Accustoming of eating together with members of the family can prevent children from obesity. Even nutrition expert believes that the family dinner can encourage children to eat more fruits and vegetables.

A researcher from Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, conclude their findings after analyze the result of 68 academic studies. They find that people in a family who often have a dinner continuously can cause a great increase of consuming fruits, vegetables, foods rich of calcium, fiber and vitamins. Besides that, those who get use to eat dinner together rarely consume junk food and soft drink.  Jennifer Martin-Biggers a doctoral candidate in nutrition at Rutgers said that “people who frequently eat dinner together with their family tend to have a better diet”. Even Martin says that children in that family tend to have a good achievement at school.

Even so, Martin admitted that it is not an easy thing to ask children to eat and have a gathering time together, especially when they were still young. But when a family can eat together, it will be a remarkable moment.

“We believe that spending time together with other members of family can be a place for parents and children to interact and teach each other about eating habit,” he said.

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