[{"id":128,"date":"2021-04-19T14:34:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T14:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/?p=128"},"modified":"2021-04-19T20:28:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T20:28:06","slug":"reflective-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/2021\/04\/19\/reflective-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflective Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reflective Commentary<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1) Program Name and Description<\/p>\n<p>2) Program Rationale<\/p>\n<p>3) Program Mission Statement, Goals, and Objectives<\/p>\n<p>4) Logic Model<\/p>\n<p>5) Description of program strategies, brief description of rationale\/support for interventions selected, and level of influence targeted with each strategy<\/p>\n<p>6) Process Evaluation Plan (Methods, and Measures)<\/p>\n<p>7) blog or podcast<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Reflection on program name and description<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My program name was actually one of the most difficult items for me. It requires a lot of thought because it is the first item people see and it is my first chance to make an impression on the audience. A program or company name can either bring in an audience or cause people to reject a program and the name is where decision makers are able to view your agenda and either move ahead or reject a plan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Reflection on Program Rationale<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A program rationale is the item that \u201cgains support from decision makers\u201d or \u201csells\u201d the program (McKenzie et. al., 2017). The rationale needs to have \u201cbenefits of the program\u201d clearly communicated so decision makers are getting their needs addressed (McKenzie et. al., 2017). When my peers reviewed my first outline of my rationale, they both commented on the section of why my program would be successful for the decision makers. It was then I decided I needed to show the audience how important this program is for teens. It allowed me to get into a subject of grades and performance of students which was the real \u201cwhy\u201d to being healthier. I appreciate the teacher and student feedback.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Reflection on Mission Statement, Goals, and Objectives<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My mission statement seemed to be the easiest part of this. I also had an easier time with objectives. I wrote my first set of goals from my perspective until I received feedback on why they needed to be written using SMART and what my program will achieve. Your feedback on goals \u201cyou\u2019re off to a good start here. Remember that your goals should be program focused. In other words, what will your program do\u00a0<em>for participants<\/em>?\u201d made me realize I was attacking the problem from the wrong direction and helped me turn the ship around.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Reflection on Logic Model <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was my easiest section. I honestly feel like my thinking is very logical being a mathematician. I enjoyed reading feedback on wording etc., however I felt this was a section I had done well and very easily. It helped me build a foundation for my program and was a very important piece of the puzzle of starting a focused and relevant program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Reflection on description of program strategies, brief description of rationale\/support for interventions selected, and level of influence targeted with each strategy<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reflecting back on this section my one realization was that everything I used as an intervention needed to be grounded in science. We needed to have the appropriate program intervention and show proof that it has worked in the past for other programs similar to mine. It was challenging to make sure all of my interventions were backed by data. I worked on this section for a long time and through many modifications feel like I reached the goal.<strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Reflection on process Evaluation Plan (Methods, and Measures)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I started out this section trying to better understand the terms. Environmental component, training component, curriculum component, Fidelity, Dose Delivered, Dose Received, Reach and Context. All new terms. I used my book to research each one and figure out how my project fit into these terms or vice versa. It was a very analytical process and one that really helped me ground my ideas to move forward on the program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Reflection on Blog<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My blog was one of my first blogs I have written. I have never put the time and attention to the structure of the blog until this program. I appreciate the information we received on how to write a blog and I am proud of how much structure I was able to put into the writing using research and a having a plan. This is the most important part of my takeaway and I know now that writing a blog takes time and patience and to make sure you have all of the criteria prior to publishing it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflective Commentary &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1) Program Name and Description 2) Program Rationale 3) Program Mission Statement, Goals, and Objectives 4) Logic Model 5) Description of program strategies, brief description of rationale\/support for interventions selected, and level of influence targeted with each strategy 6) Process Evaluation Plan (Methods, and Measures) 7) blog or podcast &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3610,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":122,"date":"2021-03-29T17:10:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T17:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/?p=122"},"modified":"2021-04-25T19:59:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T19:59:06","slug":"intervention-and-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/2021\/03\/29\/intervention-and-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Intervention and Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Strategy 1 <\/strong><u>Nutrition Education and Motivational Interviewing\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Strategy 2 <\/strong>University of Minnesota Extension program<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strategy 3\u00a0<\/strong>Social Cognitive Theory<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strategy 4.