Eating as a family helps maintain healthy weight

Having meals together with the family helps to develop balanced eating habits. — AFP

For people obliged to follow a special diet or those who have undergone bariatric surgery, taking part in meals together as a family, rather than alone in front of a computer or television, could help maintain balanced eating habits, a new study suggests.

Published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, the study also indicates that patients were more likely to have family meals when they had good communication and moral support from their loved ones.