Associations between Family Dinner Frequency and Voluntary Mealtime Communication with Dietary Attitudes, Dietary Behaviors, and Quality of Life: A Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Study of 5<sup>th</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup> Grade Students

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  • 家族との夕食共食頻度及び食事中の自発的コミュニケーションと食態度，食行動，QOLとの関連
  • 家族との夕食共食頻度及び食事中の自発的コミュニケーションと食態度,食行動,QOLとの関連 : 小学5年生及び中学2年生における横断的・縦断的検討
  • カゾク ト ノ ユウショク トモグイ ヒンド オヨビ ショクジ チュウ ノ ジハツテキ コミュニケーション ト ショク タイド,ショク コウドウ,QOL ト ノ カンレン : ショウガク 5ネンセイ オヨビ チュウガク 2ネンセイ ニ オケル オウダンテキ ・ ジュウダンテキ ケントウ
  • Associations between Family Dinner Frequency and Voluntary Mealtime Communication with Dietary Attitudes, Dietary Behaviors, and Quality of Life: A Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Study of 5th and 8th Grade Students
  • ─小学5年生及び中学2年生における横断的・縦断的検討─

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Objective: This study aimed to examine the associations between family dinner frequency (FDF) and voluntary mealtime communication (VMC) at the 5th and 8th grades with dietary attitudes, dietary behaviors, and quality of life (QOL) among 8th graders.<br>Methods: Data were included from 598 students (303 boys and 295 girls) from all middle schools in Sakado City who completed questionnaires with valid responses twice, first in the 5th grade and then again in the 8th grade. Students were divided into four groups: students who had FDF 4 or more times/week and engaged in substantial VMC (group A), those who had FDF 4 or more times/week but engaged in minimal VMC (group B), those who had FDF 3 or fewer times/week but engaged in substantial VMC (group C), and those who had FDF 3 or fewer times/week and engaged in minimal VMC (group D). Differences in dietary attitudes, dietary behaviors, and QOL by the four groups at the 5th grade (longitudinal study) and at the 8th grade (cross-sectional study) were analyzed.<br>Results: The four groups at the 5th grade were longitudinally associated with few variables, whereas those at the 8th grade were cross-sectionally associated with many variables. Students in group A had more positive dietary attitudes, dietary behaviors, and QOL than did those in groups B and D. Covariance structure analysis showed that both FDF and VMC as measured in the 8th but not the 5th grade influenced each variable of 8th graders' QOL.<br>Conclusions: This study suggests that dietary attitudes, dietary behaviors, and QOL among 8th graders were associated with FDF and VMC at the same period but not at the 5th grade.

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