\u00a0<\/strong>Social Media<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Strategy #1<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below is an outline of some of the science theories I will use in my program. They have been my influence to design a program that will be effective for teens to help them change behaviors. Adolescent years are formative years. Social Cognitive theory is very effective for teenagers and behavior change. (Bagherniya, et. al., 2018) In addition, I think SCT is the best tool for increasing self-efficacy of teens. Healthy teens is a program that uses self-efficacy at the core of its program and therefore the use of SCT, social learning from peers and role models on social media is the best and most effective way to enhance behavior change in a positive way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary of Theories and Strategies\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Activity: Motivational Interviewing<\/p>\n<p>Strategy: Find out current needs and attitudes towards change. Strategy &#8211; Motivational Interviews<\/p>\n<p>We will recruit 30 teenagers from Mercer Island High Schools ages 15-19. They will be made up of 50% girls and 50% boys. We will conduct Motivational Interviews with each teenager in a confidential setting. Our staff will be trained on proper guidelines and how to conduct a motivational interview. We will have paper questionnaires and teenagers can write in answers or have you record if they prefer. Dose delivered will be 30 participants. Dose received is 30 participants.\u00a0 Reach is 30 participants.<\/p>\n<p>Questions will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>What are your health goals?<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Do you exercise and if so, how often?<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Do you eat breakfast and how many days a week?<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Do you feel breakfast is important? <\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Do you skip meals \u2013 if so, which ones regularly<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Do you eat fast food? How often<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Do you drink soda? How often<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Are you interested in learning about becoming healthier and stronger?<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Impact:<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned above, Motivational interviewing is person centered and will allow me to \u201cexplore\u201d my teens health issues and eating habits and design a need-based approach. MI allows teenagers to \u201cexplore and resolve ambivalence associated with behavior change (Rubak et. al., 2005). The impact is the ability to resolve ambivalence with MI.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Strategy #2<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Minnesota Extension Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the search institute (2017) literature, eight elements of best practices from the University of Minnesota Extension that are proven to work for youth development will be included in my program. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Youth feel physically and emotionally\u00a0safe<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Youth experience\u00a0belonging and ownership<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Youth develop\u00a0self-worth<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Youth\u00a0discover self<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Youth develop quality\u00a0relationships\u00a0with peers and adults<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Youth discuss conflicting\u00a0values\u00a0and form their own<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Youth feel the pride and accountability that comes with\u00a0mastery\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Strategy: Social Cognitive Theory: Strategy #3<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>SCT<\/p>\n<p>My team of 20 volunteers will work with teenagers who attended the workshop. We will send out worksheets to track fast food and soda intake for 4 weeks after workshop. We will also track dieting behavior. We will create data to figure out post workshop impact of study.<\/p>\n<p>Dose up to 1500 teens<\/p>\n<p>Reach up to 1500 teens<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Impact : Bandura\u2019s SCT is a main component of addiction quitting (Heydari et. al., 2014). The teens in my workshop will keep records of their fast food and soda intake for one month. The boys will gain control over their behavior and learn self-regulation and self-control that will have a large influence on the impact of my study (McKenzi et. al.,2017, p. 177). The impact is behavior change.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Strategy #4<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Activity: Social Media Campaign<\/p>\n<p>Why is social media important?\u00a0 In my three years at American University, I have studied cases of teenagers and the influence social media has on their behavior. I have done several presentations on body image and teenagers and know that social media and role models are very useful in helping change negative behaviors. My goal is to develop a social media campaign aimed at reducing fast food and sugar intake using a celebrity athlete as a role model. I previously designed this infographic that will be distributed to teens.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-138\" src=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-25-at-12.46.45-PM-242x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-25-at-12.46.45-PM-242x300.png 242w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-25-at-12.46.45-PM.png 764w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Strategy: Use Social Media campaign for one month in conjunction with zoom workshops to change awareness and behavior. Strategy<\/p>\n<p>Social Media \/ Zoom Workshop<\/p>\n<p>I will conduct a series of three, one hour workshops myself on zoom. I will have two assistants to help me gather questions and set up the zoom workshop. I will also have my assistants make sure an invitation to the workshop is accepted by participants. The workshop will be open to all teens on Mercer Island ages 15-19 years old. Dose is one workshop. Dose delivered is 3 times one 60-minute workshop. Reach is approximately 1500 teens at Mercer Island High School.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Social Media Impact: As mentioned above, since teenagers are very active on Social Media, I know this is an effective way to connect and communicate with this age group. The advantage of social networking is that they can easily invite friends, I can reach a lot of people, I can update and post information quickly and there is unlimited space (McKenzi et. al., 2017, p. 214). Social media has some unique qualities such as it is user generated, it is low cost, information can be revised quickly and it can reach more people (McKenzi et. al., 2017, p. 199). The impact will be gaining knowledge of healthy eating and dieting concerns to health in the teenager population.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Activity:Tracking soda and fast food during and after study<\/p>\n<p>Strategy: Change through awareness of current behaviors.