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Geraldes, Lilliana; Spaccarotella, Kim – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2021
Purpose/Objectives: Though school gardening programs and curricular activities like reading have been used to enhance nutrition education, little is known about the quality of nutrition messages in freely available electronic books for young children. The purpose of this project was to compare the nutrition messages in these books with the United…
Descriptors: Food, Electronic Publishing, Childrens Literature, Nutrition
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Daniel P. Hatfield; Shanti Sharma; Caitlin P. Bailey; Peter Bakun; Erin Hennessy; Caitlin Simon; Christina D. Economos – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To evaluate implementation of nutrition/physical activity-related policies/practices at colleges participating in a healthy campus initiative and campus health leaders' perceptions of policies/practices' support for student health and ease of/barriers to implementation. Participants: Health leaders at colleges participating in the…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Eating Habits, Health Promotion, Physical Activities
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Päivi Adolfsson; Õie Umb Carlsson; Pia Ek – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
The quality of meal-oriented support for people with intellectual disabilities is important for their health. The aim of the present study was to explore the experiences of meal-oriented support and diet counselling for adults with intellectual disabilities living in supported housing, from the perspective of housing staff and mothers. Five focus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Group Homes, At Risk Persons
Afaf Alsofyani – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examines the influence of teaching digital resources of MyPlate on the nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) related to healthy eating habits among first and second-grade students. A pre-and post-assessment of this quasi-experimental research study measured the baseline KAP levels of 45 participants regarding healthy…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Health Promotion, Eating Habits, Habit Formation
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Pedro José Carrillo López – Physical Educator, 2023
This manuscript describes a pedagogical proposal for the adherence to healthy eating in sixth-grade schoolchildren. The reason for the design lies in the high prevalence of overweight and obesity together with a growing current sedentary lifestyle, aspects that constitute a serious public health problem worldwide with an upward trend and pandemic…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Grade 6, Child Health, Dietetics
Amanda A. Setree – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study explores the importance of holistic health practices based on evidence from various studies ranging from stress and burnout prevention from holistic practices to administrative support in an educational setting. Through researching these studies, new questions arose as to whether a limit exists to the preventative measures that may be…
Descriptors: Teachers, Stress Variables, Teacher Burnout, Health Promotion
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Hahn, Samantha L.; Lipson, Sarah K.; Sonneville, Kendrin R. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: To assess the relationship between dietary self-monitoring and problematic alcohol use including binge drinking, increased body confidence while drinking, and restricting food intake to compensate for alcohol consumption, among college students. Participants: Undergraduate and graduate students from 12 US colleges participating in the…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, College Students
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Folta, Sara C.; Anyanwu, Oyedolapo; Pustz, Jennifer; Oslund, Jennifer; Penkert, Laura Paige; Wilson, Norbert – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Consumers with low income in the United States have higher vulnerability to unhealthy diets compared with the general population. Although some literature speculates that scarcity is an explanation for this disparity, empirical evidence is lacking. We conducted a qualitative study of food choice to explore whether scarcity-related phenomena, such…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Food, Nutrition, Economic Factors
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Vilme, Helene; Campbell, Santiba D.; Sauls, Derrick L.; Powell, Keith; Lee, Jennifer; Stout, Robyn; Erkanli, Alaattin; Reynolds, Glenn; Story, Mary T.; Matsouaka, Roland A.; Austin, Tomia; Templeton, P. Gizem; Locklear, Millard; Bosworth, Hayden B.; Skinner, Asheley C.; Otienoburu, Philip E.; Duke, Naomi N. – American Journal of Health Education, 2022
Background: Farm-to-University (Farm2U) programs make healthy eating accessible, easier, and the default option. Yet, few published studies have focused on Farm2U implementations in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in conjunction with measurements of implementation barriers using the consolidated framework for implementation…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Agriculture, Partnerships in Education, Barriers
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Salam, Rehana A.; Das, Jai K.; Irfan, Omar; Ahmed, Wardah; Sheikh, Sana S.; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A. – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020
Malnutrition is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among adolescents and is now considered to be one of the largest risk factors responsible for the global burden of disease, along with poor diet. This review assesses the impact of preventive nutrition interventions (including nutrition education and counselling;…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Adolescents, Eating Habits, Intervention
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Bouzek, Allison; Rainville, Alice Jo – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2020
Developing healthy eating habits in childhood may support future healthy food choices. With most children spending some time outside of the home, child care facilities have the opportunity to positively influence children's eating habits. The purpose of this paper is to review recent research regarding foods served in child care settings and…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Food, Eating Habits, Child Care Centers
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Earnesty, Dawn S.; Mphwanthe, Getrude; Shipp, Gayle M.; Kelleher, Deanne; Plasencia, Julie; Quilliam, Elizabeth Taylor; Rifon, Nora J.; Weatherspoon, Lorraine J. – Health Education Journal, 2020
Introduction: Numerous external factors, including parental influences, impact the dietary quality and physical activity of children. In this study, we examined if parental views were associated with the dietary quality and physical activity of children. Design: A cross-sectional observational study was used to recruit and collect data from a…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Parent Influence, Physical Activity Level, Eating Habits
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Nigg, Jessica K.; Vollmer, Rachel; Drake, Teresa – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced many aspects of life and wellbeing. Eating behaviors and food habits among college students--many leaving campus and returning home mid-semester--were of particular interest for this qualitative study. Reflections from 33 students across 3 courses were analyzed using content analysis. Five major themes emerged…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Eating Habits, College Students
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Ayaz-Alkaya, Sultan; Kulakçi-Altintas, Hülya – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: Health behaviors of adolescents affect their health and well-being into adulthood. This study was conducted to determine the nutrition-exercise behaviors, health literacy level, and related factors in adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used for this study. Overall, 810 students in grades 6--8 in a Turkish school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Behavior, Adolescents, Well Being
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Cabello-Garrido, Aurelio; España-Ramos, Enrique; Blanco-López, Ángel – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
This paper describes the application of the methodology developed in research on learning progressions to a health-related topic. More specifically, we present a human nutrition learning progression as a hypothesis that now requires empirical validation. The study involved three phases. In the first phase, we analysed the existing literature in…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Food, Dietetics, Eating Habits
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