Strategies for Promoting Family Meals
- Try to make family meals a priority
- Aim for at least 3-4 meals a week
- Strive to make mealtimes pleasurable,
enjoyable and engaging
- Share the meal preparation and cooking
with other family members
- Keep mealtime preparation simple,
easy and nutritious
- Be flexible with the time or place
of meals (e.g., family picnic before
sports).
- Teach children to cook and be involved
with meal preparation
- Create a relaxed setting for meals
(clear non-food items from the table,
turn off the television, don't answer
the phone)
- Socialize and avoid topics likely
to lead to conflict
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