- Obesity and Health Practices
- Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Social and Behavioral Studies
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Social Media in Health Education
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
West Virginia University
2018-2019
West Virginia State University
2019
Background: Consumption of health- and fitness-related social media content is a predominant behavior among teenage girls, which puts them at risk for consuming unreliable health-related information.
Health professionals generally have positive attitudes towards the role of nutrition in medicine, but limited knowledge and low self-efficacy for incorporating it into routine care. To assess effectiveness a "learn first, practice second" intervention on nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes, multidisciplinary health professionals, present approach consisted 16 weeks online education 2 cultural immersion Tuscany, Italy. Data was captured via surveys at Baseline, Post-education,...
Purpose Eating away from home frequency is increasing and linked with numerous adverse health outcomes. The purpose of this paper to inform the development promotion materials for improving eating behaviors by elucidating related parent child cognitions. Design/methodology/approach Parents ( n =37) children =35; ages 6–11 years) participated in focus group discussions, based on social cognitive theory. Data were content analyzed detect themes. Findings Many parents concerned about what ate...
The Model of Goal-directed Behavior (MGB) was used to examine factors influencing college students' intentions consume fruit and vegetable (F&V). College students, ages 19 years or older pursuing any undergraduate major at University Alabama participated in this cross-sectional study. Participants completed validated survey instruments measuring attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, intention, positive anticipated emotion, negative past behavior desire. Structural equation...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Consumption of health- and fitness-related social media content is a predominant behavior among teenage girls, which puts them at risk for consuming unreliable health-related information. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This mixed-methods study (qualitative quantitative) assessed health attitudes practices as well use adolescent girls. Additionally, similar behaviors adults who regularly interact with this population were studied. <title>METHODS</title> Girls...