The objective of this study was to develop guidelines for creating and modifying nutrition education displays. Two trained moderators conducted 14, 90‐minute focus groups with 99 low‐income individuals using eight displays based on past year's usage and appropriateness to the age groups from those developed in Kansas, USA. Both groups recommended: the generous use of color; large, simple, block text; realistic images; text colors that contrast with background colors; and provision of practical printed materials. Younger respondents focused more on the graphical presentation. Older adults were more averse to complicated font characteristics and overlapping text/graphics. Excessive information on the display drastically decreased its liking by both groups.
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Nutrition education displays for young adults and older adults Available to Purchase
Delores H. Chambers;
Delores H. Chambers
Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Mary Meck Higgins;
Mary Meck Higgins
Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Christine Roeger;
Christine Roeger
Public Relations Manager at BioM AG, Munich, Germany
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Ann‐Marie A. Allison
Ann‐Marie A. Allison
Associate Scientist in the Sensory Analysis Department at The Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-714X
Print ISSN: 0965-4283
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2004
Health Education (2004) 104 (1): 45–54.
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Chambers DH, Meck Higgins M, Roeger C, Allison AA (2004), "Nutrition education displays for young adults and older adults". Health Education, Vol. 104 No. 1 pp. 45–54, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/09654280410511789
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