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Nettles, Mary Frances – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2014
The NFSMI Research Summary is a continuing series of summaries reporting recently completed research and research-based resources funded by the National Food Service Management Institute. The following research studies are summarized in this article: (1) Succession Planning for Management Level Staff in School Nutrition Programs; (2)…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, School Policy, Wellness, Training
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Nettles, Mary Frances; Carr, Deborah H.; Cater, Jerry B.; Federico, Holly A. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2009
Purpose/Objectives: Study objectives were to identify the functional areas, competencies, knowledge, and skills needed by effective school nutrition (SN) assistants in the current SN environment, and determine at what point the SN assistant should be able to know/perform the knowledge/skill statement, at time of hire or after training. Methods: In…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Food Service, Occupational Information, Nutrition
Evans, Francis B. – 1981
Conducted by the Wisconsin Nutrition Education and Training (NET) program, this study was designed to (1) assess public and private elementary school teachers' and public school food managers' nutrition knowledge, and (2) to ascertain their opinions on various topics related to nutrition education. The first section of the report provides…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Elementary School Teachers, Food Service, Knowledge Level
Martin, Ruth E.; Ahmad, Mahassen – 1995
A 3-year needs assessment study examined nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and food practices. Subjects were 135 preschool children ages 3-5 years, 610 parents, 118 day care teachers and providers, 35 food service personnel, and 76 administrators throughout Texas. Registered family day care homes, group day care homes, and day care centers from 11…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Childhood Attitudes, Day Care Centers
Nicholas, J.; Powell, R.; Smith, R. – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2006
In 2005 the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to gather evidence on local authority (LA) and school approaches to nutrition in schools in order to inform the work of the WLGA Schools Food Task and Finish Group. This report presents the findings of that research.…
Descriptors: Obesity, Nutrition Instruction, Nutrition, Foreign Countries