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- Au, Lauren E., et al.
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Post-Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act Adherence to Select School Nutrition Standards by Region and Poverty Level : The Healthy Communities Study
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of nutrition education and behavior. - : Elsevier BV. - 1499-4046 .- 1878-2620. ; 52:3, s. 249-258
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: This study determined the extent to which schools adhered to select nutrition and wellness provisions of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and examined differences by US region and school poverty level. Design: Comparison of cross-sectional observational data from the Healthy Communities Study (2013-2015) by region and school poverty level. Participants: A total of 401 US elementary and middle schools. Main Outcome Measures: Adherence with federal nutrition standards for meals and competitive foods; extent of implementation of select aspects of school wellness policies. Analysis: Descriptive statistics and multivariate regression were used. Differences were examined by school poverty level and region, adjusting for other school- and community-level covariates. Results: Most schools reported meeting reimbursable school meal nutrition standards (74%); more schools in the West met nutrition standards (82%) than in the Midwest (64%). Most grains offered at lunch were whole grain-rich (82%), and most competitive foods complied with standards (78%) before they were required. Most schools had a wellness coordinator (80%). Lowest levels of adherence were reported for guidelines for classroom or school event foods. No differences were observed by school poverty level. Conclusions and Implications: Findings suggest that Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act provisions were feasible across a wide variety of schools, and schools successfully implemented reimbursable school meal nutrition standards regardless of school poverty level.
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- Dapi Nzefa, Léonie, 1971-, et al.
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"I eat to be happy, to be strong, and to live." perceptions of rural and urban adolescents in Cameroon, Africa.
- 2007
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Ingår i: Journal of nutrition education and behavior. - US : Elsevier. - 1499-4046 .- 1878-2620. ; 39:6, s. 320-326
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To investigate factors influencing rural and urban adolescents' food perceptions during a time of nutritional transition in Cameroon, Africa.DESIGN: Qualitative in-depth interviews.SETTINGS: Yaoundé urban and Bandja rural areas.PARTICIPANTS: Fifteen adolescents 12 to 15 years old purposely selected from schools in urban and rural areas.ANALYSIS: Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and analyzed using Grounded Theory method.FINDINGS: Factors influencing adolescents' food perceptions from the rural area were "to live" "health" and "poverty." Among adolescents from the urban poor area, "health," "beauty," and "not enough money" were factors. Among adolescents from the urban rich area, "pleasure" and "beauty" were factors. Rural girls liked "to be fat," whereas girls from the urban poor wanted "to be a little bit fat," and girls from the urban rich wanted "to be normal."CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Food behavior is changing from a diet composed of traditional food in rural areas to a more westernized diet in urban areas. The relationship between socioeconomic factors and nutrition needs to be examined with a sufficiently large number of adolescents to investigate these factors in a quantitative survey. Healthful local food should be available at home and from vendors. Nutrition education about food and diet-related diseases is needed in school.
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- Gurzo, Klara, et al.
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Child Care Sites Participating in the Federal Child and Adult Care Food Program Provide More Nutritious Foods and Beverages
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of nutrition education and behavior. - : Elsevier BV. - 1499-4046 .- 1878-2620. ; 52:7, s. 697-704
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: To compare food/beverage provisions between child care sites participating and not participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).Design: Cross-sectional survey administered in 2016.Setting: Licensed child care centers and homes.Participants: Child care providers (n = 2,400) randomly selected from California databases (30% responded). Respondents (n = 680) were primarily site directors (89%) at child care centers (83%) participating in CACFP (70%).Main Outcome Measures: Meals/snacks served, and food/beverage provisions provided to children of age 1-5 years on the day before the survey.Analysis: Odds ratios unadjusted and adjusted for the number of meals/snacks using logistic regression.Results: Compared with CACFP sites, non-CACFP sites provided fewer meals/snacks; had lower odds of providing vegetables, meats/poultry/fish, eggs, whole grains, and milk; and had higher odds of providing candy, salty snacks, and sugary drinks. After adjusting for the number of meals/snacks, differences were attenuated but remained significant for meats/poultry/fish, milk, candy, salty snacks (centers only), and sugary drinks. Differences emerged in favor of CACFP for flavored/sugar-added yogurt, sweet cereals, frozen treats, and white grains.Conclusions and Implications: Child care sites participating in CACFP are more likely to provide nutritious foods/beverages compared with non-CACFP sites. Child care sites are encouraged to participate in or follow CACFP program guidelines.
