Nutrition Education

September 2, 2020

Strategies for Healthier and Culturally Relevant Food at King County Food Banks

The food bank and emergency food system in the United States requires rethinking. Northwest Harvest, a food bank distributor and anti-hunger organization in King County is transforming emergency food by moving away from a charity model to a social justice model. One of the ways this organization is moving to a social justice model is…

Post-discharge Lactation Support for Mothers of Infants Who Discharged from a NICU: Recommendations for Seattle Children’s Hospital’s NICU Guidelines

Nourished and Active in Early Learning: Planning Focus Groups to Inform a Professional Development Training Curriculum

Many young children spend significant time in care outside of the home, offering early learning programs a unique opportunity to support children and families in leading healthy and active lifestyles. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funds state recipients to improve nutrition and physical activity in statewide early care and education (ECE) systems…

Creating Culturally Appropriate Educational Content: Coping with an Eating Disorder During Ramadan

Developing a Graduate Level Introductory Food Systems Course

The UW Master of Public Health (MPH) Common Core Curriculum was recently revised, which led to changes in course requirements for MPH and MS graduate students in the Nutritional Sciences Program for the upcoming 2020-2021 academic year. This created a new need for an introductory food systems course that fulfilled Council on Education for Public…

Social and Emotional Learning in the School Cafeteria

1 out of 7 children in the US are food insecure and uncertain where their next meal will come from. Children who experience food insecurity are at a higher risk for chronic disease, poor mental health, poor academic performance, and unfavorable health behaviors in adulthood. Encouraging school meal participation and creating a positive cafeteria environment…

Promoting LGBTQ+ Student-Athlete Well-Being at the University of Washington

Collegiate sports can foster body dissatisfaction and in turn, may contribute to disordered eating and impact mental well-being. Marked health disparities have been identified among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Queer (LGBTQ+) populations, including a greater prevalence of eating and mental health disorders. At the intersection of these identities, LGBTQ+ student-athletes may incur elevated risks…

October 30, 2013

Developing a social media program to accompany a classroom-based nutrition education intervention

The AFRI Media Literacy Project, a joint project between WSU Extension and UW, is designed to prevent childhood obesity by increasing healthy eating behaviors among families with children ages 9-14 years. The project will address the influence of media messages through the development, testing, and dissemination of an intervention that includes media literacy and nutrition…

Assuring frozen meal satisfaction of Meals on Wheels clients

The purpose of the non-profit King County Meals on Wheels (KCMOW) is to deliver meals to the region’s home-bound seniors. Home-delivered meals help seniors maintain their health and continue living independently in their own homes by helping them avoid hospitalization and nursing home placement through improved nutrition. One of their top issues is bringing meals…

How foods affect blood sugar: A guide for Vietnamese patients with diabetes and their providers

It was been estimated that 5.3% of Vietnamese in the United States have been diagnosed with diabetes. Per Dr. Carey Jackson, director of Harborview Medical Center’s International Medicine Clinic (IMC), diabetes maintenance has been a longstanding issue with the Vietnamese patients that receive medical care at the IMC. There is a need for culturally appropriate…

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