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Duffrin MW, Stage V, Roseno A, Hovland J, Diaz S. Start-Up and Sustaining 20 Years of STEM Outreach Research and Programming: The Food, Mathematics, and Science Teaching Enhancement Resource (FoodMASTER) Initiative. JOURNAL OF STEM OUTREACH 2020; 3:10.15695/jstem/v3i2.05. [PMID: 34291200 PMCID: PMC8291739 DOI: 10.15695/jstem/v3i2.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Science and mathematics literacy are fundamental to the basic understanding of food and health and/or the pursuit of science-based careers. In 1999, the FoodMASTER Initiative (FMI) was created to provide an opportunity for youth to experience authentic, real-world health science activities in K-12 learning environments. FMI administrative locations have included Ohio University 1999-2005, East Carolina University 2006-2018 and Northern Illinois University 2018-current. The key programmatic elements for the FMI include: 1) curricular hands-on activities developed with teacher input, 2) free online access, 3) rigorous evaluation of program materials, and 4) robust partnerships with organizations that promote mathematics and science education. The purpose of this manuscript will be to 1) provide a rationale for the FMI programming, 2) share the curriculum and the process for developing curriculum and summarize the quantitative and qualitative findings of the 19 peer-reviewed articles, 3) discuss funding that was secured, 4) discuss strategies that lead to program sustainability, 5) discuss the mission and vision, and 6) summarize programmatic component sustainability.
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Affiliation(s)
- Melani W. Duffrin
- Division of Health Sciences, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois
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- Department of Nutrition Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
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- Department of Health Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Science, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
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- College of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio
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Smith LH, Petosa RL, Shoben A. Peer mentor versus teacher delivery of a physical activity program on the effects of BMI and daily activity: protocol of a school-based group randomized controlled trial in Appalachia. BMC Public Health 2018; 18:633. [PMID: 29769106 PMCID: PMC5956615 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5537-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Rural Appalachian populations have poorer health and fewer positive health-related behaviors compared to other United States populations. Appalachians are the most sedentary U.S. population and teens are particularly sedentary. Obesity prevention through improving physical activity is a top priority in Rural Healthy People 2020. Obesity prevalence among Appalachian teens exceeds the national rates of 13.9% and has consistently been greater than 26%. Organized sports has not been effective at improving daily physical activity or health outcomes for Appalachian teens. The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a 10-week school-based intervention in promoting self-regulation of physical activity among adolescents not participating in organized sports. By using accelerometers, our study will measure both sedentary time and planned exercise during waking hours. METHODS The design for this four-year study is a group-randomized controlled trial (G-RCT). We will recruit high schools in 3 waves, with 4 in Wave 1, 8 in Wave 2, and 8 in Wave 3, for a total of 20 schools. For each wave of schools, we will randomly assign half of the schools to each condition--intervention (peer-to-peer mentoring [MBA]) and comparison (teacher-led [PBA])--for a total of 10 schools in each of the two conditions by study's end. We will collect data at baseline (T1), 3 months post intervention (T2), and 6 months post intervention (T3). Linear Mixed Models (LMMs) and Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs) will be used to test the main hypotheses. Power for this study was based the primary analysis comparing BMI outcomes at T2 between the groups, adjusting for baseline BMI values. DISCUSSION This study provides age-appropriate lifestyle education and skill building. Peer-to-peer mentoring by local high school students and school-based tailored support strengthens sustainable behavioral change. Focusing on unique healthy-lifestyle challenges prevalent in low-resource areas such as Appalachia such as overcoming environmental, social, and psychological barriers may improve adherence to physical activity. Serving as role models, peer mentors may improve their own lifestyle behaviors, providing a dual intervention. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT02329262 .
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- Laureen H Smith
- The Ohio State University College of Nursing, 240 Newton Hall, 1595 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43201, USA.
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- The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology, Physical Activity and Exercise Science Room 048, Columbus, OH, 43201, USA
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- The Ohio State University College of Public Health, 249 Cunz Hall, Columbus, OH, 43201, USA
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Chou LN, Chen ML. Influencing Factors of the Body Mass Index of Elementary Students in Southern Taiwan. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2017; 14:ijerph14030220. [PMID: 28241506 PMCID: PMC5369056 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14030220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Revised: 01/29/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The body mass index (BMI) of school children in Taiwan is markedly increasing. According to statistical data from the Taiwan Ministry of Education, the prevalence of obesity in school children from the southern part of the country is the highest in Taiwan. Thus, exploring the factors influencing BMI in elementary school children from southern Taiwan is crucial. This study investigated the influencing factors including physical activity levels, sedentary behaviors, dietary habits, and perceived body shape on the BMIs of elementary school children from southern Taiwan. A cross-sectional design was used, and the participants consisted of 3251 fifth-grade students (1628 boys, 50.1%; 1623 girls, 49.9%). The average BMI values for boys and girls were 19.69 and 18.70 (kg/cm) respectively. Statistically significant associations were observed between BMI and sex, 31–60 min of daily vigorous or moderate physical activities levels, length of time spent watching television, time spent on video games or the computer, and intake of vegetable or meat gravy with rice (p < 0.001). Perceived body shape also affected the BMI of school children. The results of this study enable educational institutions in Taiwan to understand the factors affecting the BMI of school children and use this information as the basis for future healthy body weight policies.
