RDN Training

December 11, 2015

Exploring the Use of Seattle’s Farmers’ Market Incentive Program (“Fresh Bucks”) by Household Food Security Levels

Farmers market incentive programs such as the Fresh Bucks program in Seattle, Washington aim to improve healthy food access and food security amongst low-income individuals. The objective of this study was to compare Fresh Bucks access and associated shopping behaviors across food security levels of high/marginal, low, and very low food security.

Measuring Plate Waste: Validity and Inter-Rater Reliability of the Quarter-Waste Method

Measuring food waste in school cafeterias is an important tool to evaluate the effectiveness of school nutrition policies aiming to increase consumption of healthier meals. Visual assessment methods are frequently applied in plate waste studies because they are more convenient than weighing; the visual quarter-waste method has become one of the most commonly used in…

Factors influencing water intake at school among youth in King County, Washington: a qualitative study based on the social ecological model

Sufficient water intake is essential for health, cognitive function, and school performance among youth. Approximately three in four children do not drink enough water during the school day leading to inadequate hydration status. Although research on youth water intake in school indicates that beverage choice may be influenced by school infrastructure, water quality, and policy,…

October 31, 2015

Early Enteral Feeding in the Pediatric Acute Care Setting

Suggestion on Revision of Goals of Length Growth Rate for Preterm Infants

Providing human-derived HMF to infants in the NICU at Seattle Children’s Hospital

First Foods: Developing a Nutrition Education Curriculum for Refugee and Immigrant Mothers

Patient-centered, evidence-based responses to common questions and comments about nutrition for diabetes

Changes in Pediatric Hospital Wide Thickening Protocol in Response to Events and Evidence

October 30, 2015

Kids’ Meals: Restaurant Assessment in King County

On a typical day, 33% of children ages 2-11 ate at fast-food and 12% at full-service restaurants. For ages 2-6, 12% of their total energy intake was from restaurants; for ages 7-12, 15%. Eating at restaurants is associated with increased sugar-sweetened beverages, decreased milk, and increased total fat, saturated fat, and sugar. Less than 10%…

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