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Food and Nutrition Education in Australian Primary Schools: Parents' Views
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Aydin, Gozde; Booth, Alison; Margerison, Claire; Worsley, Anthony – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: Primary schools provide continuous, intensive contact with large numbers of children starting from a young age, thus providing an appropriate setting for the promotion of healthy eating through food and nutrition education (FNE). This qualitative study explores the views of Australian primary school parents about FNE in primary schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foods Instruction, Nutrition Instruction, Elementary School Students
Essential Food and Nutrition Knowledge and Skills for Primary School Children: Australian Parents' Opinions
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Aydin, Gozde; Margerison, Claire; Worsley, Anthony; Booth, Alison – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: This paper examines the views of Australian primary school parents regarding the food and nutrition education (FNE) curriculum. Associations with personal values (Universalism and Hedonism) and demographic measures were also explored. Design/methodology/approach: An online survey was conducted among 787 parents in March 2021. Parents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Knowledge Level, Nutrition Instruction
The Effect of TTM-Based Nutrition Education on Decisional Balance, Self-Efficacy and Processes of Change for Fat Intake
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Gordali, Maedeh; Bazhan, Marjan; Ghaffari, Mohtasham; Omidvar, Nasrin; Rashidkhani, Bahram – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine how transtheoretical model (TTM) constructions change through nutrition education for fat intake modification among overweight and obese women living in Shazand city, Iran. Design/methodology/approach: A semi-experimental design with intervention and control groups (50 women in each group) was…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Eating Habits, Obesity
Implementation of a Cooking Bus Intervention to Support Cooking in Schools in Wales, UK
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Segrott, Jeremy; Holliday, Jo; Murphy, Simon; Macdonald, Sarah; Roberts, Joan; Moore, Laurence; Phillips, Ceri – Health Education, 2017
Purpose: The teaching of cooking is an important aspect of school-based efforts to promote healthy diets among children, and is frequently done by external agencies. Within a limited evidence base relating to cooking interventions in schools, there are important questions about how interventions are integrated within school settings. The purpose…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooking Instruction, Intervention, Mobile Classrooms
Food Consumers' Views of Essential Food Knowledge and Skills for All Consumers
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Burton, Melissa; Riddell, Lynn; Worsley, Anthony – Health Education, 2018
Purpose: Food education in secondary schools can provide adolescents with essential food knowledge and skills required for healthy, independent living. The purpose of this paper is to identify food-related knowledge and skills that Australian consumers believe are required for all consumers, and to identify their demographic and psychographic…
Descriptors: Food, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Students, Nutrition Instruction
Examining Participation in Relation to Students' Development of Health-Related Action Competence in a School Food Setting: LOMA Case Study
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Ruge, Dorte; Nielsen, Morten Kromann; Mikkelsen, Bent Egberg; Bruun-Jensen, Bjarne – Health Education, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how students' participation in an integrated school food program was related to the development of components of food and health-related action competence (F & HRAC). These components were understood to be the knowledge, insight, motivation, ownership and social skills that made students able to…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Health Promotion, Health Education, Food