Widespread inequities in diet and nutrition present a pressing public health problem.
Sociologists working to illuminate the causes and contours of these inequities often center …

There exists a normative representation of family meals in contemporary Western societies
which is promoted as imperative through public health programs, larger discourses and by …

Introduction Meeting spiritual needs is an important part of the quality of nursing for older
people living with dementia. The spirituality-supportive caring and living environment has …

Family meals are recognized as an opportunity to promote the health of families. Popular
discourse posits that changes to contemporary family life have made family meals harder to …

Regular family mealtimes are occasions to model food consumption and have been
associated with health and well-being benefits for children. This study aimed to investigate …

Our life is comprised of, among other things, many food and eating decisions. Therefore, we
are in a constant relationship with food. Although many health providers and researchers …

Objective This study examined how family members managed emotions‐or produced
emotion work‐during family mealtimes and how this affected eating together in contexts …

Family meals are a familiar concept and are practised in many Western households. While
academics have been researching family meals for decades, there is much about the family …

Sedentary behaviour among children has become an area of interest in health research due
to its associations with unfavourable health outcomes. Concerns about certain activities …

The artefacts of tableware have been designed to facilitate the essential and ineluctable
daily practice of dining in western and Chinese cultures. Apart from performing their function …