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- Hansson, Lena M., et al.
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Associations Between Swedish Mothers' and 3-and 5-Year-Old Children's Food Intake
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Ingår i: Journal of nutrition education and behavior. - : Elsevier BV. - 1499-4046 .- 1878-2620. ; 48:8, s. 520-529.e1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: To investigate associations between mothers' and children's food intake. Design: Cross-sectional study. Background variables collected through self-reports and from the register of the total population. Mothers recorded their own and their children's food intake in a diary during 2 4-day periods. Setting: Eight counties in mid Sweden. Participants: Three-and 5-year-old children and their mothers were randomly selected from the register of the total population. A total of 2,045 families were invited, 355 of whom accepted. Mothers who accepted were older and to a larger extent born in Sweden. The final sample of mother-child pairs with complete food records was 189. Main Outcome Measures: Mothers' and children's food intake (16 food items). Analysis: Spearman rank-order correlation with 95% confidence intervals (2-sided). Moderation was investigated using generalized estimation equations with robust variance. Results: The strongest correlations between mothers' and children's food intake were found for pizza and oily fish (r = .70-.80). The weakest correlations were found for sugared drinks and fruit and berries (r = .24-.26). Children's age moderated the relationship between mothers' and children's intake of savoury snacks, as did place of residence for pizza intake. Conclusions and Implications: There were substantial correlations between children's and mothers' intake of various foods. Modeling of mothers' intake might be more effective in influencing young children's intake of certain foods, whereas other strategies, such as encouraging parents to influence food availability (eg, gatekeeping), might be more useful for some foods.
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- Pandey, Sujita, et al.
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Nudging toward sustainable food consumption at university canteens : a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Ingår i: Journal of nutrition education and behavior. - : Elsevier. - 1499-4046 .- 1878-2620. ; 55:12, s. 894-904
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction: This systematic literature review and meta-analysis investigated the effectiveness of the nudging approach toward sustainable food consumption in the university canteen context.Methods: The systematic literature search was carried out in 5 databases, Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, ProQuest, and the Royal Library, identifying 14 eligible studies and selecting 9 articles containing adequate information for meta-analysis. The nudging strategies were classified using the typology of interventions in the proximal physical microenvironments framework that resulted in 5 different intervention types: availability, position, size, presentation, and information that belonged to either intervention class-altering properties or placement.Results: The study identified presentation, availability, and information as the most promising nudge intervention for achieving sustainable food consumption at the university canteen or similar settings. Nudging by altering the properties had a small effect size (d = 0.16), and nudging by altering placement showed a medium effect size (d = 0.21).Discussion: Nudging interventions implemented after understanding consumers’ current behavior showed positive effectiveness toward sustainable food consumption rather than implementing random nudges.Conclusions and Implications: It is important that future studies aim to achieve sustainable food consumption by understanding canteen user food preferences and food choice motives before designing a nudging strategy.
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- Persson Osowski, Christine, et al.
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Teachers' interaction with children in the school meal situation : The example of pedagogic meals in Sweden
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Ingår i: Journal of nutrition education and behavior. - : Elsevier BV. - 1499-4046 .- 1878-2620. ; 45:5, s. 420-427
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: School meals are also a teaching occasion in which children learn about food and meals, which is referred to as "pedagogic meals" in Sweden. The aim of the present article was to study how the pedagogic meal is practiced in preschool and school settings, with focus on how teachers acted when interacting with the children. Design: Observations, interviews, and focus group interviews. Setting: School canteens. Participants: Three schools. Phenomenon of Interest: Teaching in the school meal situation. Analysis: Social constructionism, new social studies of childhood. Results: The teachers took on 3 different roles. The sociable teacher role entailed turning the school lunch into a social occasion, the educating teacher role involved educating the children, and the evasive teacher role was not associated with the definition of a pedagogic meal. The teacher roles, which ranged from adult-oriented to child-oriented, and which varied in the level of interaction with the children, were summarized in a framework named the Adult-to Child-oriented Teacher Role Framework for School Meals (ACTS). Conclusions and Implications: To realize the potential of pedagogic meals, teachers must be educated and become aware of the effects of their behaviors. In this situation, the ACTS framework can constitute a useful tool.
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