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Can A School-Based Intervention Improve Nutrition In The Family Home? An Evaluation Of The Effects Of A Centrally-Procured School Food Program On The Home Food Environment, Rebecca Reagan
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Children have been cited as important influencers of family nutrition and, therefore, suggested to have the capacity to act as agents of change in the household and influence family food consumption. Furthermore, previous research has provided evidence of take-home effects in school-based nutrition interventions. Therefore, the purpose of this randomized control trial was to examine whether implementation of a centrally-procured school food program would produce changes in children’s home food environment, including fruit and/or vegetable availability and parental modelling of fruit and/or vegetable consumption. Findings of this study indicated that children’s fruit and vegetable consumption predicted parents’ fruit and vegetable …
Exposed Roots, Ashley Lynn Van Elswyk
Exposed Roots, Ashley Lynn Van Elswyk
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“Exposed Roots” is a collection of seven interconnected short stories following a farming family, told through the perspective of middle daughter Anna. The stories reflect the shifting uncertainties of their narrator, weaving the past and present together and, on occasion, blurring the lines of reality. Characters include a grandfather single-mindedly dedicated to his farm, an aunt whose resentment drives her from her family, a father who simultaneously wants his children to have their own lives but also stay within the family business, and a mother and grandmother who have come to this family farm as “outsiders.” The farm is not …