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Peck, Leilani B. – 1986
This guide offers a nutrition education program for students in Kindergarten through Grade 6. Activities span all grades as well as activities for the specific level. Nutrition education objectives are stated for each grade level: (1) grade four--students will explore how to balance food intake and energy output for overall health and physical…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Eating Habits, Food Standards, Grade 5
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Home Economics Curriculum Center. – 1988
This curriculum guide for food science and nutrition is one of a number of guides developed for use in vocational home economics education in Texas. Introductory materials address use of the guide and list the essential elements upon which the content is based. The guide is divided into five units: nutrition, cultural influence on food and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Careers, Cooking Instruction, Course Content
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Home Economics Curriculum Center. – 1988
This curriculum guide for advanced food science and nutrition is one of a number of guides developed for use in vocational home economics education in Texas. Introductory materials address use of the guide and list the essential elements upon which the content is based. The guide is divided into five units: the significance of nutrition, food…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Careers, Cooking Instruction, Course Content
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1983
Six major concepts form the framework for this second grade nutrition education curriculum: (1) Food is essential for all living things (identifying basic food groups, classifying processed foods into basic food groups, and identifying food varieties produced locally); (2) Nutrition is the food you eat and how the body uses it (recognizing how…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dietetics, Eating Habits, Food Service
Goodwin, Mary T.; Pollen, Gerry – 1980
This book is intended for the teaching of nutrition and food concepts in informal settings for elementary school students. Part I offers a brief perspective on food education and a discussion on how children can learn about nutrition and good food habits through creative experiences in the kitchen. Part II presents a guide to involving children in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooking Instruction, Curriculum Development, Dietetics
Zegman, Marilyn A. – 1981
Although the augmental value of exercise to behavioral weight control programs has been suggested, demonstration of this value is dependent upon an assessment of adherence to change in eating habits and activity patterns. Self-report measures of adherence were obtained from overweight college women undergoing treatment that involved either dietary…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Body Weight, Change Strategies
Society for Nutrition Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1978
Sixteen articles relating to preschool nutrition education programs, food habits and nutrient intake of preschoolers, parent education, and training of day care personnel are included in this monograph. Also included are more than fifty evaluative reviews and abstracts of articles, books, pamphlets, and audiovisuals useful as resources and/or…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Dietetics, Eating Habits
Arnold, Justine; Grogan, Jane, Ed. – 1980
This instructional handbook is one of series of ten packets designed to form a comprehensive course in nutrition for secondary students. This unit uses advertisements for products low in cholesterol as a link to a discussion of the nutrient, fat. It contains a page of teaching suggestions, a pre-test for the students, and factual nutrition…
Descriptors: Advertising, Body Weight, Cardiovascular System, Consumer Education
Taranto, Angelo A.; Leadley, Samuel M. – 1976
From a population of 117 adult residents of Elkland Borough formerly interviewed in August 1974, 72 cases were chosen. Of these, 57 persons (43 women and 14 men) were reinterviewed in March 1976 as to their behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes related to preventing cancer and coronary heart disease. The age and sex of those interviewed were compared…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Cancer, Dietetics
White, Philip L., Ed.; Selvey, Nancy, Ed. – 1974
This book on the subject of nutrition is written in the form of often-asked questions and detailed, informative answers. In ten chapters the following range of nutrition topics is covered: (1) meaning of RDA, nutrition labeling, calorie tables, nutrient density; (2) adequate diet, pregnancy, physical fitness, vitamins, diet for athletes, baby…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection, Dietetics
Cott, Allan – Academic Therapy, 1977
The author replies to the article titled "Controversial Medical Treatments of Learning Disabilities" (R. Sieben), and discusses some research findings in the treatment of learning disabilities in such areas as the Feingold diet, hypoglycemia, stimulant medication, megavitamin therapy, hair analysis for the presence of trace elements, and…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Drug Therapy, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Perry, Cheryl L.; Story, Mary; Lytle, Leslie A. – 1997
This chapter reviews the research on promoting healthy dietary behaviors in all youth, not just those who exhibit problems such as obesity or eating disorders. The first section of this chapter presents a rationale for addressing healthy dietary behavior with children and adolescents, on the basis of the impact of these behaviors on short- and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children
Stein, Amy E. – 2003
Written by a woman who, at age 25, was diagnosed as "a textbook case for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder," (ADHD) this book, examines: the pitfalls of traditional psychotherapy and medications for those diagnosed with ADD/ADHD; how an interactive, hands-on learning environment can markedly improve the educational experience of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Attention Deficit Disorders, Coping, Dietetics
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1999
This unit is designed to familiarize students in grades 3-6 with wheat production; teach them the nutritional value of wheat products and their role in a well-balanced diet; and give then an easy, hands-on experience in bread making with a nominal amount of cleanup for teachers. The kit suggests that in the first week, teachers discuss wheat…
Descriptors: Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education, Cooking Instruction, Dietetics

Wolfgang, James; Dennison, Darwin – Journal of School Health, 1982
A study was conducted to analyze high school students' self-reports and to determine biomedical cardiovascular disease risk factors in an adolescent population. Factors evaluated included smoking frequency, dietary fat intake, saturated fat intake, and cholesterol/high density lipoprotein ratio. (JN)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cardiovascular System, Dietetics, Health Education