat de Ciències de la Salut)
Latorre Millán, Miriam (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Facultat de Ciències de la Salut)
Bach Faig, Anna (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Foodlab Research Group)
Fornieles Deu, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut)
Sánchez Carracedo, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)

Fecha:	2024
Resumen:	The world is not on track to achieve the goal of food security for the global population by 2030. New approaches to understand individuals' food insecurity are needed, especially insecurity related to children and adolescents, since it is associated with health and psychosocial problems. The study aimed to characterise the family dinners among a representative cohort of schooled adolescents (n = 1017) and their parents (n = 261) in Terrassa (Catalonia, Spain) and how family dinners could be related to household food insecurity. The survey findings revealed that in 2022, 19. 2% of the adolescents were experiencing household food insecurity. Adolescents with a lower socioeconomic status and of foreign origin showed the highest likelihood of experiencing household food insecurity. Household food security was also associated with some characteristics of family dinners, such as better quality and a higher frequency (seven or more dinners eaten together per week). Based on this finding, possible ways in which family dinners could offer a beneficial effect, alleviating the consequences of food insecurity in adolescents, are discussed. In line with the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goal of guaranteeing food security, the promotion of family dinners and their quality, frequency, and duration to leverage the beneficial effect in states of household food insecurity in Spanish adolescents should be taken into account to design actions and public campaigns in Spain.
Ayudas:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación RTI2018-099293-B-I00 Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2022-138977OB-I00
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Food insecurity ; Food security ; Home environment ; Family meals ; Family dinner index ; Adolescents
Publicado en:	Appetite, Núm. 195 (2024) , p. 107214, ISSN 1095-8304

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107214
PMID: 38219830

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