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Integration Of Disability Studies And Culinary Instruction Into Nutrition Curriculum Development, Joanne Sullivan, Regina Subach, Janice Goldschmidt Jan 2023

Integration Of Disability Studies And Culinary Instruction Into Nutrition Curriculum Development, Joanne Sullivan, Regina Subach, Janice Goldschmidt

Journal of Dietetic Education

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is currently promoting the advancement of cultural humility as a means for nutritional professionals to better appreciate the lived experience and identities of others as well as the power dynamics that create health inequalities. At the same time, the Academy has struggled to advance services to underserved populations such as those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and autism spectrum disorder. Here the authors argue that both goals can be achieved by involving nutrition students in the teaching of food preparation skills to individuals with IDD. Dietetic students emerge with an enhanced understanding of …


Live Your Best Life: Knock Out Prediabetes With Healthy Defaults, Micheline Cormier Apr 2021

Live Your Best Life: Knock Out Prediabetes With Healthy Defaults, Micheline Cormier

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This how-to pamphlet informs readers on healthy defaults and their role in fostering an environment conducive to successful behavior change in the prediabetic population. It defines prediabetes and healthy defaults and provides prediabetes risk factors. Tips are also suggested to apply food and lifestyle healthy defaults in everyday situations at home or work. Finally, readers are encouraged to personalize healthy defaults to make them permanent and live their best life.


Take Charge, Mollie Bartles Jan 2021

Take Charge, Mollie Bartles

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This educational handout highlights the benefits of a healthier lifestyle and how it is possible to eat on a budget.


Everyday Tips To Achieve A Healthy Weight, University Of New England Applied Nutrition Program Jan 2021

Everyday Tips To Achieve A Healthy Weight, University Of New England Applied Nutrition Program

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This handout depicts six evidence-based practices to help overweight and obese individuals achieve a healthy weight. These tips are meant to be easily integrated into everyday life, and are backed by the CDC, USDA, and multiple scientific studies and reviews.


Adolescent Obesity: Causes, Risks And Interventions, University Of New England Applied Nutrition Program Jan 2021

Adolescent Obesity: Causes, Risks And Interventions, University Of New England Applied Nutrition Program

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To provide concise information about adolescent obesity to include the common causes, risk factors, immediate and long-term health risks. This handout also strives to deliver basic nutrition education and easy-to-access resources for more information.


Healthy Your Way, Susan Newkirk Jan 2021

Healthy Your Way, Susan Newkirk

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This handout depicts four lifestyle habits to integrate into everyday life to reduce your risk obesity and chronic diseases.


The Effect Of Nutrition Education On Nutrition Knowledge In Low-Income Minority Adults, Samantha Lindsay, Isabella Dillon Jan 2021

The Effect Of Nutrition Education On Nutrition Knowledge In Low-Income Minority Adults, Samantha Lindsay, Isabella Dillon

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The availability of health and nutrition knowledge is disproportionately lower in minority populations compared to their majority counterparts despite minority populations at higher risk for health problems related to poor dietary habits from cultural and social influences. The purpose of this project was to determine if a weekly, culturally competent, group-delivered, nutrition education intervention affected nutrition knowledge in minority adults. The project was a smaller arm of the FABU study, which provided the education intervention. This study was guided by Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory and used a quantitative non-experimental design with a convenience sample of adults living in lower-income, minority …


Teacher Evaluation Of An Integrated Nutrition Curriculum For Mississippi Schools, Janiya A. Davis May 2020

Teacher Evaluation Of An Integrated Nutrition Curriculum For Mississippi Schools, Janiya A. Davis

Honors Theses

The prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States has more than tripled over the last four decades from 5 percent in 1978 to 18.5 percent in 2016, and according to the Mississippi Obesity Action Plan, 40.4% of Mississippi elementary school children (grades K-5) were either overweight or obese. Some reports have suggested that Mississippi’s overall obesity rate could reach 66.7% by 2030. Although the literature on best practices for the prevention of this condition is limited, some success has been achieved through the use of school-based nutrition interventions, in which children are taught how to make healthy food choices. …


Healthy Weight Management For Teens, University Of New England Applied Nutrition Program Dec 2019

Healthy Weight Management For Teens, University Of New England Applied Nutrition Program

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This handout has been created to educate teenagers on healthy eating tips and physical activity to maintain a healthy weight across a lifespan.


Healthy Weight Management For Teens, University Of New England Applied Nutrition Program Dec 2019

Healthy Weight Management For Teens, University Of New England Applied Nutrition Program

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This handout has been created to educate teenagers on healthy eating tips and physical activity to maintain a healthy weight across a lifespan.


