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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2017 Nov 8;121:163–172. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.11.084

Table 2.

Interview Questions for Family Matters study Investigating the Intergenerational Transmission of Family Meal Practices

Interviewer: I am interested in learning about how you ate together in the family you grew up in. This is often called a “family meal,” when adults and children living in the same household eat together.

  1. How are family meals in your own family today similar or different from family meals when you were growing up?

  2. Are there things done related to family meals in the family you grew up in that you wish you did in your family now?

  3. What lessons did you learn from your parents and grandparents about eating together as a family?

  4. What messages have you passed on to your children (e.g., shopping for food, preparing meals for your family, eating together)?

  5. Many families tell us that they face challenges in eating family meals. What are some of the challenges your family faces?

  6. What has your family done to deal with some of these challenges?