<\/p>\n<p><em>Questionnaire<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My team of 20 volunteers will work with teenagers who attended the workshop. We will send out worksheets to track fast food and soda intake. We will also track dieting behavior. We will create data to figure out how pre-workshop eating and dietary behavior. Dose and reach up to 1500 participants.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Step 3-5<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\">Target of Question<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Process- Evaluation Question<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Method of Assessment for Question<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Resources Required<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\">Recruitment<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Were teens aware of the program?<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">*Did our pre-diagnostic questions help us find the appropriate data?<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">*Did we have enough volunteers?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\">Reach<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Did we have enough resources to reach 1500 teenagers?<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Did we sign up 60% teenagers for our workshop?<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">*Did we overextend our volunteers?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\">Fidelity<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Did our logic model fit the program adequately?<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Did this age group participate in the survey?<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">*Did our volunteers learn how to conduct Motivational Interviews properly?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\">Context<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Did social media platform fit the program?<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Did social media work as a way to deliver our workshop?<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Did we have a clean workshop on Zoom ?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\">Dose Delivered<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Did we have enough Motivational Interviews?<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Did we deliver all of the questionnaires ?<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Did we have a lot of participants?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"151\">Dose Received<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Did we get back enough questionnaires before and after the workshop?<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">*Was our self-assessment and data returned after the workshop ?<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Did it seem to be well received by participants ?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Step 6<\/p>\n<p>I think the most important questions are:<\/p>\n<p>did we have enough volunteers, or did we overextend them?<\/p>\n<p>did they learn how to interview using the process of motivational interviewing. My reason these are most important is because motivational interviewing takes a skill set and when performed improperly may not provide the needed information. In addition, I feel it is important to credibility and long-term use of our programs to do the program properly and to make sure we are not short staffed to get the program done well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reference:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">CDC\u2019S GUIDE TO. (2020). Retrieved from<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/socialmedia\/tools\/guidelines\/pdf\/guidetowritingforsocialmedia.pdf<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Healthy Eating During Adolescence. (2020). Retrieved April 1, 2021, from<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/wellness-and-prevention\/healthy-eating-during-adolescence\">\u00a0https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/wellness-and-prevention\/healthy-eating- <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/wellness-and-prevention\/healthy-eating-during-adolescence\">\u00a0during-adolescence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Heydari, A., Dashtgard, A., &amp; Moghadam, Z. E. (2014, January). The effect of Bandura&#8217;s social<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">cognitive theory implementation on addiction quitting of clients referred to addiction<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">quitting clinics. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3917180\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>McDow, K., Nguyen, D., Herrick, K. &amp; Akinbami, L (2019) Attempts to Lose Weight Among<\/p>\n<p>Adolescents Aged 16\u201319 in the United States, 2013-2016, Retrieved from<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db340-h.pdf\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db340-h.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">McKenzie, J., Neiger, B., &amp; Thackeray, R. (2016).\u00a0<em>Planning, implementing, and evaluating health<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>promotion programs\u00a0<\/em>(7th ed.). Pearson.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rubak, S., Sandb\u00e6k, A., Lauritzen, T., &amp; Christensen, B. (2005, April 01). Motivational interviewing: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Retrieved from https:\/\/bjgp.org\/content\/55\/513\/305<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Supportive relationships and environment. (2021). Retrieved from<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>https:\/\/extension.umn.edu\/supportive-relationships-and-environment\/positive-youth-<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Vliet, J. S., Gustafsson, P. A., &amp; Nelson, N. (2016). Feeling \u2018too fat\u2019 rather than being \u2018too fat\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">increases unhealthy eating habits among adolescents \u2013 even in boys.\u00a0<em>Food &amp; Nutrition \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Research,60<\/em>(1), 29530. doi:10.3402\/fnr.v60.29530<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategy 1 Nutrition Education and Motivational Interviewing\u00a0 Strategy 2 University of Minnesota Extension program Strategy 3\u00a0Social Cognitive Theory Strategy 4.\u00a0Social Media Strategy #1 &nbsp; Below is an outline of some of the science theories I will use in my program. They have been my influence to design a program that will be effective for teens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3610,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":112,"date":"2021-03-26T20:32:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/?p=112"},"modified":"2021-04-22T01:54:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T01:54:10","slug":"methods-and-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/2021\/03\/26\/methods-and-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Methods and Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We will recruit volunteers in the community. I will design an motivational interview for the teens which volunteers will learn how to conduct to teens who participate in the program. We will get feedback on eating habits of 30 + teens and design a workshop to fit the needs of the teen community. Workshops will be one hour in length and conducted via zoom.