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- Li-Na Chou
- Department of Nursing, National Tainan Junior College of Nursing, No. 78, Min-Tsu Rd. Sec. 2, Tainan 700, Taiwan.
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- Department of Respiratory Care, Graduate Institute of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chiayi Campus, West Sec., Jiapu Rd., Puzi City 61363, Chiayi County, Taiwan.
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Haack SA, Byker CJ. Recent population adherence to and knowledge of United States federal nutrition guides, 1992-2013: a systematic review. Nutr Rev 2014; 72:613-26. [PMID: 25209465 DOI: 10.1111/nure.12140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The Dietary Guidelines for Americans dictates the federal nutrition programs, policies, and recommendations of the United States. Corresponding nutrition guides have been established to help educate the public about the dietary intake patterns recommended in these guidelines as well as to ameliorate the US obesity epidemic and its health-related outcomes. The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize population adherence to and knowledge of these guiding US nutrition guides issued since 1992, including the Food Guide Pyramid, MyPyramid, and MyPlate. Of the 31 studies included in the review, 22 examined adherence, 6 examined knowledge, and 3 examined both adherence and knowledge. Across studies, adherence to nutrition guides was low, with participants consuming inadequate levels of fruit, vegetables, and dairy in particular. Knowledge of nutrition guides increased over time since publication and decreased with age of the participants. An association between knowledge of and adherence to nutrition guides was not found. Disparities in knowledge and adherence existed across demographic groups. Based on these findings, it is suggested that federal dietary guidance can be strengthened by increasing dissemination of nutrition guides to the public and tailoring promotional activities to specific demographic and socioeconomic groups.
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- Sarah A Haack
- Health and Human Development, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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Hovland JA, Carraway-Stage VG, Cela A, Collins C, Díaz SR, Collins A, Duffrin MW. Food-based Science Curriculum Increases 4 th Graders Multidisciplinary Science Knowledge. J Food Sci 2013; 12:81-86. [PMID: 25152539 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4329.12016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Health professionals and policymakers are asking educators to place more emphasis on food and nutrition education. Integrating these topics into science curricula using hand-on, food-based activities may strengthen students' understanding of science concepts. The Food, Math, and Science Teaching Enhancement Resource (FoodMASTER) Initiative is a compilation of programs aimed at using food as a tool to teach mathematics and science. Previous studies have shown that students experiencing the FoodMASTER curriculum were very excited about the activities, became increasingly interested in the subject matter of food, and were able to conduct scientific observations. The purpose of this study was to: 1) assess 4th graders food-related multidisciplinary science knowledge, and 2) compare gains in food-related science knowledge after implementation of an integrated, food-based curriculum. During the 2009-2010 school year, FoodMASTER researchers implemented a hands-on, food-based intermediate curriculum in eighteen 4th grade classrooms in Ohio (n=9) and North Carolina (n=9). Sixteen classrooms in Ohio (n=8) and North Carolina (n=8), following their standard science curricula, served as comparison classrooms. Students completed a researcher-developed science knowledge exam, consisting of 13 multiple-choice questions administered pre- and post-test. Only subjects with pre- and post-test scores were entered into the sample (Intervention n=343; Control n=237). No significant differences were observed between groups at pre-test. At post-test, the intervention group scored (9.95±2.00) significantly higher (p=.000) than the control group (8.84±2.37) on a 13-point scale. These findings suggest the FoodMASTER intermediate curriculum is more effective than a standard science curriculum in increasing students' multidisciplinary science knowledge related to food.
