Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior

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

Fall Journal: Incorporating environmental sustainability in US nutrition policy: an update

It has been over 3 years since SNEB took the position to support inclusion of environmental sustainability in dietary guidance. This seminar reviews the public response to this issue and examines the latest scientific research on the connection between diet and environmental impacts. New developments in the policy arena are also explored.

Fall Journal Club: Best Research Brief

Fall Journal Club: Best of JNEB - Best Article

Fall Journal Club: Best of JNEB - Best Article

September 26, 2022 at 1 pm

Twelve-Month Efficacy of an Obesity Prevention Program Targeting Hispanic Families With Preschoolers From Low-Income Backgrounds The presentation of the article awarded Best JNEB Article in 2021 will cover the efficacy trial for a childhood obesity prevention program for Hispanic preschool children and their parents. A randomized control trial with pretest, posttest, 6 and 12 month follow-ups were conducted with 14 waves across 2 sites. Results showed that the SEEDS prevention program positively impacted parental feeding practices, knowledge of best feeding practices, and feeding efficacy. At 12 months, children in the prevention group were less likely to have overweight or obesity.

SNEB seeks Editor in Chief for Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior