Nutrition

The importance of proper nutrition to a healthy life cannot be overstated. It leads to decreased obesity rates and makes healthy living easier. Helping to gain access to healthy foods and encourage minor changes to daily routines can make a big difference for overall health.

March is National Nutrition Month®

A nutrition education and information campaign sponsored annually by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, National Nutrition Month®, held annually in March, focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. National Nutrition Month® started in 1973 as National Nutrition Week, and it became a month-long observance in 1980 in response to growing interest in nutrition.

SOPHE is proud to support these efforts with the following online resources and journal articles.

On-Demand Webinar

SNAP for U: Identifying Strategies to Support College
Students with SNAP Education and Outreach

As higher education institutions continue to aim towards diversifying their representative students, this translates into increased rates of first generation, low-income, minority, and international students in need of food assistance support. Despite the fact that federal food assistance programs like Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are in place to help meet these needs in the United States, college students are experiencing significant barriers and subsequently low enrollment rates in SNAP yet experience high food insecurity. This session will explore these barriers further through the perspective of three stakeholder groups [college students, college administrators, and state Nutrition Program Associates (NPAs)].

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From our Journals

Health Education & Behavior

• Self-Efficacy and Nutrition-Related Goal Achievement of MyFitnessPal Users
• “How Can We Stay Healthy when you’re Throwing All of this in Front of Us?” Findings from Focus Groups and Interviews in Middle Schools on Environmental Influences on Nutrition and Physical Activity
• Workplace Health Promotion Programs Targeting Smoking, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity in Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Health Promotion Practice

• Facilitating Nutrition and Physical Activity-Focused Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change in Rural Areas: A Methodological Approach Using Community Wellness Coalitions and Cooperative Extension
• Healthy Food Incentive Programs: Findings From Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Programs Across the United States
• The Implementation of a Nutrition Intervention in Food Pantries: The Spirit of SWAP
• A Nutrition Environment Measure to Assess Tribal Convenience Stores: The THRIVE Study

Pedagogy in Health Promotion

• Improving Knowledge, Confidence, and Skills Related to Engaging in Nutrition Policy-Related Activities Through Authentic Assignments and Class Activities
• Nutrition Professionals Feel Underprepared to Serve Persons With Marginalized Identities
• The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey as a Tool to Teach Data Analysis to Public Health Students
• Supporting Self-Advocacy in Nutritional Health: Using Health Imaginaries to Navigate Student Wellness and University Resources