An Exploratory Evaluation of the Family Meal Intervention for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

2015 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 364-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecile Rausch Herscovici ◽  
Irina Kovalskys ◽  
Liliana Orellana
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Family Meal ◽  
The Family ◽  
Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

Just One More Bite: A Qualitative Analysis of the Family Meal in Family-based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Godfrey ◽  
Paul Rhodes ◽  
Jane Miskovic-Wheatley ◽  
Andrew Wallis ◽  
Simon Clarke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Family Meal ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Based Treatment ◽  
Family Based

scholarly journals Inside the family meal: a thematic analysis of session two in Maudsley family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Godfrey ◽  
Paul Rhodes ◽  
Jane Miskovic-Wheatley ◽  
Andrew Wallis ◽  
Simon Clarke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Family Meal ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Based Treatment ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Maudsley Family Based Treatment

scholarly journals How well are we engaging the family in family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa?

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth K Hughes ◽  
Claire Burton ◽  
Daniel Le Grange ◽  
Susan M Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
The Family ◽  
Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Family Based Treatment ◽  
Family Based

scholarly journals Family Meals, Conviviality and the Mediterranean Diet among Families with Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2499
Author(s):  
Andrea de la Torre-Moral ◽  
Sergi Fàbregues ◽  
Anna Bach-Faig ◽  
Albert Fornieles-Deu ◽  
F. Xavier Medina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Family Meals ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Family Meal ◽  
Food Pattern ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Meal Composition

Two aspects that characterize the Mediterranean diet (MD) are “what” and “how” we eat. Conviviality relates to “how” we eat and to the pleasure of sharing meals with significant people. The most studied concept is “family meals”, which includes conviviality, which involves “enjoying” family meals. Given the lack of research on convivial family meals in Mediterranean countries, the purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze the family meal representations and practices of families with 12- to 16-year-old adolescents to assess whether they responded to a pattern of conviviality, and to examine their association with MD adherence. Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted and food frequency and family meal questionnaires were administered. A food pattern analysis was carried out and digital photos of meals were analyzed to examine eating habits and meal composition, respectively. The findings showed that parents believed family meals are a space for socialization and communication. Items relating to the conviviality of family meals identified in the study were meal frequency, meals at the table, lack of digital distractions, pleasant conversations, and time spent on family meals. Attention should be paid to conviviality in Mediterranean families when designing multi-approach strategies to promote healthy eating among adolescents.

scholarly journals Beyond the Normative Family Meal Promotion: A Narrative Review of Qualitative Results about Ordinary Domestic Commensality

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3186
Author(s):  
Fairley Le Moal ◽  
Maxime Michaud ◽  
Carol Hartwick-Pflaum ◽  
Georgia Middleton ◽  
Isabelle Mallon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Family Meals ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Mental Load ◽  
Family Meal ◽  
External Constraints ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
The Family

There exists a normative representation of family meals in contemporary Western societies which is promoted as imperative through public health programs, larger discourses and by some studies in the nutritional and public health research fields. Family meals, also called domestic commensality, are represented as convivial events and are associated with positive health and wellbeing outcomes but there is minimal evidence to show they are beneficial for family members and it is not known which aspect of the family meal could be responsible for these alleged benefits. This normative family meal image is based on a representation of the family as a peaceful unit exempt from external constraints. This narrative literature review of qualitative studies of family meals seeks to put forward the underlying premises of this representation and compare it with reports about actual practices. The results emphasize that eating together is still practiced and remains valued by family members, which is in contrast to discourses lamenting the decline of the family meal. However, the valorisation and recurrence of family meals depends on class, gender and cultural positions. There is a gap between the norm of healthy or convivial and achievable family meals, which can reinforce the so-called “mental load” and “emotion work” of those in charge of feeding the family and heighten inequalities within the household. In fact, there are many challenges to family meals which originate from external constraints or are inherent aspects of family life. The results from this review suggest that we should focus on family meals by taking into account the food work surrounding it and focussing on the interactional aspects of family meals. Ethnographic methods allow the researcher to observe the diversities and complexities of commensality as well as family dynamics and, in doing so, could provide more realistic representations of eating within the family.

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