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Social Media Technique used in ‘Let’s Move’ by Tianying Jiang

  The nutrition education program ‘Let’s move’ aims to reduce childhood obesity rate by promoting healthy eating style and increasing physical activity. In this article, I want to address how the program is using social media technique to strengthen the … Continue reading

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Growing Healthy Kids- Rachel Moeser

From national to local levels, there are so many great nutrition education examples out there that it was actually very difficult for me to decide which one I wished to discuss for this week’s post. After searching around for a … Continue reading

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Do You Believe in Magic?

A growing problem in our world is the epidemic of obesity.  The population that it has been affecting most and getting the most attention is the younger children.  At this point it is found that 17% of all children and … Continue reading

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First Lady Makes a Great Nutrition Educator with LET’S MOVE! Campaign

The Let’s Move! initiative was developed by First Lady Michelle Obama in 2010 – primarily in response to alarmingly high childhood obesity rates, as reported by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control. The focus of the program is to … Continue reading

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EAT.RIGHT.NOW

Childhood obesity is much higher today than it was a few years ago and something must be done about it. A great way to help kids learn about nutrition and choosing healthy choices is in the classroom and at school … Continue reading

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Innovating Nutrition Education With Every “Byte”

The University of Connecticut created the Husky Byte Program in order to have short messages on nutrition education. This program uses the adult learning theory in a short time in order to teach adults in the community. Display boards are … Continue reading

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No Kid Hungry!

We all are well aware of the obesity problem that has struck all of America, but sometimes we turn on backs on a problem that is just as important: child hunger.  A campaign was started in 1984 by Share Our Strength … Continue reading

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Computer-tailored nutrition education

Computer tailoring is a state of the art health education technique that has become increasingly popular in the past decade. This tailored technique has even been shown to be more effective than the non-tailored counterpart. Tailoring is defined as any … Continue reading

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National Nutrition Month

Nutrition is obviously something important that not only adults need to learn about, but their children as well. All too often we hear children saying that nutrition isn’t something they have to worry about right now because they’re young and … Continue reading

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Growing Healthy Kids: How Gardens can Educate our Children

Nutrition education programs that target our youth have been widely researched. How can we get our kids, with their short attention span, to take interest in nutrition? I have to admit, my love for nutrition came at a very late … Continue reading

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