ERIC Number: EJ911338
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
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A Content Analysis of Kindergarten-12th Grade School-Based Nutrition Interventions: Taking Advantage of Past Learning
Roseman, Mary G.; Riddell, Martha C.; Haynes, Jessica N.
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, v43 n1 p2-18 Jan-Feb 2011
Objective: To review the literature, identifying proposed recommendations for school-based nutrition interventions, and evaluate kindergarten through 12th grade school-based nutrition interventions conducted from 2000-2008. Design: Proposed recommendations from school-based intervention reviews were developed and used in conducting a content analysis of 26 interventions. Participants: Twenty-six school-based nutrition interventions in the United States first published in peer-reviewed journals from 2000-2008. Variable Measured: Ten proposed recommendations based on prior analyses of school-based nutrition interventions: (1) behaviorally focused, (2) multicomponents, (3) healthful food/school environment, (4) family involvement, (5) self-assessments, (6) quantitative evaluation, (7) community involvement, (8) ethnic/heterogeneous groups, (9) multimedia technology, and (10) sequential and sufficient duration. Analysis: Descriptive statistics. Results: The most frequent recommendations used were: (1) behaviorally focused components (100%) and (2) quantitative evaluation of food behaviors (96%). Only 15% of the interventions included community involvement or ethnic/heterogeneous groups, whereas 31% included anthropometric measures. Five of the 10 proposed recommendations were included in over 50% of the interventions. Conclusions and Implications: Rising trend of overweight children warrants the need to synthesize findings from previous studies to inform research and program development and assist in identification of high-impact strategies and tactics. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Nutrition Instruction, Comprehensive School Health Education, Program Evaluation, Literature Reviews, Family Involvement, Community Involvement, Children, Heterogeneous Grouping, Content Analysis, Food, Health Behavior, Educational Technology, Racial Differences, Ethnic Groups, Body Composition, Obesity, Child Health
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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