Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 322-323 , September 2008

A Family Bookbag Program Reaches Parents with Messages about Healthful Eating and Physical Activity and Improves Family Reading Time

  • Chris Flood, MS

      Affiliations

    • formerly with Michigan State University Extension, East Lansing, Michigan; Consultant, Healthy Hearts Today, South Haven, Michigan
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  • Anne Murphy, PhD, RD (Consultant)

      Affiliations

    • Healthy Kids Evaluation Services; Suttons Bay, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Anne Murphy, PhD, RD, Healthy Kids Evaluation Services, 1771 S. Cherry Blossom Lane, Suttons Bay, MI 49682. Phone: (517) 410-1968; Fax: (517) 579-0273
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  • Patricia Hammerschmidt, MS

      Affiliations

    • Michigan State University Extension (retired), East Lansing, Michigan

References 

  1. Anderson RC, Hiebert EH, Scott JA, Wilkinson IAG. Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report of the Commission on Reading. In: Champaign-Urbana, Ill: Center for the Study of Reading; 1985;p. 23
  2. Byrne EM, Nitzke S. Preschool children's acceptance of a novel vegetable following exposure to messages in a storybook. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2002;34:211–214
  3. Drozd M, Romaniello C, Wearner R, Carter V, Auld G. Benefits of a nutrition book bag program. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2006;38:259–261
  4. Stang J, Story M, Kalina B. Nutrition education in Minnesota public schools: perceptions and practices of teachers. J Nutr Educ. 1998;30:396–404
  5. Perez-Escamilla R, Haldeman L, Gray S. Assessment of nutrition education needs in an urban school district in Connecticut: establishing priorities through research. J Am Diet Assoc. 2002;102:559–562

PII: S1499-4046(08)00035-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.02.004

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 322-323 , September 2008

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