Essentials of Healthy Eating: A Guide

Promoting healthy eating for children A planning guide for practitioners

University reviewed the published literature on evaluated healthy eating interventions among children aged 0–15 years. From stakeholders involved in promoting children's healthy eating, the study team sought opinions on problems and opportunities in this area. This planning guide is based on the study findings and a broad reading of the area. It is intended to help health, education, and commun...

Adolescents’ Perceptions of Healthy Eating and Communication about Healthy Eating

Effectiveness of Interventions Based on Social Marketing Theory in Promoting Healthy Eating Habits: A Systematic Review

Aims: Social marketing is one of the approaches that is effective in promoting healthy eating behaviors by affecting different levels of target audience behaviors. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of interventions based on social marketing theory in promoting healthy eating behaviors. Information & Methods: In order to identify interventions, Persian and Engl...

Essentials for Developing and Validating Psychological Scales: Guide to Best Practices

Although Scale development is a common work in behavioral and psychological research, many of them are not adequately exact and perfect. Designing and validating a scale is not only straightforward but also it is an onerous and unfamiliar process. This process requires accuracy and exactness. Therefore, the purpose of this paper was to concisely review the step by step process of scale developm...

Culture and Healthy Eating

Healthy eating is important for physical health. Using large probability samples of middle-aged adults in the United States and Japan, we show that fitting with the culturally normative way of being predicts healthy eating. In the United States, a culture that prioritizes and emphasizes independence, being independent predicts eating a healthy diet (an index of fish, protein, fruit, vegetables,...