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‘Ghost Kitchens’ have nothing to do with Halloween
This post first appeared in the Sept. 12, 2019, issue of the SNEB eCommunicator.
No, a ghost kitchen isn’t a Halloween-related thing. Ghost/virtual/cloud/dark kitchens are delivery-only restaurants which may include a walk-in restaurant and/or online-only restaurants. It’s the next iteration of food delivery or, as one article below states, the WeWork of kitchens where space is shared to prepare food for delivery. Enter if you dare...
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SNEB members train Daystar University (Kenya) faculty on research capacity building and diabetes prevention
NAIROBI, Kenya - Six members of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, including five past presidents, presented a research capacity building workshop to the faculty of Daystar University June 17-21, 2019.
Drs. Adrienne White (University of Maine, emeritus), Mary Murimi (Texas Tech University), Kendra Kattelmann (South Dakota State University), Geoffrey Greene (University of Rhode Island) and Martha Archuleta (Utah State University) were joined by Dr. Christopher Taylor (The Ohio S (...)
Prioritizing sustainability in food purchases – opportunity for our critical thinking
As I proposed in my Presidential Address at last month’s Annual Meeting, SNEB is well-positioned to lead integration of human and planetary health in our nutrition education research, practice and advocacy. In that light, I found the following piece in Food Navigator about a food-related carbon-footprint app interesting and important to critique. Clearly, when we make food choices, it is important to consider overall healthfulness, nutrient content as well as the environmental impacts stemming (...)
Opportunities in Nutrition and Aging
Although nutrition education is important across the lifespan, research funding seems to be more focused on childhood, specifically childhood obesity. Certainly, no one can argue that this is not critical since childhood obesity can diminish health and quality of life for decades beyond those early years. However, since this issue includes our position paper on older adults,1 I wanted to draw some attention to the opposite end of the lifespan.
In a Viewpoint published in 1990 in JNEB by Nestl (...)
50 Years of EFNEP: Contributions to the Evolution and Advancement of Theoretically Based Nutrition Education
by Jennifer McCaffrey, PhD, MPH, RD
SNEB President
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), the first national nutrition education program. The EFNEP exemplifies nutrition education that has evolved to meet the changes in society and the challenges and needs of the intended target audience of low-income families. A unique aspect of EFNEP that makes it a good case study for nutrition education is the way the program has blended theo (...)
FDA’s Nutrition Innovation Strategy: How Nutrition Educators Can Help
It is widely known that heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other chronic diseases are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States, and poor nutrition is a major factor that keeps these numbers high. The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that almost 40 percent of U.S. adults are obese.
This reality is among the reasons that nutrition has and always will be a key priority for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In 2018 the agency (...)
Addressing the Issue of Food Insecurity on College Campuses
Originally published in the May issue of JNEB.
By Linda L. Thompson, PhD, LN; Mateja R. Savoie-Roskos, PhD, MPH, RDN; Alisha R. Farris, PhD, RDN; Kristin Riggsbee, PhD; Sa’Nealdra Wiggins, BS
Food insecurity among college students is becoming a more widely recognized issue across the country. Recent studies report between 30-50% of college students experience some level of food insecurity, a rate that is nearly two-fold higher than the general public.1-3 Although food insecurity (...)
TraDiSHional Impact on the Health of Native American Children
Originally published in the June issue of JNEB.
Native American (NA) children have a rich cultural and sensory relation- ship with food.
Consider the smell of burning sage and the beat of the drum echoing a heartbeat into the distance. The taste of Indian tacos while watching elders and children dancing in a circle with locked hands wearing vibrant regalia. All five senses implored at powwows awaken emotion entangled in traditional culture. For NAs, food symbolizes cultural connectivity a (...)
Reaching Pregnant and Postpartum Women: What We Want, What They Want
Originally published in the June issue of JNEB.
Pregnancy is an exciting, stressful, challenging time for most women. We try to be perfect so that the little one develops into a healthy, happy baby. However, trying to be perfect can be so stressful! In terms of food and weight gain, the challenges are there every day.
Kroeger et al1 reported on the reasons for late-night eating within a sample of 18 low-income black, pregnant women since this type of eating could lead to impaired glucose (...)
It’s a Veggie Chip World and We Just Live in it!
Article originally appears in the June 7, 2019 issue of the SNEB eCommunicator.
I was recently in the chip aisle and was overwhelmed by the many veggie chip choices. (Cauliflower pretzels? Really? Personally, I’d rather roast some cauliflower and add my own spices.) My concerns about veggie chips are that many are high in sodium and pricey. OK, to be honest, the few that I’ve tried aren’t very tasty. Here are some resources to help you assess the options out there.
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