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- Jana A Hovland
- Assistant Professor of Dietetics, Marshall University, One John Marshall Drive, Huntington, WV 25755, 304-696-2507
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- Assistant Professor/FoodMASTER Associate Director, College of Human Ecology, East Carolina University, 266 Rivers Bldg., Greenville, NC 27858, 252-737-2473 office
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- Public Health Nutritionist (Nutritionist II), Wayne County Health Department, Goldsboro, NC 850-980-5511
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- Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Nutrition Science, East Carolina University, 272 Rivers Building, Greenville, NC 27858, 252-328-5698 office, 252-328-4276 fax
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- Diaz Consulting LLC, 203 West Main Street, Bruceton Mills, WV 26525-7113, 304-698-6780 cell
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- Director of the Center for STEM Education, East Carolina University, 319 Cotanche St. Building 159, Greenville, NC 27858, 252-328-6164 office, 52-328-6491 fax
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- FoodMASTER Director, PI, Director of Special Projects Center for STEM Education, East Carolina University, 272 Rivers Bldg., Greenville, NC 27858, 252-328-5698 office, 252-328-4276 fax
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McPhail D, Chapman GE, Beagan BL. The rural and the rotund? A critical interpretation of food deserts and rural adolescent obesity in the Canadian context. Health Place 2013; 22:132-9. [PMID: 23694820 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2012] [Revised: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Resting on the notion that rural spaces are "food deserts," rural adolescents are increasingly regarded as a "problem population" in Western obesity narratives. Using qualitative data gleaned from interviews with 51 teenage participants from rural areas across Canada, this paper focuses on the ways in which obesity is constructed as a rural disease in the Canadian context, demonstrating in particular how discourses of food deserts and related rural obesity rely on classist imaginings of obesity as a working-class embodiment. The paper will further question the understanding of the rural as a food desert, showing the ways in which rural teens acquire fresh, healthy foods in part through an informal economy of food growing and sharing.
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- Deborah McPhail
- Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, S-113 750 Bannatyne Ave. Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
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He M, Tucker P, Irwin JD, Gilliland J, Larsen K, Hess P. Obesogenic neighbourhoods: the impact of neighbourhood restaurants and convenience stores on adolescents' food consumption behaviours. Public Health Nutr 2012; 15:2331-9. [PMID: 22390896 PMCID: PMC10271768 DOI: 10.1017/s1368980012000584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2010] [Accepted: 01/26/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between the neighbourhood food environment and dietary intake among adolescents. DESIGN Cross-sectional design using: (i) a geographic information system to assess characteristics of the neighbourhood food environment and neighbourhood socio-economic status; (ii) the modified Healthy Eating Index (HEI) to assess participants' overall diet quality; and (iii) generalized linear models to examine associations between HEI and home and school food environmental correlates. SETTING Mid-sized Canadian city in Ontario, Canada. Participants Grade 7 and 8 students (n 810) at twenty-one elementary schools. RESULTS Students living in neighbourhoods with a lower diversity of land-use types, compared with their higher diversity counterparts, had higher HEI scores (P < 0.05). Students with more than 1 km between their home and the nearest convenience store had higher HEI scores than those living within 1 km (P < 0.01). Students attending schools with a distance further than 1 km from the nearest convenience store (P < 0.01) and fast-food outlet (P < 0.05) had higher HEI scores than those within 1 km. Those attending schools with three or more fast-food outlets within 1 km had lower HEI scores than those attending schools with no fast-food outlet in the school surroundings (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Close proximity to convenience stores in adolescents' home environments is associated with low HEI scores. Within adolescents' school environments, close proximity to convenience and fast-food outlets and a high density of fast-food outlets are associated with low HEI scores.
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- Meizi He
- Department of Health & Kinesiology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA.
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Current world literature. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 2011; 18:336-8. [PMID: 21878756 DOI: 10.1097/med.0b013e32834ba6ec] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Garcia-Dominic O, Treviño RP, Echon RM, Mobley C, Block T, Bizzari A, Michalek J. Improving quality of Food Frequency Questionnaire response in low-income Mexican American children. Health Promot Pract 2011; 13:763-71. [PMID: 21525418 DOI: 10.1177/1524839911405847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The authors evaluated the validity and reliability of the Block Kids Food Frequency Questionnaire (BKFFQ) and the Block Kid Screener (BKScreener) in Mexican American children living along the Texas-Mexico border who participated in the National Institutes of Health-funded Proyecto Bienestar Laredo. The Bienestar/NEEMA health program is a school-based diabetes and obesity control program, and the Proyecto Bienestar Laredo is the translation of the Bienestar/NEEMA health program to 38 elementary schools in Laredo, Texas. Par ticipants included 2,376 eight-year-old boys (48%) and girls (52%) from two school districts in Laredo. Two Food Frequency Questionnaire (BKFFQ and BKScreener) dietary intakes were collected, and an expert panel of nutritionist assigned a classification response quality of "Good," "Questionable," and "Poor," based on playfulness (systematic or nonrandom) patterns and completion rates. In addition, both instruments were assessed for reliability (test-retest) in 138 students from a San Antonio School District. Children's height, weight, percentage body fat, reported family history of diabetes, and Texas Assessments of Knowledge and Skills in reading and mathematics scores were collected. This study showed that for Mexican American children living along the Texas-Mexico border, within the time constraints of the classroom, BKScreener yielded better data than the BKFFQ.
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