#UCDFOOD: A sustainable university-wide healthy eating intervention

A population-wide screening and tailored intervention platform for eating disorders on college campuses: the healthy body image program.

OBJECTIVES This article presents a new approach to intervention for eating disorders and body image concerns on college campuses, using a model of integrated eating disorder screening and intervention. Formative data on implementation feasibility are presented. PARTICIPANTS College students enrolled at 2 universities between 2011 and 2012. METHODS The Healthy Body Image program is an eviden...

Sustainable healthy eating behaviour of young adults: towards a novel methodological approach

BACKGROUND Food, nutrition and health policy makers are poised with two pertinent issues more than any other: obesity and climate change. Consumer research has focused primarily on specific areas of sustainable food, such as organic food, local or traditional food, meat substitution and/or reduction. More holistic view of sustainable healthy eating behaviour has received less attention, albeit ...

Adolescents’ Perceptions of Healthy Eating and Communication about Healthy Eating

Towards a Data-Driven Approach to Intervention Design: A Predictive Path Model of Healthy Eating Determinants

Dietary behavior and attitude play major roles in the worldwide prevalence of obesity, as weight is gained when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure. Although research has focused on designing technological interventions for healthy eating behavior, recent reviews have identified a gap in the knowledge base regarding the variables/determinants of healthy eating and the interactions between ...

Parental eating attitudes and indicators of healthy eating in a longitudinal randomized dietary intervention trial (the STRIP study).

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of child-oriented dietary intervention on parental eating attitudes and dietary behaviour. DESIGN In the prospective, randomized Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project for Children (the STRIP study), a cohort of Finnish families took part in a nutritional intervention trial focused on the quality of their children's fat intake since the age of...