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For instance, planning meals in advance is associated with greater intakes of fruits and vegetables.4-6 Other benefits of planned meals include cost savings, more efficient grocery shopping, and fewer food shopping trips to purchase forgotten items. Meal planning also helps to make mealtimes more relaxed and minimize the negative effects associated with chaotic mealtimes, such as increased anxiety and depression in children.7 Moreover, meal planning can improve the ease with which families are able to eat meals together and thereby reap the myriad of nutritional (eg, higher intakes of fruit, vegetables, fiber, calcium, and several vitamins, and reduced intake of soft drinks and saturated fat8-12) and social benefits (eg, reduced risk of substance abuse and disordered eating, enhanced psychosocial well-being, better academic performance) associated with family mealtimes.13-15  \nA survey of mothers of young children who were the primary food gatekeeper in their families revealed that even though they recognized the importance of planning meals, many meals were not planned ahead of time.16 A lack of time and meal planning and preparation knowledge and skills hinder meal planning and preparation. 17,18 Thus, the purpose of this  \nproject was to create and evaluate a tool that helps families plan, prepare, and serve family meals.  \nMEAL PLANNER  \nThe meal planner (Figure) was developed as part of a self-directed home kitchen makeover demonstration project targeted to mothers with children (ie, less than 12 years old) who had the primary food preparation responsibilities in their homes. The meal planner was developed to create a single tool that mothers can use as a menu, grocery list, and plan for organizing the food into meals. This study was approved by the Rutgers University Institutional Review Board. A blank sample menu planner is available at Nutrisci. [rutgers.edu/MenuPlanner](rutgers.edu/MenuPlanner).  \nThe meal planner is set up as a grid, with the first column designated for the menu and subsequent columns for listing food items needed to prepare the menu. To increase the efficiency of grocery shopping, the columns for listing food items are organized by section of the supermarket (ie, produce, dairy/eggs/refrigerated food, meat/seafood, canned/bottled and boxed food, frozen food, baked goods, and other) . Rows were designated for each day’s dinner meal, weekday and weekend breakfasts, and weekday and weekend lunches. Additional rows were set aside for snacks, other food items, and household supplies.  \nTo complete the meal planner, mothers were instructed to begin by visualizing the meals they wanted to serve, keep good nutrition and family  \nDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ  \nAddress for correspondence: Jaclyn Maurer Abbot, PhD, RD, Rutgers University, Department of Nutritional Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ 08901; Phone: (916) 865-7000; E-mail:  \n[abbot@aesop.rutgers.edu](abbot@aesop.rutgers.edu)  \nJ Nutr Educ Behav. 2010;42:66-68  \n􀀂2010 SOCIETY FOR NUTRITION EDUCATION  \ndoi:10.1016/j.jneb.2009.07.005  \nfood preferences in mind, and consider the resources (eg, time, money, food preparation skill, help from family members) they have to prepare each meal. Mothers were encouraged to emphasize grains, fruit, and vegetables in meals; use low-fat dairy products; choose lean, protein-rich food; and keep portion sizes of meat small. Then, they listed their planned menusand identified all food items needed to make each meal. Next, they placed an‘","cbCaiawAcdnkyfrC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiawAcdnkyfrC","pdf",135974,"English","# Meal Planning Rationale\n## Study Purpose and Meal Planner Design\n## Meal Planner Setup and Instructions\n## Feedback from Mothers","[{\"question\":\"Why is meal planning important in nutrition counseling?\",\"answer\":\"Meal planning helps clients modify diets to manage body weight and diet-related diseases and can also increase fruit and vegetable intake, while improving cost efficiency and reducing shopping trips.\"},{\"question\":\"What purpose did the project serve?\",\"answer\":\"The project aimed to create and evaluate a tool that helps families plan, prepare, and serve family meals, addressing gaps in mothers’ time and meal planning knowledge.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the meal planner structured and used?\",\"answer\":\"The planner uses a grid where menu and food items are listed, organized by supermarket sections, with rows for dinners, breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and household supplies; mothers then mark items already in stock and organize nonperishable ingredients for faster preparation.\"}]","A Tool for Facilitating Meal Planning | PDF",1790530417]