Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior

Designing Video Games For Nutrition Education: A Participatory Approach

This presentation highlights the use of a participatory approach in the design of a serious game for nutrition education. The research
described children's nutrition areas of focus, parents' and children's perceptions of video games for nutrition education, and children's
video game preferences.

Feature Availability Comparison in Free and Paid Versions of Popul

Event Overview

Date: March 13, 2023

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00PM ET

This presentation will discuss findings and insights gained from this study which was apart of a larger research project investigating the functional nature of diet and nutrition apps. This study focuses on the assessment and characterization of features found in popular diet and nutrition smartphone apps and provides some implications on the potential use of these apps as tech-based behavior change support systems within professional dietetic practices.

Gender Identity Reporting: Implications, Practices, Opportunities, and Challenges

Have you been thinking about being more inclusive with how you have your clients or participants report their gender identity and sexual orientation? Have you also been thinking about how more inclusive gender identity and sexual orientation report can be translated into more passionate, informed and caring practice? If so, this webinar is for you. We will have a panel discussion with three nutrition education professionals who have been thinking deeply about these issues, and have experiences with inclusive gender identity and sexual orientation reporting and practice. They will share their experience, including both their successes and challenges. We will also have plenty of time for discussion with participants.

Addressing Nutrition Insecurity with Cultural Humility

How can you, as a nutrition professional be an advocate for persons suffering from nutrition insecurity? This session will take a deep dive into leading with cultural humility and vulnerability to center the needs of our community members in nutrition education and recommendations. Dr. Wesley McWhorter will describe how colonialism, slavery, and racism shapes the ideal of healthy foods, nutrition research and recommendations. Attendees will learn to lead with cultural humility and challenge the Eurocentric world view that excludes food cultures from around the world and perpetuates systemic racism in our communities.

WIC Participants’ Perspectives About Online Ordering and Technology in the WIC Program

As part of the journal club series, this presentation will focus on the article titled: “WIC Participants’ Perspectives About Online Ordering and Technology in the WIC Program”. We know that WIC is a federal nutrition program that creates improvements in health and nutrition outcomes, and that WIC enhances health equity. However, just over half of eligible individuals participate in the WIC program. Technology enhancements, such as online shopping and other WIC modernization efforts have the potential to enhance the WIC experience and engage more individuals and families. This presentation will explore research into participants' perspectives on potential technological enhancements in WIC, as a part of user-centered design.

Fall Journal Club: Double Up Food Bucks Participation is Associated with Increased Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Food Security Among Low-Income Adults

Date: December 5, 2022

Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00PM ET

 

Double Up Food Bucks Participation is Associated with Increased Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Food Security Among Low-Income Adults

 

Since the high impact paper, Double Up Food Bucks Participation is Associated with Increased Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Food Security Among Low-Income Adults, was published in JNEB several years ago, the body of research on fruit and vegetable incentives has grown substantially. In this webinar, the authors will explore the more recent body of research on this topic and our ongoing work aimed at determining program reach, efficacy, and accessibility of the Utah Double Up Food Bucks program.

Development of a Tribally-led Gardening Curriculum for Indigenous Preschool Children: The FRESH Study

November 28 2022

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

 

This webinar presents the processes used to develop, implement, and evaluate the preschool curriculum component of the Food Resource Equity and Sustainability for Health (FRESH) study, which aimed to improve vegetable intake, food security, and body composition of Native American children and their families. The FRESH study used a community-based participatory research process that involved tribal leaders in every aspect of the research. The intervention results showed that vegetable intake significantly increased in intervention children compared to controls for squash (p = 0.0007) and beans (p=0.0002).

Journal Club: Primary Health Care Intervention Reduces Added Sugars Consumption During Childhood

Our manuscript presents the effectiveness of a training program for health workers regarding infant feeding practices to reduce sugar consumption in children in south Brazil. A training session based on the Brazilian National Guidelines for Children was provided for the primary care workers. The results indicated that children attending intervention health centers had a 27% reduced risk of sugar introduction before 4 months of age and lower added sugars consumption at 3 years of age.

Fall Journal Club: GEM No. 606 Yumbox: A Tool to Improve the Quality of Preschoolers’ Packed Lunches

Findings of the Yumbox Pilot Program will be presented. This program distributed Yumbox, a bento-style lunchbox with sections labeled for MyPlate, to preschool parents and caretakers, leveraging visibility principles Behavioral Economics Theory to encourage them to pack more nutritious foods for lunch. Lunches of this preschool were compared to a similar control preschool to evaluate the effectiveness of the Yumbox in improving the nutrition of packed lunches.

 

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Journal Club: Food-Based Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics