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Lead researcher Sarah A. Stotz, PhD, MS, RDN, CDCES, from the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition, discusses a new study that explores the many roles played by nutrition educators in providing participant-centered education supporting nutrition incentive and food security programs.

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Lead researcher Sarah A. Stotz, PhD, MS, RDN, CDCES, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, shares the results of a successful culturally adapted, online diabetes nutrition education program for AI/AN adults based on the ADA’s What Can I Eat? Healthy Choices for American Indians and Alaska Natives with Type 2 Diabetes (WCIE).

Discrimination against people with higher weight is sometimes viewed as an acceptable form of negative bias. Susan Persky, PhD, talks about a new study that found that increasing education about the role of genetics in eating behavior may help alleviate weight stigma by reducing the extent to which individuals are blamed for their weight.

Consumers are confused by whole grain food labeling. Katrina R. Kissock, PhD, APD, School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, talks about a new study that shows that whole-grain food consumption is impacted by consumer skepticism and lack of labeling standard.

Lead investigator Andrea McGowan, MPH, discusses a new study that shows mothers' recall of early childhood feeding guidance from health care providers is inconsistent. For example, less than half of mothers surveyed remembered advice to limit kids’ use of electronic devices during meals.

Lead author Joanna Klosowska, MSc, Ghent University, discusses a new study focusing on adolescent vulnerability to emotional eating and how various feeding practices used by parents, such as restriction, food as reward, and child involvement, influence eating behavior.

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior announces 2022 Best Article, Research Brief, and GEM awards

These awards were presented at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior's 2022 Annual Conference, Re-engineering Nutrition Education and Behavior, July 29–31, Atlanta, GA. These annual awards recognize the authors of the outstanding articles in each category published in the prior year in JNEB, as judged by members of the Journal Committee and JNEB Board of Editors.

Lead investigator Christine H. Naya, MPH, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California, reports on the results of a new study that looked at how children's unhealthy food choices, especially over weekends, are related to emotion.

Interview: Lead author Suzanna M. Martinez, MS, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, discusses the impact of the availability of campus food pantries on students at 10 University of California campuses. Results show how their use of a campus food pantry can positively affect their physical health, mental health and lead to improvements in sleep.

Interview: Co-author Sara B. Police, PhD, Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, talks about obesity in the US military and how it impacts national security by limiting the number of available recruits, decreasing re-enlistment candidacy, and potentially reducing mission readiness.

Interview: Amy Saxe-Custack, PhD, MPH, RD, Michigan State University-Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, reports on the benefits of a virtual cooking/nutrition program on cooking self-efficacy and nutrition knowledge. The program, Flint Families Cook, was developed by a team of local dietitians, chefs, and researchers. This article is the latest addition to the GEM (Great Educational Material) collection.

Interview: Emily Altman, MPH, discusses a new study that points to an association between how a diverse group of fourth to eighth grade students feels about themselves and their discomfort with the process of being weighed in school independent of the number on the scale.

Healthy Eating Determinants and Food Security Resource Opportunities: Urban-Dwelling American Indian and Alaska Native Older Adults Perspectives

Philadelphia, February 2, 2022 – The social and cultural value placed on sharing and supporting one another by American Indian and Alaska Natives can help improve healthy food access for older adults, according to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Interview: Urban dwelling American Indian and Alaska Native older adults face multiple layers of challenges related to social determinants of health that present barriers to healthy eating. Lead author Sarah A. Stotz, PhD, MS, RDN, CDE, discusses a new study that illustrates how the social and cultural value placed on sharing and supporting one another within these communities can help improve healthy food access for these older adults.

Interview: Lead author Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, EdD, RD, discusses the new Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior position paper on the detrimental effects of diets favoring “kids’ food” on children’s preferences and tastes, and how nutrition educators play key roles in shifting consumer demand and social norms about food choices.

Interview: Lead investigator Brenda Manzanarez, MS, RD, discusses a pilot program that demonstrated how children with autism can benefit from group-based weight management. Children aged 7−12 years with autism and their parents participated in the Kids N Fitness© program developed at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Interview: Authors Melissa Petit and Denise Smart from the College of Nursing at Washington State University discuss the institutionalized racism Black women continually experience, which has a direct impact on their breastfeeding rates and experiences, according to a new article in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

Interview: Lauren Dial talks about a new study of how picky eating in childhood can persist into adolescence and adulthood. Researchers reporting in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior found that college students who self-identified as picky eaters ate significantly less fiber and vegetables and reported greater levels of social phobia than non-picky eaters.

