Overview

Regular family meal times produce significant benefits for children and their families. Family meals can be also be stressful when siblings fight or parents are burdened by work demands. Mealtime Minutes, public service announcements developed by the FRC in partnership with The Pampered Chef, provide practical solutions to common family mealtime challenges. The goal of this project was to start conversations with parents about strategies for successful family meals by disseminating Mealtime Minutes through traditional media platforms and building a web and social media presence. The project helped the participating researchers understand the role media plays in raising awareness about the benefits of family meal times, while facilitating information and sharing strategies to increase and enhance family meal times.

Research Team

Contact:
John Wirtz
217-333-1602; jwirtz@illinois.edu

Funding

This project was supported by the Christopher Family Foundation Food and Family Program.