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Hewawitharana, Sridharshi C.; Kao, Janice; Rider, Carolyn D.; Talmage, Evan; Costello, Sadie; Webb, Karen; Gosliner, Wendi; Woodward-Lopez, Gail – American Journal of Evaluation, 2022
Schools are a critical setting for improving child nutrition and food security and preventing obesity in the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture mandates that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--Education, known as CalFresh Healthy Living (CFHL) in California, implements obesity prevention efforts that utilize…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Obesity, Prevention, Health Promotion
Sapwarobol Suwimol; Tirapongporn Hataichanok – Child Care in Practice, 2024
Aim: This study aims to evaluate the impact of a novel multicomponent nutrition education program (United for Healthier Kids; U4HK) on the diet consumed during school lunch among preschool children. Methods: The program comprised four tools: hero plates, hero content, hero menus, and hero books and stickers. The program was implemented for 16…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Nutrition, Dietetics, Program Evaluation
Linnea M. Horvath; Ryan D. Burns; Timothy A. Brusseau; Yang Bai; Julie E. Lucero; Jessica L. King Jensen – American Journal of Health Education, 2024
Background: Health coaching sessions that incorporate goal setting may help improve college students' health behaviors. Purpose: This study examined whether specific goal-setting practices moderated changes in health behaviors during an online wellness intervention in college students. Methods: Participants were 90 college students recruited from…
Descriptors: College Students, Health Behavior, Health Programs, Health Promotion
Jacquelyn Potvin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Background: Youth from low-income, racially and ethnically diverse families are at increased risk for academic challenges and nutritionally inadequate diets. Summer programs offer an opportunity to foster interest and engage students in science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) education while addressing summer learning loss.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Omolola A. Adedokun; Jean M. Najor; Paula M. Plonski; S. Brooke Jenkins-Howard; Anna Caroline Durr; Jackie Walters – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2023
Emerging research indicates that chronic illnesses exacerbated by obesity begin in childhood. While research continues to show that consumption of fruits and vegetables can lower rates of obesity, children in the United States often fall short of consuming the recommended daily intake of fruits and vegetables. Youth nutrition education and cooking…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Grade 5, Daily Living Skills, Field Trips
Laura H. Downey; Kristy Terp; Sylvia H. Byrd – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2021
Social marketing campaigns are effective in promoting health behavior changes in individuals and communities. Mississippi State University Extension Service's (MSU Extension) Office of Nutrition Education launched a statewide social marketing campaign branded HappyHealthy to target nutrition and healthy lifestyle-related behaviors of Supplemental…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Welfare Services, Nutrition Instruction
Chiero, Jesse D.; Mobley, Amy R. – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: The study objective was to determine impact of a Farm-to-School intervention on low-income, diverse elementary school students' nutrition-related attitudes, self-efficacy, behaviors, and locally grown vegetable choices. Methods: Six elementary schools within 1 US school district were equally assigned to 1 of 3 conditions--Local…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Low Income Students
Nam, Cyd S.; Ross, Alexandra; Ruggiero, Cara; Ferguson, Marie; Mui, Yeeli; Lee, Bruce Y.; Gittelsohn, Joel – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Partnerships linking researchers to the policymaking process can be effective in increasing communication and supporting health policy. However, these policy partnerships rarely conduct process evaluation. The Policy Working Group (Policy WG) was the policy-level intervention of the multilevel B'More Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK) trial. The…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Intervention, Simulation, Health Education
Marsh, Samantha; Jiang, Yannan; Carter, Karen; Wall, Clare – Journal of School Health, 2018
Background: While dietary sources of calcium are important for bone health, the intake of milk and milk products decreases as children get older. A free milk in schools program may mitigate this decrease in milk consumption. We evaluated the Fonterra Milk for schools program (a free milk initiative) by determining changes in children's milk…
Descriptors: Food, Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Nutrition
McNeely, Clea A.; Morland, Lyn; Doty, S. Benjamin; Meschke, Laurie L.; Awad, Summer; Husain, Altaf; Nashwan, Ayat – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: The US education system must find creative and effective ways to foster the healthy development of the approximately 2 million newly arrived immigrant and refugee adolescents, many of whom contend with language barriers, limited prior education, trauma, and discrimination. We identify research priorities for promoting the school…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Immigrants, Refugees, Child Health
McMullen, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2016
College students, on average, do not consume enough fruits and vegetables. Contributing to poor eating habits is an overall decline in young adults' cooking skills as compared to previous decades, with today's college students often relying on ubiquitous convenience food options. The detriments associated with these food choices are linked to a…
Descriptors: Nutrition, College Students, Food, Mixed Methods Research
White, Marney A.; Whittaker, Steve D.; Gores, Ashton M.; Allswede, Dana – American Journal of Health Education, 2019
Background: Graduate training is a high-risk period for worsening mental health. Previous research reported the effectiveness of a classroom-based self-care intervention for graduate students. Purpose: The study evaluated the effectiveness of an online self-care intervention for graduate-level students to prevent worsening mental health. Methods:…
Descriptors: Intervention, Daily Living Skills, Graduate Students, Risk
Gola, Alice Ann H.; Burdg, Jinee – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2018
The FNS Research Corner provides a continuing series to summarize recently completed and current research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in the area of child nutrition. Summaries of recently completed research projects and in-progress research are provided in this article.
Descriptors: Food, Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Program Evaluation
Rodriguez, Mary T.; Lamm, Alexa J.; Odera, Erica; Owens, Courtney; Thompson, Sandra – Journal of Extension, 2015
Minority children and adolescents living in rural areas, below poverty guidelines, are less likely to engage in healthy food choices or a healthy lifestyle, and this contributes to obesity issues. Providing children with the skills and knowledge to lead healthy lives is a way to combat this epidemic. Focus groups were conducted at three Extension…
Descriptors: Gardening, Extension Education, School Activities, Student Participation
Williams, Pamela A.; Cates, Sheryl C.; Blitstein, Jonathan L.; Hersey, James C.; Kosa, Katherine M.; Long, Valerie A.; Singh, Anita; Berman, Danielle – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Background: Nutrition education in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) is designed to promote healthy eating behaviors in a low-income target population. Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of six SNAP-Ed interventions delivered in child care centers or elementary school settings in increasing participating…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Intervention, Control Groups, Nutrition Instruction