Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health

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August 18, 2022

Changes in Eating Habits Among Eating Competent and Non-Eating Competent College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Recent research reveals that eating context, as well as underlying stress, were the primary drivers of changes in eating habits experienced by U.S. undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study highlights the benefit of qualitative analysis for expanding our understanding of theoretical frameworks like the Satter Eating Competence model.


Eating Competence and Gender Identity Are Significantly Associated with Weight-And-Body Shame-And-Guilt, Eating Concerns, and Weight Satisfaction in Undergraduate Students

This study, which surveyed a large sample of undergraduates at the University of Washington, determined that eating competence and gender identity are significantly associated with: weight-and-body shame-and-guilt, weight satisfaction, and eating concerns. These associations demonstrate the emotional components of food, eating behaviors, and body-related perceptions, and may be helpful in future interventions aimed at improving these characteristics…


Disordered Eating and Eating Competence in Adults with Irritable Bowel Syndrome Based on Symptom Severity

This study seeks to assess the frequency at which disordered eating impacts patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), evaluate the level of Eating Competence (EC) among patients with IBS, and determine whether EC and eating disorder (ED) risk varies according to IBS symptom severity and IBS subtype.


Family Feeding Dynamics: Using Ellyn Satter’s Models to Address Adolescent Weight-Based Concerns

Current medical training may not adequately address the need for weight-neutral care and healthy development of eating skills and body image in children and adolescents. In addition, medical students receive very limited training in nutrition with only 19.6 contact hours over the course of 4 years of medical school. As a result, many residents may…


Development of a Weight-Inclusive Nutrition Education Toolkit

In response to a new 2022 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) Diversity, Equity, andInclusion (DEI) requirement, the Weight Inclusive Toolkit Initiative (WITI) Committee (a subsetof the Weight Inclusive Education Initiative) was hired by Nutrition and Dietetic Educators andPreceptors (NDEP) to develop an educational toolkit. The problem being addressed by the WITICommittee is that the…


Updated Protocol: Outpatient Follow-Up Chart Note Template


Going Home with a Feeding Tube: A Needs Assessment


Patient with COVID Leading to Multisystem Organ Failure Including ESRD with CRRT


Advancing Nutrition Assessments in the ICU


Histamine Intolerance and the Low Histamine Diet



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