<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1618065550843_22\" class=\"d-flex border p-2 mb-2 forumpost focus-target firstpost starter\" aria-label=\"Lauren Leahy-HLTH 640: Nutrition Program Design - Section 001 - Spring II 2021 by Lauren Leahy\" data-post-id=\"660774\" data-content=\"forum-post\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1618065550843_21\" class=\"d-flex flex-column w-100\" data-region-content=\"forum-post-core\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1618065550843_20\" class=\"d-flex body-content-container\">\n<div class=\"no-overflow w-100 content-alignment-container\">\n<div id=\"post-content-660774\" class=\"post-content-container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Environmental component<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Nutrition education program presented to Mercer Island High School in an after-school setting via zoom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Training component<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Nutrition educator volunteers will receive the motivational interviewing skills needed to ensure a successful program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Curriculum Component<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>My team of nutrition educator, volunteers, will set up motivational interviews to assess students current eating habits.<\/li>\n<li>Nutrition educators will gather data on current teen eating habits and attitudes toward skipping breakfast, skipping meals, eating fast food and drinking soda.<\/li>\n<li>Nutrition educators will present three -one hour zoom workshops to teens from Mercer Island to help teach them better ways to create a healthier eating plan.<\/li>\n<li>Nutrition educators will follow up with a survey after each workshop to evaluate the attitude of the teens.<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers will conclude with a one-month task of tracking their soda intake and fast-food intake after the workshop to gage if the workshops changed teenager\u2019s behavior.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Process Evaluation Questions<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>\u00a0Recruitment &#8211; Were enough participants recruited to make the program successful<\/li>\n<li>What recruitment procedures were used to recruit participants<\/li>\n<li>What were the barriers to recruiting teens?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fidelity<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Did our logic model fit the philosophy of the program?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dose Delivered<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Did we have enough volunteers?<\/li>\n<li>Did we have enough motivational interviewers<\/li>\n<li>Did we cover all of the content adequately?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dose Received<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Were the participants engaged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reach<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Did we have enough resources to reach the teenagers adequately?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Context<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Was social media a good choice for this program. Was zoom an effective way to communicate with the age group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">References:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">McKenzie, J, Neiger, B., &amp; Thackeray, R. (2017).\u00a0<i>Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Health <\/i><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><i>\u00a0Promotion Programs: A Primer. 7th ed.<\/i>\u00a0Pearson Education, Inc<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Saunders, R.P., Evans, M. H., &amp; Joshi, P. (2005). Developing a Process-Evaluation Plan for<\/p>\n<p>Assessing Health Promotion Program Implementation: A How-To Guide.\u00a0<i>Health Promotion <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Practice, 6<\/i>(2), 134-147<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"d-flex flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"post-actions d-flex align-self-end justify-content-end flex-wrap ml-auto\" role=\"menubar\" data-region=\"post-actions-container\" aria-label=\"Lauren Leahy-HLTH 640: Nutrition Program Design - Section 001 - Spring II 2021 by Lauren Leahy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\" data-region=\"replies-container\">\n<article id=\"p660932\" class=\"forum-post-container mb-2\" data-post-id=\"660932\" data-region=\"post\" data-target=\"660932-target\" aria-labelledby=\"post-header-660932-6071b88ea03fa6071b88e8f19f11\" aria-describedby=\"post-content-660932\">\n<div class=\"d-flex border p-2 mb-2 forumpost focus-target \" aria-label=\"Re: Lauren Leahy-HLTH 640: Nutrition Program Design - Section 001 - Spring II 2021 by Rebecca Rodriguez\" data-post-id=\"660932\" data-content=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"d-flex flex-column w-100\" data-region-content=\"forum-post-core\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We will recruit volunteers in the community. I will design an motivational interview for the teens which volunteers will learn how to conduct to teens who participate in the program. We will get feedback on eating habits of 30 + teens and design a workshop to fit the needs of the teen community. Workshops will 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Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">About Me and My program<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">Program Rationale<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">Program Mission Statement, Goals and Objectives<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">Logic Model<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">Description of Program<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">Methods and Measures<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">Interventions and Strategies<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">Blog Post<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">Reflections<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">Statistics and Media<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">Articles<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">References<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content About Me and My program Program Rationale Program Mission Statement, Goals and Objectives Logic Model Description of Program Methods and Measures Interventions and Strategies Blog Post Reflections Statistics and Media Articles 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Model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 