(Food-Beverage-News.Com, October 14, 2014 ) Halifax, Nova Scotia -- While planning meals can be stressful, using a meal planning service like the MealEasy Meal Planner can help alleviate that stress according to research.
A recent study found that families that eat together have fewer instances of kids being bullied at school. The importance of family meals is stressed in a report from McGill University in Montreal as a way to get the kids in the family to open up about possible issues they are encountering at school, such as bullying and cyberbullying.
The researchers measured exposures to cyberbullying and traditional (face-to-face) bullying and a wide range of mental health outcomes, including depression, anxiety, substance use, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and suicidal attempts.
The authors of the study found that cyberbullying victimization relates more strongly to these problems in adolescents that have fewer family dinners, which suggests that family contact and communication reduces some of the distressing effects of cyberbullying and strongly suggests that family meals are an important part of this dynamic.
The MealEasy Meal Planner has been available since 2008 and has over 1800 meals in its data base. The planner allows subscribers to customize their own family meal plans to their tastes and preferences. The meal planner also offers the user a comprehensive grocery list as well detailed cooking instructions.
MealEasy has also recently expanded their brand by adding silicone baking mat sets which are sold through Amazon. The nonstick reusable mats are sold in conjunction with a one year membership to the MealEasy Meal Planner. The company has plans to release a series of kitchen wares and utensils over the coming months.
About Noviden Technologies Inc.
Noviden Technologies Inc. is the developer of healthy meal planning software since 2006. Noviden has recently expanded into the physical kitchenware marketplace . Noviden's silicone baking mat set is their most recent kitchen wares product which includes their MealEasy Meal Planner as a free special offer www.amazon.com/Silicone-Baking-Mat-Half-Sheet/dp/B00LJBAC52.