Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 2005 — Page 26

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Inaugural family reunion Etta Mai Foster, 76, known to family and friends as "Mother" hosted her family's first reunion at Riverside Park on Sept. 17. Originally from Tennessee, Foster moved to Indianapolis 30 years ago and wanted to get her family together to fellowship with them as well as feed them. The theme for the family reunion was We Come This Far By Faith, which she believes is her testimony. (Submitted photo)

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Moms' view on family meal

(HealthDay News) — Moms concerned about keeping their kids fit and trim may want to encourage an increasingly threatened institution: the healthy family meal. That’s true even if the family’s goals of eating together each day falls short occasionally, according to a study published in a recent issue of the journal Obesity Research. Eating together as a family has long been recommended by nutrition experts. “I certainly recommend people eat together at least afewtimes a week,” said Lola O’Rourke, a Seattle dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. Doing so helps parents teach kids healthy eating habits, she said, and also gives them some control over what their children eat. Researchers speculate that maternal attitudes towards the importance of family meals may reflect a broader respect for good nutrition. This might extend to practices such as keeping healthy foods in the house or limiting the amount of times their children can eat “junk food.” That interpretation makes sense to O’Rourke. “You would think people who are more concerned about family meals are also probably more concerned about nutrition,” she said. Mothers who encourage family dinners

may also be providing more emotional support to their teens, she said, or building selfconfidence in them so they are less likely to turn to food for stress-relief. Eating together as a family, at least a few times a week, gives everyone a chance to connect, she said, and “parents have more influence in terms of what is being put on the table.” Parents can also take the opportunity to discuss healthy eating habits and set guidelines for eating at school, where junk food is common. A study released in September by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, found that nine out of 10 schools have candy, soda, pizza and other snacks readily available, and that schools are one of the largest sources for unhealthy food for today’s children. In the sample, the GAO surveyed 656 schools, with 51 percent of the principals responding. Vending machines were available in nearly all high schools and middle schools but less than half of elementary schools. Junk food has become more common in middle schools in the past five years, the survey found. And the investigators found that vending machine foods and “junk foods” offered in a-la-carte lines in school cafeterias are crowding out healthier choices. The result? Obesity among children and teens has more than doubled in the past three decades, according to experts at the Institute of Medicine.

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