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This campaign is based on Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy’s ‘The Family Dinner Project’ which has over three decades of research showing that regular family meals offer a wide variety of youth substance use protective factors as well as physical, social-emotional, and academic benefits.
...When teens eat regular family meals, it reduces high risk teenage behaviors like smoking, substance abuse, eating disorders, teenage pregnancy and violence. It also reduces depression and anxiety and increases self-esteem. Plus, it provides an opportunity to check in with kids to find out how they’re doing.
...A strong link between family dinners and academic performance, even stronger than doing homework, sports, or art.
...An increased intake of fruits, vegetables and micronutrients, and fewer fried foods, trans fats and sodas.
... Children feel more connected to siblings and parents in families that have meals together at least three times a week.
... Family mealtime increases literacy. Kids learn more words through family mealtime conversations than through being read to.
...Family mealtime is good for people of all ages. Sharing meals improves physical health, mental health, and social well-being for everyone at the table.
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