ORRVILLE, Ohio, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ — It’s the time of year when families across the country sit down to share a family meal and celebrate the holiday season. Every family has their own holiday mealtime traditions, whether it is a signature Thanksgiving turkey dish, customary Chanukah latkes or traditional Christmas cookies. A new survey by Kelton Research on behalf of The J.M. Smucker Company reveals how Americans’ are approaching family mealtime this holiday season by exploring existing family traditions, how new ones are being adopted, which ones are kept, and which ones are slipping away.
According to the survey, nearly seven in ten (68%) Americans will have at least three generations sitting at the holiday table. While gathered around the bustling dinner table passing around the gravy boat and turkey, the coffee and pie, 74% of Americans are most likely to reminisce about family stories. continue reading...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ — As families gather back around the dinner table, what was once a staple of the meal — milk — might be hard to find. Over the past decade, milk at dinner has steadily declined and today nearly 60 percent of children’s dinners do not include milk, according to new findings from The NPD Group.(1) Conversely, nearly one-third of all kids’ meals are served with a soft drink or fruit drink — beverages that are often loaded with sugar and missing important nutrients.
The percentage of overweight American children and teens has tripled in the last two decades and a recent report called What America Drinks(2) suggests that beverage choice may impact weight and the overall quality of the diet. Because of these findings, health experts like registered dietitian Jodie Shield are joining the nationwide Think About Your Drink campaign to urge parents to think about what’s filling their children’s glasses and make milk the “official drink of the family.” continue reading...
