English 
Francais 
عربي 
Family meals are good for our health!
Nutritionists and sociologists are entirely in agreement about the importance of families eating meals together to preserve good nutritional and social balance.
Family meals are an opportunity for sharing and for mutual enjoyment, regardless of what you might have on your plate. So it is important to stay in the habit of eating together because doing so helps to maintain family cohesion. In most disadvantaged families, the practice of eating together has virtually disappeared and been replaced by unbalanced eating habits with food of low nutritional value.
The same is true of the increasingly common use of pre-cooked and ready meals. Families on the lowest incomes also tend to consume the least fruit and vegetables. And it is in these same families that lack of fresh produce and dairy products is the most common. They are also the highest consumers of sugary drinks and processed foods, which are often high in fats.
The reasons are well known: advertising pressure, a lack of organisation in the way the family lives and a loss of culinary know-how means that each individual eats quickly and on his own, often at irregular hours. A return to eating meals together would help re-establish social relationships, encourage dialogue and communication and even cut down on food bills. Which is something worth remembering!
Print this article
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Send to a friend
Convert to pdf
Copyright Authorization
87 article(s)
Equipping your kitchen – the essential tools
White-fleshed fruit and vegetables can help to ward off strokes
Nutrition and cancer – there is no miracle food!
Eat Mediterranean style ... and walk faster!
Garlic … good for (almost) everything
What is a good source of calcium?
