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Kärkkäinen, Sirpa; Hartikainen-Ahia, Anu; Elorinne, Anna-Liisa; Hokkanen, Johanna; Hämeen-Anttila, Katri – Health Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the socioscientific issue (SSI) method as a way of improving seventh graders' nutrition know-how on dietary supplements (DS), and to describe how students experience learning nutritional issues through the SSI method. Design/methodology/approach: Participants were seventh graders from three different…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Dietetics
Auer, Carol A. – 1984
This bibliography of current writings on the topic of nutrition for the pregnant adolescent presents information in the areas of: (1) the importance of nutrition for the pregnant adolescent; (2) the what, when, and where of teaching nutrition; (3) techniques of teaching nutrition education; (4) special programs with nutrition education for the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Dietetics, Early Parenthood
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McKenzie, Thomas L. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1986
Behavioral strategies were used to teach exercise and weight control habits, and were combined with diet planning, nutrition education, and a strenuous physical education program in a residential summer camp, to successfully bring about a significant reduction in body fat and heart disease risk of obese boys, 8-18 years old. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Dietetics