Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior

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

Development and Validation of the Food Resource Acceptability Questionnaire (FRAQ)

In previous research, we identified stigma as a significant barrier to the willingness to accept food assistance, both from public health and community-based resources. As part of the Aetna Foundation's Healthiest Cities and Counties Challenge, qualitative interviews were conducted with food security advocates, low- and middle-income community members, unemployed individuals, and college students to determine root causes of food insecurity. The stigma associated with food assistance was a prevalent theme. Based on these interviews, the FRAQ was developed using social science scale development recommendations. This webinar describes how stigma impacts acceptance of food assistance, the development and psychometric testing of the FRAQ, potential strategies aimed at decreasing food assistance stigma, and socioecological contributors to food insecurity among older adults living in rural areas. 

Frances Hardin-Fanning, PhD, RN

Nursing Research, University of Louisville School of Nursing|Professor and Endowed Chair

SNEB and Food Sustainability, Part 2: A Deeper Dive into the ICDA Sustainable Food Systems Toolkit

Overcoming Impostorism and Promoting the Expertise of Nutrition Educators

Have you ever attributed your success to external reasons and not your true abilities, knowledge or expertise? No matter where you are in your career, your accomplishments are worth sharing. Offered by the SNEB Higher Education and Public Health Nutrition Divisions, this webinar will feature two experts who will provide tangible and actionable strategies to help nutrition educators overcome self-doubt and self-promote professional achievements and successes.