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“Family meals curb girls eating disorder risk, but not in boys� by Rueters

In the following article, researchers correlated family meals with healthy eating habits in young adolescents. Dr. Nuemark from the University of Minnesota found that teen girls that ate one meal a day with their family throughout the week were one-third less likely to exhibit abnormal eating habits such as extreme dieting and bulimia. The simple act of eating together as a family provides an emotional shield against unrealistic weight management goals teenage girls all across the world struggle with. This article falls into two of the several family theories we have studied in class. The first theory, “Symbolic Interactionist Theory� focuses on how face to face interaction during meal time influences future behavior outside the home. The second, “Family Ecology Theory� on a micro level, examines interconnected behavior and roles that influence eating habits in both boys and girls (HDF......

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