... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Nutrition Food waste Children’s eating habits Sustainability Co-designed intervention Researcher Links Climate Challenge Workshop Grant “Sustainable and Healthy Food Environment for Children: the Potential of School Meals...

...Deb Hinchey; Bernice Garnett; Janet Gamble; Lizzy Pope Purpose Teaching about nutrition is a crucial component of high school health education, with the potential to shape students' perceptions about food, weight and bodies and improve health outcomes. Weight-inclusive approaches have demonstrated...

...., 2006 ; Lindsay et al., 2008 ; Macy et al., 2012 ; Nerud and Steiner, 2019). Cultural norms Nutrition Food selection Mothers Behaviour Qualitative research Food and food habits are the basic components of a culture. It, therefore, remains among the oldest and most...

...Huseyin Ates Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of elementary school teachers’ psychological factors on their behavioral intentions for healthy nutrition in their daily life within an extended version of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Design/methodology/approach...

... adults’ and older adolescents’ health literacy. This presents a gap for child-centred studies with younger populations. The purpose of this paper is to report the findings from a qualitative study that explored health literacy, in a nutrition context (i.e. nutrition literacy), from primary school...

...Neha Rathi; Lynn Riddell; Anthony Worsley Purpose School-based nutrition education programmes have the potential to reinforce healthy dietary behaviours in adolescents. The purpose of this paper is to understand the views of secondary school students in Kolkata, India, regarding the food...

... of “associated” risk is a valuable tool to explain children’s fruit and vegetable consumption and preference behaviour and to assist in the development of future health education intervention campaigns. Children New Zealand Fruit and vegetables Schools Risk Nutrition The children wanted the foods...

...Irene Torres; Venka Simovska Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate concerning community participation in school-based health education and health promotion, with regard to food and nutrition. Design/methodology/approach Based on empirical data generated over...

...Dongxu Wang; Donald Stewart; Chun Chang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of a holistic school-based nutrition programme using the health-promoting school (HPS) approach, on teachers’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in relation to nutrition in rural China...

... of physical activity and nutrition. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses a Delphi survey technique to collect the opinions of a group (panel) of Finnish experts. A list of learning outcomes was compiled via an extensive literature review of documents from all levels of health education (physical...

...Dongxu Wang; Donald Stewart; Chun Chang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess whether the school-based nutrition programme using the health-promoting school (HPS) framework was effective to improve parents’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviour (KAB) in relation to nutrition in rural Mi...

... behaviors. A summarized list of adolescent participant comments (perception) that were elicited by the terms “healthy” and “unhealthy” eating is shown as follows. Adolescents’ perception about “healthy” and “unhealthy” eating: Focus groups Middle school Nutrition Adolescents Physical activity...

... on integrated curricula models related to the on-going discussion on redesign of western school curricula. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Action research Adolescents Education Nutrition Empowerment Action and action competence Unbalanced and unhealthy dietary patterns...

... Ethnography Children Relationships Nutrition School health promotion Schools Young people Connectedness Within health promotion, school connectedness has been conceptualised as the quality of social relationships within the whole-school community (Rowe et al., 2007), characterised...

...; the paper consent, and the first physical assessment. Health education Nutrition Obesity Health Recruitment Adolescents Eating Methods Community-based participatory research Recruitment strategies varied by university: one or more of the following methods were used at each university...

... the eligibility criteria for the study were randomly recruited from BBCCCE in Gaborone. These eligibility criteria included: age six to 15 years, CD4 cell counts <700/mm3, treatment with ARV drugs, and no reported evidence of taking a nutritionally enhanced food product (food products with added energy...

... in implementation, reflecting on current claiming processes, and setting up working parties. Practical implications – Ways of working with schools to increase FSM uptake and more generally improve nutritional policies are suggested. Amending claiming systems in schools is recommended as is greater pupil...

... who have poor eating habits in their younger years. The nutritional intake of many Australian children is not in accordance with the national guidelines. The reasons children make the food choices they do are unclear from the literature. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology...

... be contacted at: stacey@american.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Health promotion Learning Schools Adolescent health Health disparities Nutrition Obesity Food Physical activity Screen time Academic achievement Media Over the past 30 years, obesity among children has...

...Devin Ellsworth; Jenny Ernst; Anastasia Snelling Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of a nutrition-education intervention delivered at low-income middle schools in Washington, DC in the USA, using a mobile farmers’ market to bring hands-on lessons to schools. The program...