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S128 Poster Abstracts Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior � Volume 42, Number 4S, 2010
Conclusions and Implications: This program was suc-cessful in promoting adult role modeling of health behaviors.This presentation provides a model that others may replicate.This project is funded by a USDA–Team Nutrition Grant.
P106 Web-Supported Program Improved Dietand Increased Physical Activity AmongChildrenBetty Greer, PhD, [email protected]; Karen Franck, PhD,[email protected]; Laura Bossaer, MS, [email protected];John Toman, PhD, [email protected], The University ofTennessee Extension, 2621 Morgan Circle, Knoxville, TN37996-4501
Objective: Provide an effective school-based wellness pro-gram for elementary students to encourage healthy behav-iors, including increased consumption of fruits andvegetables, decreasing consumption of sugar-sweetenedbeverages, and increasing physical activity.Use of Theory or Research: Rates of childhood over-weight and obesity have been increasing steadily in Ten-nessee, making successful wellness interventions forchildren a priority for nutrition educators. Research hasdemonstrated that these programs need to include positivereinforcement and multiple exposures to encourage chil-dren to increase healthy behaviors.Target Audience: Elementary students in kindergartenthrough sixth grade.Description: To help reverse the obesity trend, the prin-cipal and teachers of a rural elementary school in Appala-chia collaborated with the County Extension office toimplement a Web-supported wellness program for stu-dents. Lessons included the opportunity to taste a varietyof fruits and vegetables, alternatives to sugar-sweetenedbeverages, and promotion of physical activity. Studentscould simply taste, if they chose not to eat the food. Expo-sure through tasting foods is an important first step to ac-ceptance of a food.Evaluation: Students in grades kindergarten through 6 en-tered information about their weekly amounts of fruits, veg-etables, water, and physical activity in a computerizeddatabase for 8 weeks. Students in grades 4 through 6 also com-pleted pre- and posttests about their diets and physical activ-ity levels. Results of the pre- and posttests and thecomputerized information were compared. Students signifi-cantly increased theirdaily consumption of fruits, vegetables,and water. Change in physical activity was not significant.Conclusions and Implications: This successful pro-gram provides an effective school-based intervention tohelp nutrition educators reverse the trend of childhoodobesity rates. This project is funded by Regular Extensionand SNAP Education.
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P107 The Eagle Adventure Play Takes FlightStephany Parker, PhD, [email protected],Oklahoma State University and Chickasaw Nation Get
Fresh! Program, 301 HES, Stillwater, OK 74078;Sarah Miracle, MBA, RD/LD, Chickasaw Nation Get Fresh!Program, Chickasaw Nation Nutrition Services, 229 WestSeabrook, Ada, OK 74820; Jill Fox, MPH, [email protected], Chickasaw Nation Get Fresh! Program;James Wallace, MA, [email protected],Chickasaw Nation Arts and Humanities Division, PO Box1548, Ada, OK 74821
Objective: To evaluate affective response to the Eagle Ad-venture play, developed as an educational strategy to reachNative American children in grades 1 through 3.Use of Theory or Research: The Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention Eagle Books were used as the foun-dation for the play, developed to promote diabetes preven-tion, physical activity, nutrition, and healthy eating. Theplay is intended to build self-efficacy and behavioral capa-bility related to diabetes prevention strategies.Target Audience: School-aged children in grades 1through 3 (n¼ 87) were the primary audience for the EagleAdventure plays.Description: The Eagle Adventure plays were developedas an educational strategy based on formative research im-plicating entertainment education as an important strat-egy for reaching Native American families. The playscript was developed to positively alter social expectationsof diabetes prevention. The play has been performed asa staged reading in a variety of settings such as boys andgirls clubs, schools, fairs, and 4-H club meetings.Evaluation: A post-only single-event evaluation tool wasused to measure affective response related to fruit and veg-etable consumption, snack choices, play acceptance, andcomprehension.Conclusions and Implications: Results indicate thatplays are an effective educational strategy for reachingschool-aged children, with 93% of children reporting theyliked the play, 100% indicating the play showed themhow to be healthy, 38% reporting a desire to eat more fruitsand vegetables, and 21% indicating a desire to eat morehealthful snacks. Additional strategies have been developedto accompany the plays and are necessary to affect multiplelevels of influence and impart greater change over time.This project was funded by USDA, SNAP-Ed.
P108 Creating a Healthier Library Youth FoodEnvironmentMary Concannon, MA, [email protected], University ofMaryland Extension, 1840 York Road, Suite J, Timonium,MD 21093; Elizabeth Rafferty, [email protected];Cynthia Swanson-Farmarco, [email protected],Baltimore County Public Library, Baltimore CountyPublic Library, 320 York Road, Towson, MD 21204
Objective: To change the snack-buying behavior ofcounty library youth service providers and to collaboratewith library youth service providers to educate teens abouthealthy food preparation.Use of Theory or Research: Increasing access to healthyfoods increases the likelihood that those foods will be
