Does Nutrition Education in the Family and Consumer Sciences Classroom Promote Healthy Eating and Exercise Habits?
Author
Ficken, Jessica Gray
Abstract
Many high school students do not practice healthy eating and exercise habits. According to the National Center for Disease Control, 18% of adolescents ages 12-18 are currently overweight (National Institutes of Health, 2006). Many are not aware of consequences associated with unhealthy lifestyles. To improve students' eating and exercise behaviors, students must acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes associated with healthy practices. One venue for addressing this need is through nutrition education in the Family and Consumer Sciences classroom. The question of this study asks: Does nutrition education in the Family and Consumer Sciences classroom promote healthy eating and exercise behaviors? Findings of this study indicate that an increase in nutritional knowledge alone does not result in immediate changes of eating or exercise behaviors.
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Date
2010
Citation:
APA:
Ficken, Jessica Gray.
(January 2010).
Does Nutrition Education in the Family and Consumer Sciences Classroom Promote Healthy Eating and Exercise Habits?
(Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship.
(http://hdl.handle.net/10342/2781.)
MLA:
Ficken, Jessica Gray.
Does Nutrition Education in the Family and Consumer Sciences Classroom Promote Healthy Eating and Exercise Habits?.
Master's Thesis. East Carolina University,
January 2010. The Scholarship.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/2781.
December 01, 2023.
Chicago:
Ficken, Jessica Gray,
“Does Nutrition Education in the Family and Consumer Sciences Classroom Promote Healthy Eating and Exercise Habits?”
(Master's Thesis., East Carolina University,
January 2010).
AMA:
Ficken, Jessica Gray.
Does Nutrition Education in the Family and Consumer Sciences Classroom Promote Healthy Eating and Exercise Habits?
[Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University;
January 2010.
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Publisher
East Carolina University