Mindfully Empowered Health (A Handout), University Of New England Applied Nutrition Program Dec 2019

Mindfully Empowered Health (A Handout), University Of New England Applied Nutrition Program

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This educational handout focuses on delivering the concept of Mindfulness to adolescent young women when choosing healthier food choices alongside appropriate portion sizes recommended by the 2,000 kcal/diet MyPlate Plan. Acknowledging that teen girls have a greater desire for autonomy in their food and exercise choices, the first side educates them on ways to monitor their healthy to not so healthy food choices utilizing the Traffic Light Diet concept. Colorful pictures alongside each section illustrate which choices correlate to “always appropriate”, “pause”, and “stop and think” foods. Portion size control is depicted through everyday objects so that the user can …


It’S Your Choice. Create Your Healthy Weight! (A Handout), Micheline D. Cormier Dec 2019

It’S Your Choice. Create Your Healthy Weight! (A Handout), Micheline D. Cormier

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This handout gives information and tips to achieve a healthy energy balance. It encourages calorie neutral hydration, exercise, fruit, vegetable and whole grain intake as well as cooking at home while creating a positive and healthy environment for continued support.


Five Tips For Choosing Healthy Foods For Teens (A Handout), Mallory Lavoie Aug 2019

Five Tips For Choosing Healthy Foods For Teens (A Handout), Mallory Lavoie

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This handout depicts five ways that teens can make healthier food choices.


Teen Obesity: Tips To Take Control Of Your Diet And Make A Difference Every Day, Zachary York Aug 2019

Teen Obesity: Tips To Take Control Of Your Diet And Make A Difference Every Day, Zachary York

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This handout provides an overview of obesity and includes tips designed to motivate and assist teenagers toward making healthy choices to support overall health and well-being. Topics range from identifying nutritious foods, knowing when to eat, how to become more physically active, and having fun with food. The goal of the handout is to provide accessible and easy to understand information to empower overweight adolescents to make important connections eating well, exercising, and how they look and feel on a day-to-day basis.


Teen Obesity: Solutions To Address The Nutritional And Socio-Economic Factors, Jaya Balasubramanian Apr 2019

Teen Obesity: Solutions To Address The Nutritional And Socio-Economic Factors, Jaya Balasubramanian

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This handout provides solutions to the various challenges facing obese teenagers ranging from how to eat right, plan out the day’s nutrition, smart way to choose school meals, tips to manage weight, how to eat less calories and still feel satiated, including workouts to the daily regimen, cooking at home and lastly, managing the monthly budget to allow finances for grocery and food till the month end.


Small Changes Make A Big Difference, Jessica Crone Apr 2019

Small Changes Make A Big Difference, Jessica Crone

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This handout gives six tips to adolescent females on how to create healthy habits to fight obesity that focuses on other things than just eating healthy.


Eat Smart, Play Hard The Oyate Way: Impact Of A Culturally Tailored Nutrition And Physical Activity Curriculum On Elementary Youth, Abbey Hillestad Jan 2019

Eat Smart, Play Hard The Oyate Way: Impact Of A Culturally Tailored Nutrition And Physical Activity Curriculum On Elementary Youth, Abbey Hillestad

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Objective: To assess changes in nutrition and physical activity (PA) knowledge and behavior in elementary-age participants from school districts with high American Indian enrollment after completion of a culturally tailored education curriculum.
Design: Pre-post intervention study assessing knowledge and behavior using quantitative methods. Participants: A total of 248 participants (Kindergarten through 5th grade, n=248) throughout 13 elementary classrooms in tribal communities participated in Eat Smart. Play Hard.: The Oyate Way. Intervention(s): Baseline and post intervention data from a culturally tailored nutrition and PA knowledge and behavior curriculum.
Main Outcome Measure(s): Dependent variables were nutrition and PA knowledge, and nutrition and …


Learn First, Practice Second Approach To Increase Health Professionals’ Nutrition-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, And Self-Efficacy., Madison E. Santella Jan 2019

Learn First, Practice Second Approach To Increase Health Professionals’ Nutrition-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, And Self-Efficacy., Madison E. Santella

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a “learn first, practice second” intervention on the nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy of multidisciplinary health professionals in West Virginia, specifically highlighting the Mediterranean Diet. Data was captured via online surveys at four time points (Baseline, Post-education, Post-immersion, Follow Up). All information was self-reported. This approach consisted of 16 weeks of online education, 2 weeks of cultural immersion in Tuscany, Italy, and a 7 month return to practice period. Data were analyzed using JMP Version Pro 12.2 and SAS Version 9.3 for Windows. Repeated measures ANOVA with irregular spacing …


Healthy Eating: Tips For Parents On A Budget, Une Applied Nutrition Program Oct 2018

Healthy Eating: Tips For Parents On A Budget, Une Applied Nutrition Program

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This handout acts as resources for parents by providing information on proper nutrition and attaining a healthy diet while on a budget.


