A new study from Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education has found that parents experiencing high levels of work-life stress have one and a half fewer family meals per week than parents with low levels of work-life stress and eat half a serving less of fruits and vegetables per day. Lead author Katherine Bauer, assistant professor of public health at Temple, said that over time these differences can have a big impact: "There's a great need to help parents find realistic and sustainable ways to feed their families more healthfully while taking into consideration all of the stresses on parents these days."