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Impacting dietary behaviors of children from low income communities: An evaluation of a theory-based nutrition education program
Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programsImplementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Describe practices to surmount limitations noted for previous childhood health promotion programs targeting nutrition.
Describe a new theory based program designed to promote healthy dietary behaviors associated with the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity.
Apply constructs from the Social Cognitive Theory of Learning to promote healthy dietary behaviors that have been associated with the prevention of childhood obesity.
Keyword(s): Obesity, Theory
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I was the co-principal investigator for this research.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.