Second, they review the various ways that social institutions, in- cluding government, can play a role in furthering family mealtimes as a vehicle to enhancing child development and building healthy communities. They offer six recommendations of actions that may be taken to promote regular and healthy family mealtimes. There is considerable concern in this country for what has been described as an obesity epidemic, particularly among children. We have had a previous SPR on this topic, The Epidemic of Childhood Obesity: Review of Research and Implications for Public Policy, Volume 20, Issue 2, 2006. However, much.
