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Jessica Wegener; Liesel Carlsson; Liza Barbour; Tracy Everitt; Clare Pettinger; Alba Reguant-Closa; Nanna Meyer; Sean Svette; Dareen Hassan; Jillian Platnar – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Despite a growing awareness of the gap between professional expectations and competence, there has been no comprehensive appraisal of sustainable food systems (SFS) education within dietetics and nutrition programs to date. Dietitians and nutritionists play important roles in promoting sustainability yet many perceive themselves to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dietetics, Nutrition Instruction, Sustainable Development
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Diener, Lynn M. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
This article presents a case study regarding healthy weight loss and the role of the hormone ghrelin in maintaining a lower body weight. This study was designed specifically for use in an introductory college-level physiology course. It addresses the use of the case study in teaching digestion and metabolism, exploring the role of hormones in…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Case Studies, Physiology, Introductory Courses
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Randall, G. Kevin; Brandes, Kendra; Choi, Chang-Ok; Collins, Nina; Dallmeyer, Martha; Davidson, Jeannette; Newell, Amanda – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2010
Accountability for student success is at an all-time high in higher education; programs are challenged to actively engage students through significant learning experiences for cognitive, affective, and behavioral change. Family and consumer sciences departments are poised to lead the way in developing and modeling educational practices that result…
Descriptors: Food Service, Consumer Science, Quality of Life, Educational Practices