Start Today! Tips To Start Living Your Best Life, Jessica Atlee Oct 2018

Start Today! Tips To Start Living Your Best Life, Jessica Atlee

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This handout depicts healthy eating and active living suggestions, including water consumption, sleep habits, goal-setting, appropriate snacking, best practices while cooking, and suggestions for mealtimes.


A Healthy Balance, Une Applied Nutrition Program Oct 2018

A Healthy Balance, Une Applied Nutrition Program

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This handout focuses on four different factors attributed to maintaining a healthy lifestyle for adolescents and families based on four separate articles and research.


Best Health Tips For Teenage Girls, Une Applied Nutrition Program Oct 2018

Best Health Tips For Teenage Girls, Une Applied Nutrition Program

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The handout provides basic nutrition tips on how to implement small changes towards a healthier lifestyle.


Eat Healthy, Lose Weight, Exercise, Change Your Lifestyle… And Have Fun While Doing It!, Yasmine Abuzeid Oct 2018

Eat Healthy, Lose Weight, Exercise, Change Your Lifestyle… And Have Fun While Doing It!, Yasmine Abuzeid

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This handout depicts four fun ways to help manage obesity, tips on eating healthy, losing weight, exercising and changing lifestyle. All information is based on evidence-based research on these topics.


Creating A Healthier Life Through Food And Physical Activity, Une Applied Nutrition Program Jul 2018

Creating A Healthier Life Through Food And Physical Activity, Une Applied Nutrition Program

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This educational handout provides tips for adolescents to adopt in order to create a nutritional and healthful lifestyle based on the HHS and USDA 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines and the HHS Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.


Living Your Best Life, Une Applied Nutrition Program Jul 2018

Living Your Best Life, Une Applied Nutrition Program

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This handout gives tips for weight management, talks about chronic disease, gives a description of obesity and some information on sugar sweetened beverages.


Entry-Level Physical Therapy Students' Knowledge And Attitudes Of Nutrition, Jordan D. Day Apr 2018

Entry-Level Physical Therapy Students' Knowledge And Attitudes Of Nutrition, Jordan D. Day

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Like other allied health fields, physical therapy has incorporated health promotion as a part of their practice. A large and important component of health promotion is nutrition. Little research has been conducted on the knowledge and attitudes of nutrition in physical therapists and has only included small sample sizes. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to expand upon the knowledge and attitudes of nutrition in physical therapy students. Subjects included doctoral physical therapy students from across the United States, ranging from first year to senior level. The present research was conducted online via a Qualtrics survey. Surveys, included …


Protein And Weight Management, Patrick Langley Apr 2018

Protein And Weight Management, Patrick Langley

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The handout represents 5 ways to manage your weight via appropriate protein intake, and 10 healthy and lean sources of protein.


A Healthy Heart & Cholesterol, Yasmin Barakat Apr 2018

A Healthy Heart & Cholesterol, Yasmin Barakat

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This is an educational handout to inform the audience of the relationship between cholesterol, heart health and what can be done to improve good cholesterol and reduce bad cholesterol. It also provides examples of dietary foods and physical activity that can contribute to a healthier well-being.


Can Physical Activity Reinforce Nutrition Education? Evaluation Of Physical Activity In The Families In Transformation (Fit), Wellness Program For Children., Meagan Dyan Maloney Jan 2016

Can Physical Activity Reinforce Nutrition Education? Evaluation Of Physical Activity In The Families In Transformation (Fit), Wellness Program For Children., Meagan Dyan Maloney

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Objective: to determine if physical activity can reinforce nutrition education messages in the families in transformation (fit) program at Healthworks! located in Tupelo, Mississippi. Methods: children ages 7-13 participating in the (fit) program made up the subjects for this study. A control and treatment group were observed using a nutrition reinforcement physical activity and a non-nutrition reinforcement activity during the regular physical activity nights of the (fit) program, and a pre and post nutrition quiz, health habits survey, anthropometric data, and fitness data were obtained pre and post study to determine if the intervention had an impact on the subjects. …


Nutrition Education For Children Attending Preschool (Necap), Ibtehal Alsallaiy Dec 2015

Nutrition Education For Children Attending Preschool (Necap), Ibtehal Alsallaiy

All Dissertations

There is a need to educate children as young as 3-5 years old about nutrition. It is at this age when children start to develop their preferences for certain foods. The purpose of this research study was to; explore the perceptions, preferences, and dietary intake of the main food groups in preschool children, explore the availability, choices, and preparation of the main food groups by the care providers, design and present a nutrition education program to the children and their care providers. The average consumption of fruits during breakfast and lunch prior to the program was 51.6 %, 59.3 % …