Interview: Telema Briggs talks about a new study conducted at Rutgers University that assessed nutrition smartphone apps. They found an abundance of features dedicated to dietary intake, anthropometrics, and physical activity, but the apps are notably devoid of content features dedicated to behavior change.

Interview: Maria J. Romo-Palafox, PhD, RD, discusses a new study in which more than one-third of infant caregivers surveyed reported serving at least one non-recommended milk type to their infant in the past month. Factors such as the child’s age, household income, racial and ethnic background of the caregiver, and the product’s marketing claims were associated with which milk type the children received.

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior announces 2021 Best Article and GEM Awards

Philadelphia, August 2, 2021 – The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) announces the 2021 Best Article and Best Great Educational Material (GEM) awards, which will be presented at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior's (SNEB) 54th annual conference, Raising Reliance and Resilience, held virtually August 8-10.

Interview: Lead author Elizabeth Davitt, MS, Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Human Sciences, Iowa State University, discusses a new study that determined positive environmental attitudes are predictive of plant-based alternative consumption among Midwest college students.

Family child care home providers with high diet self-efficacy are better equipped to manage stress

Philadelphia, April 7, 2021 – For individuals who care for other people’s children in their home, building self-efficacy for healthy eating is an important component of health promotion and can buffer the impact of stress on their diet quality, according to the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Virtual avatar coaching with community context for adult-child dyads

Philadelphia, March 8, 2021 – Virtual reality avatar-based coaching shows promise to increase access to and extend the reach of nutrition education programs to children at risk for obesity, according to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier.

Lead investigator Jared T. McGuirt, PhD, MPH, talks about the development of new a virtual reality avatar computer program as a way to get kids engaged in learning about nutrition education. The goal was to make this a program that could work to prevent childhood obesity

Front-of-package product names and ingredient lists of infant and toddler food can be hard to navigate

Philadelphia, February 8, 2021 – Disconnects between the front labels and ingredient lists of packaging containing fruits and vegetables make it more difficult for parents to understand what kind of food they are buying for their children, according to The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier.

School nutrition professionals’ employee safety experiences during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic

Philadelphia, January 7, 2021 – Attention to the safety and concerns of school nutrition employees is vital for continuation of school nutrition programs during the pandemic and future emergency situations, according to the The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier.

Interview: Emily Vaterlaus Patten, PhD, RDN, CD, talks about a new study that explores real-time personal and employee safety experiences and perspectives of school nutrition professionals ranging from frontline staff to state leadership across the US during the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.

What are schools doing to feed students during COVID-19–related closures?

Philadelphia, December 8, 2020 – nationwide assessment of child nutrition administrative agencies’ initial responses to meal service provision during COVID-19 pandemic-related school closures, published in The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier.

Interview: Lead author Gabriella M. McLoughlin, PhD, talks about a new study that investigates the initial responses of child nutrition administrative agencies in all 50 US states and DC, 5 US territories, and the US Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Education as schools across the US are grappling with remote and hybrid learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Interview: Lead investigator Sara A. Schmitt, PhD, Purdue University, reports that an intervention using mindfulness training and engaging in classroom-based games can influence self-regulation and food liking for fruits and vegetables when introduced during the preschool years.

Interview: Children looking for health information online could end up more prone to obesity. A new study shows a lack of digital health literacy can lead children to misinterpret portions, adopt recommendations intended for adults, or take guidance from noncredible sources.

Interview: Parents may let their children consume more sugar from their breakfast cereal than intended due to insufficient industry nutritional guidelines. Little improvement in nutritional value of cereals marketed to children despite 12 years of industry self-regulation, according to new study.

Interview: Investigators discuss how the Veterans Affairs’ Healthy Teaching Kitchen, an interactive nutrition education program offered by the Veterans Health Administration’s Nutrition and Food Services Department, is successfully addressing several aging-related issues like social connection, nutrition, and self-care.

