Healthy Eating with family with no TV

A recent survey has found that we can have healthy eating if we are taking out meals together. But with family dinner, we need to turn off the TV. This survey was conducted on 1300 low-income families where they have their children in nursery school. So we are going to lose all the benefits of healthy eating with family if the TV is on during the mealtime. The survey found that the chances of children being served two fruits and three vegetables also increase in each of family eating. The chances of fruits and vegetables being served decrease if the TV was on during the dinned. Lynn S. Edmunds, a registered dietitian with the New York State Department of Health advised parents to turn off the TV during the mealtimes. It was also found during the survey that Hispanic and black parents are more often having the TV on during the meals as compared to the white parents. Less educated parents were also found to have the TV on during the meals. The health benefits are high if we include fruits and vegetables in out diet. If we take diet full of fruits and vegetables we have lesser chanced of blood vessel disease, cancer and heart related problems. It was also noted that the children who eat lot of fruits and vegetables in their childhood, also continue with the healthy eating pattern in their adulthood as well. SOURCE: Journal of the American Dietetic Association, April 200