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Contento, Isobel R. – Journal of School Health, 1991
Reviews instruments used in conjunction with comprehensive programs to study children's dietary knowledge, skills, and attitudes. The instruments take about 20-45 minutes to complete and are easy for teachers or staff to administer and score, so respondent and staff burden are low compared to use of dietary methodologies. (SM)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Child Health, Data Collection, Dietetics
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Birch, Leann L.; Sullivan, Susan A. – Journal of School Health, 1991
Measures of preference are useful predictors of children's food consumption patterns. The paper discusses children's affective response to food and describes the preference assessment procedure which obtains information on children's likes and dislikes. The methodology helps investigate factors influencing development of preferences and food…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Child Health, Data Collection, Decision Making
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Stephens, Nicole M.; Schumaker, John F.; Sibiya, Thokozile E. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1999
Examines the eating behaviors of 192 Australian and 129 Swaziland university students using the Eating Attitudes Test. Reports no significant differences between the Australian and Swazi samples in terms of eating disorder symptoms, but indicates that more Australians saw themselves as overweight and were on a weight loss diet. (CMK)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Dietetics
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Pogozelski, Wendy; Arpaia, Nicholas; Priore, Salvatore – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2005
One of the challenges in teaching biochemistry is facilitating students' interest in and mastery of metabolism. The many pathways and modes of regulation can be overwhelming for students to learn and difficult for professors to teach in an engaging manner. We have found it useful to take advantage of prevailing interest in popular yet…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Metabolism, Learning Motivation, Biochemistry
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Mills, Terence C. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2005
A data set contained in the "Journal of Statistical Education's" data archive provides a way of exploring regression analysis at a variety of teaching levels. An appropriate functional form for the relationship between percentage body fat and the BMI is shown to be the semi-logarithmic, with variation in the BMI accounting for a little over half…
Descriptors: Obesity, Intervals, Dietetics, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Schulman, Jessica A.; Karney, Benjamin R. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2003
Objectives: To examine gender differences in attitudes towards nutrition therapy within first- and fourth-year medical students. Methods: Participants (n=128) completed a computer self-administered questionnaire assessing attitudes towards nutrition therapy. Results: Analysis of covariance revealed that females report significantly more positive…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Schools, Physicians, Nutrition
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Salminen, Marika; Vahlberg, Tero; Ojanlatva, Ansa; Kivela, Sirkka-Liisa – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2005
Objective: To describe the effects of a controlled family-based health education/counseling intervention on health behaviors of children with a familial history of cardiovascular diseases (FH-CVDs). Methods: The intervention group (IG, n=432) received 5 counseling sessions. The control groups 1 (CG1, n=200) and 2 (CG2, n=423) received no…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Health Education, Smoking
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Kansi, Juliska; Wichstrom, Lars; Bergman, Lars R. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2005
The longitudinal stability of eating problems and their relationships to risk factors were investigated in a representative population sample of 623 Norwegian girls aged 13-14 followed over 7 years (3 time points). Three eating problem symptoms were measured: Restriction, Bulimia-food preoccupation, and Diet, all taken from the 12-item Eating…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, At Risk Persons, Longitudinal Studies, Adolescents
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Story, Mary; Kaphingst, Karen M.; French, Simone – Future of Children, 2006
Mary Story, Karen Kaphingst, and Simone French argue that researchers and policymakers focused on childhood obesity have paid insufficient attention to child care. Although child care settings can be a major force in shaping children's dietary intake, physical activity, and energy balance--and thus in combating the childhood obesity…
Descriptors: Obesity, Physical Activities, Preschool Education, Prevention
Frazao, Elizabeth – 1994
The growing evidence of the link between diet and health has not been lost on consumers in the United States. As awareness of the diet-health link has increased through nutrition education, consumers have changed their diets. Although there is still considerable room for improvement in meeting Federal food-guidance recommendations, nutrition…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Consumer Economics, Dietetics
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst. (DHHS/NIH), Bethesda, MD. – 1994
This booklet offers advice for adults who want to lower their blood cholesterol level. The first section, "What You Need To Know about High Blood Cholesterol," discusses blood cholesterol and why it matters, what cholesterol numbers mean, and what affects blood cholesterol levels. Section 2, "What You Need To Do To Lower Blood…
Descriptors: Adults, At Risk Persons, Dietetics, Eating Habits
Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1992
This newsletter issue contains 10 articles focusing on failture to thrive and the feeding of infants and toddlers with disabilities. Articles have the following titles and authors: "The Feeding Relationship" (Ellyn Satter); "Cultural Dimensions of Feeding Relationships" (Carol Brunson Phillips and Renatta M. Cooper);…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Dietetics, Disabilities, Early Intervention
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Rosner, Aria C. – Journal of School Health, 1975
The article discusses the Denver public school system nutrition program. (JS)
Descriptors: Dietetics, Eating Habits, Elementary Education, Health
Heinrichs, Eberhard; Rokusek, Cecilia – 1985
This educational manual, an interdisciplinary effort of professionals throughout South Dakota, is intended to serve as a practical guidebook of ideas to better serve the nutritional needs of the developmentally disabled population. The manual addresses: dietary aids for specific disorders; appropriate foods or supplements for optimal nutrition;…
Descriptors: Dental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Dietetics, Drug Therapy
Missouri State Dept. of Health, Jefferson City. – 1989
This manual is designed to teach nutrition concepts to young children. The information is centered around three principles: (1) nutrients are inside foods; (2) nutrients perform specific functions in the body; and (3) behavior modification is effective in strengthening individual and family eating patterns. At the beginning of each unit, an…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Class Activities, Dietetics, Early Childhood Education
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