Urban, home gardens could help curb food insecurity, health problems – “It’s changed our way of eating a lot”: participants cited pride in their garden work as a key factor in eating the healthier produce they grew, leading to an increase in healthy eating and physical activity

Philadelphia, October 7, 2019 – Food deserts are an increasingly recognized problem in the United States, but a new study from the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, indicates urban and home gardens – combined with nutrition education – could be a path toward correcting that disadvantage.

Interview: Food deserts are an increasingly recognized problem in the United States, but a new study from JNEB indicates urban and home gardens – combined with nutrition education – could be a path toward correcting that disadvantage. Lead author Kartika Palar, PhD, discusses new research.

Offering children a variety of vegetables increases acceptance – Variety is key to helping children form preferences for vegetables, according to a new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Philadelphia, September 6, 2019 – Although food preferences are largely learned, dislike is the main reason parents stop offering or serving their children foods like vegetables. A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, demonstrated that repeatedly offering a variety of vegetables increased acceptance and consumption by children

Interview: Although food preferences are largely learned, dislike is the main reason parents stop offering or serving their children foods like vegetables. Lead author Astrid A.M. Poelman, PhD, CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Sensory, Flavour and Consumer Science, highlights a new study that demonstrated that repeatedly offering a variety of vegetables increased acceptance and consumption by children.

Becoming new parents increases produce purchases

Philadelphia, July 8, 2019 – In the United States, both children and adults eat too few fruits and vegetables, which puts them at risk for poor diet quality and adverse health consequences. A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, found new parents increased their spending on produce in middle- and high-income households.

Interview: Although adult food preferences are considered relatively stable, major life events such as becoming parents may serve as a cue to behavior. Betsy Q. Cliff talks about a new study conducted at the University of Michigan that found that new parents increased their spending on produce in middle- and high-income households. The authors recommend further support to help low-income new parents increase produce as a part of their families’ diet.

A home-based weight management program benefits both children and parents

Philadelphia, June 6, 2019 – Obese children are four times more likely to become obese adults making childhood obesity a significant health threat. A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, found the Developing Relationships that Include Values of Eating and Exercise (DRIVE) curriculum mitigated weight gain in at-risk children as well as prompting their parents to lose weight.

Teaching children to eat healthy: Repetition is the key

Philadelphia, May 8, 2019 – Early childhood is a critical period for establishing healthy eating behaviors, yet many preschoolers in the United States are not meeting dietary recommendations. A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, found repeated opportunities for children to become familiar with the food without pressure helped them understand the benefits of healthy eating and increased consumption

Interview: Jane Lanigan, PhD, presents a new study that shows that child-centered nutrition phrases encourage healthy eating, especially when introducing new foods. Repeated opportunities for children to become familiar with the foods without pressure helped them understand the benefits of healthy eating and increased consumption.

Online tool encourages healthy weight gain during pregnancy

Philadelphia, April 8, 2019 – Excessive weight gain during pregnancy increases the risk of obesity in both mothers and babies. To avoid dangerous gestational weight gain, it is important to identify effective tools for behavior change. A new study appearing in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, found online diet goal-setting helped women achieve healthy weight gain if they started the study with a normal body weight, but it was not effective for women with a higher body mass index (BMI).

Eating healthy on a limited budget is possible

Philadelphia, March 6, 2019 – The affordability of healthy food is often cited as a barrier to low income families eating nutritious meals. A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior found that with menu planning and access to stores selling items in bulk, the average daily cost for serving healthy meals to a family of four was $25 in 2010 dollars. This cost was consistent with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) low-income cost of food meal plan, but higher than the cost of the USDA Thrifty Food Plan. The Thrifty Food Plan is the meal plan used by the USDA to determine food assistance benefits

Grocery-store based nutrition education improves eating habits

Philadelphia, February 11, 2019 – Hypertension affects over 60 million adults in the United States and less than half have their condition under control. A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior found that grocery store−based nutrition counseling was effective in changing dietary habits of patients being treated for hypertension.

Interview: Rosanna P. Watowicz, PhD, RDN, LD, discusses a successful patient-centered medical neighborhood model in which nutrition education for patients with hypertension was offered at the grocery store, reinforcing dietary changes in the environment where food decisions are made.

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