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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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Vermaire, Jan Hendrik; Kalf, Sonja M.; Schuller, Annemarie A. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: People with intellectual disabilities have worse health outcomes compared to their peers without. However, regarding oral health parameters, recent systematic reviews reported conflicting evidence. The aim was to assess whether adolescents with MBID differ from their peers in oral health and oral health behaviour. Methods: Ninety seven…
Descriptors: Dental Health, Health Behavior, Access to Health Care, Dentistry
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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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Borchardt, Jamie; Casilio, Danielle – International Journal of Modern Education Studies, 2021
Addictions can be classified as any substance, habit or behavior that one has come to depend upon. These can include a variety of habits or behaviors outside of the traditional illicit drug realm. We studied substances, behaviors and habitual addictions to determine if relapse rates are negatively correlated with positive or negative support. We…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Student Behavior, Substance Abuse, Behavior Problems
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Schmid, Lorrie; Drake, Connor; Price, Ashley – College Student Journal, 2021
Objective: To examine the relationship between self-reported health, BMI, diet, and physical activity among students at three diverse institutions of higher learning (private university, HBCU, and community college), and investigate similarities and differences in behaviors and outcomes at these schools and how targeted interventions might support…
Descriptors: College Students, Body Composition, Body Weight, Body Height
Anna Frances Cahn – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Food insecurity is highly prevalent among U.S. college students and is associated with poor eating behaviors, physical and mental health, and academic performance. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense income loss in the United States. Income loss is associated with increased food insecurity. Little is known about how college students' food…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Universities, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Robert L. Nix; Sukhdeep Gill; Michelle L. Hostetler; Mark E. Feinberg; Lori A. Francis; Cynthia A. Stifter; Cheryl B. McNeil; Sarah M. Kidder; Damon E. Jones; Ye Rang Park; Christina N. Kim; Ashleigh G. Engbretson; Sarah M. Braaten; Vivian L. Tamkin – Child Development, 2024
The Recipe 4 Success preventive intervention targeted multiple factors critical to the health and well-being of toddlers living in poverty. This randomized controlled trial, which was embedded within Early Head Start home visits for 12 weeks, included 242 racially and ethnically diverse families (51% girls; toddler mean age = 2.58 years; data…
Descriptors: Parents, Toddlers, Eating Habits, Health Promotion
Hui Wen Chin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Preschool teachers use their ideals as a sifter to comb through their most pertinent funds of knowledge related to mealtimes with young children. The purpose of this two-cycle action research study was to investigate and enhance child-feeding professional learning opportunities--targeted at early childhood educators working with young children…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Food, Computer Software
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Amy Schachtner-Appel; Hee-Jung Song – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2024
Excessive plate waste is generated in elementary school cafeterias. Adapting nutrition promotion strategies to target waste reduction and encouraging mindful and sustainable eating (MSE) are possible strategies to encourage students to reduce waste during school lunch. "Farm to Tray, Tray to Farm" is a 16-week intervention that aims to…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Sustainability, Eating Habits, Elementary Schools
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Behr, Heather; Ho, Annabell Suh; Yang, Qiuchen; Mitchell, Ellen Siobhan; DeLuca, Laura; Greenstein, Noa; Michaelides, Andreas – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Background: There is little understanding of men's weight loss outcomes and behaviors in self-directed contexts, such as digital commercial mobile weight management programs. This is an especially pressing question given that men often express disinterest in weight management programs and it is unknown how that manifests in self-directed…
Descriptors: Males, Body Weight, Eating Habits, Behavior Change
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Ciren, Baizhen; Aadland, Eli Kristin; Hu, Aihua; Wergedahl, Hege – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
This article presents a case study on changing food practices from traditional cold sandwich meals to hot meals in a Norwegian kindergarten. Data were sourced from interviews, complemented by non-participatory video observation and observational notes. Building on Fullan's model for understanding a change process, this paper presents the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Food, Change Strategies
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Arija, Victoria; Esteban-Figuerola, Patricia; Morales-Hidalgo, Paula; Jardí, Cristina; Canals-Sans, Josefa – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
This article assesses nutritional intake and adequacy in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), subdiagnostic autistic symptoms and children with typical development (TD). In total, 77 children diagnosed with ASD, 40 with subdiagnostic autistic symptoms and 333 children with TD were assessed. A validated food frequency questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Control Groups, Food, Nutrition
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Sforza, Elisabetta; Onesimo, Roberta; Triumbari, Elizabeth Katherine; Leoni, Chiara; Giorgio, Valentina; Rigante, Donato; Proli, Francesco; Kuczynska, Eliza Maria; Ramsay, Maria; Zampino, Giuseppe – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: The Montreal Children's Hospital Feeding Scale (MCH-FS) allows paediatricians and other health care professionals to identify feeding difficulties among children. Aim: To translate and adapt the MCH-FS into Italian, and to evaluate the validity and reliability of this Italian version of the Montreal Children's Hospital Feeding Scale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hospitals, Hospitalized Children, Food
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Wilking, Cara; Moukalled, Summer; Polacsek, Michele – Journal of School Health, 2023
Digital marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children and adolescents is pervasive, highly effective, undermines healthy eating, and contributes to health inequities. Expanded use of electronic devices and remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the urgency for policy interventions to limit digital food marketing in…
Descriptors: Internet, Marketing, Food, Nutrition
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