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  • Hip Hop to Health Jr.

    2014 | University of Illinois at Chicago
    Hip Hop to Health Jr. is a direct education intervention designed to encourage healthy eating and exercise for children ages 3-5 years.Intervention Target Behavior: Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Reducing Screen...
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  • HomeStyles-2 for SNAP-Ed families with children in middle childhood: Cluster randomized trial protocol

    2022 | Carman, K., O’Neal, L. J., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Olfert, M. D., & Shelnutt, K. P. (2022). HomeStyles-2 for SNAP-Ed families with children in middle childhood: Cluster randomized trial protocol. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 117, 106771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2022.106771
    Background: Childhood obesity prevention efforts are needed in the United States, especially for families with low income. The purpose of this study is to determine whether HomeStyles-2, a nutrition education and childhood obesity...
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  • I am Moving, I am Learning (IMIL)

    2019 | Head Start
    I am Moving, I am Learning (IMIL) is a direct education and PSE Change intervention designed to increase daily moderate-to vigorous physical activity, improve the quality of movement activities, and promote healthy food choices among...
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  • iCook 4-H: Cooking, Eating, and Playing Together

    2018 | White, A., Franzen-Castle, L., Kattelmann, K., Olfert, M., Colby, S., University of Maine, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, South Dakota State University, West Virginia University, and University of Tennessee
    The iCook 4-H Program is a direct education intervention designed to reach the following objectives: increase cooking skills and culinary self-efficacy, improve openness to new foods, increase frequency and/or quality of meal time...
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  • Identification of a Framework for Best Practices in Nutrition Education for Low-Income Audiences

    2020 | Baker, S., Auld, G., Ammerman, A., Lohse, B., Serrano, E., & Wardlaw, M. K. (2020). Identification of a Framework for Best Practices in Nutrition Education for Low-Income Audiences. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 52(5), 546–552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2019.12.007
    To promote effective low-income nutrition education programs, an expert panel of nutrition education and public health researchers built consensus around 28 best practices grouped into 5 domains (Program Design, Program Delivery...
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  • Identifying Indicators of Readiness and Capacity for Implementing Farm-to-School Interventions

    2019 | Lee, E., Smathers, C., Zubieta, A. C., Ginnetti, S., Shah, A., & Freedman, D. A. (2019). Identifying Indicators of Readiness and Capacity for Implementing Farm?to?School Interventions. Journal of School Health, 89(5), 373–381. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12747
    BACKGROUND: Farm-to-school interventions are recommended strategies to improve dietary behaviors among school-aged children. Tools are needed to assess community readiness and capacity to optimize farm-to-school implementation. The...
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  • Illinois Junior Chefs

    2017 | University of Illinois Extension
    Illinois Junior Chefs (IJC) is a direct education curriculum designed to improve dietary attitudes and behaviors in youth ages 8-13 through learning hands-on cooking skills and MyPlate food group education. IJC is a 10-hour cooking...
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  • Impact of a nutrition education programme on preschool children's willingness to consume fruits and vegetables.

    2020 | Melnick, E. M., Thomas, K., Farewell, C., Quinlan, J., LaFlamme, D., Brogden, D., Scarbro, S., & Puma, J. E. (2020). Impact of a nutrition education programme on preschool children’s willingness to consume fruits and vegetables. Public Health Nutrition, 23(10), 1846–1853. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019005032
    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of a preschool-based nutrition education program consisting of twelve 'hands on' nutrition education lessons delivered during the school year on young children's willingness to consume fruits and...
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  • Importance of the supplemental nutrition assistance program in rural America

    2019 | Harnack, L., Valluri, S., & French, S. A. (2019). Importance of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Rural America. American Journal of Public Health, 109(12), 1641–1645. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305359
    There is great interest in reshaping the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) so that it better supports family nutrition, and an array of program changes have been proposed. We note the importance of considering the...
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