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Showing 1 to 20 of 92 for “"Nutrition Knowledge"”.
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Nutrition Knowledge Assessment of Preschool Children
A game with food and nutrition related pictures was developed to provide an opportunity for a classroom teacher to interview preschool children for assessment of nutrition knowledge concepts. Specifically, knowledge of vegetable concepts which included identification of the food, the food group, …
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Intercollegiate female distance runners' nutrition knowledge and dietary practices
… dietary practices and understanding of human nutrition as it relates to athletic performance. Sixty-four percent of the runners had been competing competitively for five or more years. Questions were concerned with their understanding of the basic food groups, energy substrates. …
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The Relationship Between Parent Nutrition Knowledge Level and Child Weight Status
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine if nutrition knowledge of parents was related to the weight status of preschool-aged children. Objectives of this study included determining if relationships existed between parent knowledge of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines and child weight status, …
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Nutrition Knowledge of Honduran Caretakers and Dietary Change of Their Children
… similar to those used by the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and Women, Infants and Children (WIC). An individual interview method was used to gather the qualitative data. The study was conducted using 26 caretakers and 31 children. No significant change in knowledge in the …
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Examining the Correlates of Adolescent Food and Nutrition Knowledge in London, Ontario
Food literacy is a set of skills and knowledge that are integral to diet. It is common among teenagers to not have basic food literacy skills needed to consume a healthy diet. This exploratory study examined: (1) the current state of food and nutrition knowledge among adolescents in grades 9-12 in …
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The effect of nutrition knowledge and attitude on dietary practices of pregnant women
A study was conducted to assess the effect of nutrition knowledge and attitude towards the importance of nutrition in prenatal health care on the dietary practices of 100 pregnant women in southeastern and southwestern Virginia. Women were of both high and low socioeconomic status. To assess …
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Assessing Sports Nutrition Knowledge of Adolescent Atheltes and their Parents: An Intervention Approach
… this study was to examine the effect of a sports nutrition intervention on nutrition knowledge and dietary choices among adolescent female soccer players and their parents. Participants from this study were year-round, travelling soccer team members recruited from the Augusta Arsenal Soccer Club …
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Development and validation of a general nutrition knowledge questionnaire for adults in Uganda
Knowledge is an essential element in several theoretical frameworks aimed at explaining human behavior and nutrition practices among individuals, and in institutions and communities. Head teachers are key change agents in a school environment that most likely would influence any nutrition …
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The effectiveness of the Foodbot Factory serious game on increasing nutrition knowledge in children
… there is limited data on their impact on child nutrition knowledge. The objective of this study was to determine if Foodbot Factory effectively improves children’s knowledge of 2019 Canada’s Food Guide. Methods: Study was a single-blinded, parallel randomized controlled trial conducted among …
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The relationship of nutrition knowledge structures to accuracy of food label interpretation in adults
… and minorities, cannot correctly interpret the nutrition information on the label. This research explored the specific knowledge required for correct interpretation based on a model in which nutrition knowledge was organized in hierarchical levels: food groups, macronutrients and micronutrients …
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An evaluation of the effects of health orientations on nutrition knowledge, beliefs, and behavior
… participants' health orientations and their nutrition knowledge, beliefs, and behavior before participation in the Red Cross nutrition course, Better Eating for Better Health, (2) to determine whether the differences between participants' pretest and posttest scores for nutrition knowledge, …
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