734px\" width=\"673\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>INPUTS<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">\n<h6><strong>ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">\n<h6><strong>OUTPUTS<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"104\">\n<h6><strong>S-T OUTCOMES<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"104\">\n<h6><strong>I-T OUTCOMES<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"124\">\n<h6><strong>L-T OUTCOMES<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">\n<h6>Program team develop motivational interview questions<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">\n<h6>Roll out motivational interview to teens at Mercer Island High School. Set up schedule with program team to conduct 30 interviews<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">\n<h6>Full participation from teens<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"104\">\n<h6><strong>Team in\u00a0engaged in program <\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"104\">\n<h6><strong>Teens\u00a0receive motivational\u00a0interview and start to process information on their own eating habits<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"124\">\n<h6><strong>Awareness will bring change to teens \u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">\n<h6>Program team develops training program for teens<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">\n<h6>Program team implements training for volunteers on program<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">\n<h6>Volunteers successfully complete training on workshop for teens<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"104\">\n<h6><strong>Increase in knowledge of volunteers \u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"104\">\n<h6><strong>Increase in number of teens educated<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"124\">\n<h6><strong>\u00a0Control of teen eating habits<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"96\">\n<h6>Put on workshop for teens on healthy eating habits<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"65\">\n<h6>Workshop is presented to the teen community<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">\n<h6>30 teens participating in workshop are surveyed for items they learned<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"104\">\n<h6><strong>Change in knowledge and beliefs\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"104\">\n<h6><strong>\u00a0Increase in future workshops\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"124\">\n<h6><strong>\u00a0Healthier teens<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; INPUTS ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS S-T OUTCOMES I-T OUTCOMES L-T OUTCOMES Program team develop motivational interview questions Roll out motivational interview to teens at Mercer Island High School. Set up schedule with program team to conduct 30 interviews Full participation from teens Team in\u00a0engaged in program Teens\u00a0receive motivational\u00a0interview and start to process information on their own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3610,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":93,"date":"2021-03-26T20:01:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/?p=93"},"modified":"2021-04-25T20:00:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T20:00:37","slug":"program-mission-statement-goals-and-objectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/2021\/03\/26\/program-mission-statement-goals-and-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Mission Statement, Goals and Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"623\"><strong>Mission Statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Healthy Teens on Mercer Island is a program designed to provide knowledge of eating habits to enhance the health of teenagers on Mercer Island <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"623\"><strong>Goals <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Healthy Teens will help adolescents learn healthy eating habits<\/li>\n<li>Healthy Teens will help adolescents understand the consequences of skipping breakfast<\/li>\n<li>Healthy Teens on Mercer Island will help adolescents understand how fast food and sugar can lead to poor grades<\/li>\n<li>Healthy Teens will help adolescents become more aware of their own individual eating habits and pitfalls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"624\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"342\"><strong>Objectives<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"342\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"342\">Complete 30 teen motivational interviews and 3\/1 hour workshops over zoom with teenagers on Mercer Island in a one month time frame<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"342\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Improve awareness and positive attitude around healthy eating<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"342\">Teenagers will participate in healthy eating habits suggestions i.e., no fast food, no soda for one month after program by tracking on a tracker daily<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"342\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Teens will try not to skip breakfast for one month after the program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"342\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Teenagers will develop the skills to say no to unhealthy choices using Social Cognitive theory of changing behavior that is led by trained volunteers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please view this Youtube video to better understand my goals<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"How diet can improve teen health\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pLxABMFowIY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Statement: \u00a0 Healthy Teens on Mercer Island is a program designed to provide knowledge of eating habits to enhance the health of teenagers on Mercer Island \u00a0 \u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Goals Healthy Teens will help adolescents learn healthy eating habits Healthy Teens will help adolescents understand the consequences of skipping breakfast Healthy Teens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3610,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":92,"date":"2021-03-26T19:58:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/?p=92"},"modified":"2021-04-22T01:55:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T01:55:28","slug":"program-rationale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/2021\/03\/26\/program-rationale\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Rationale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u201cA Rationale for a Workshop for Teens on Mercer Island on Healthy Eating Habits\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Lauren Feuerman. Leahy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">American University Master of Nutrition Education<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Studies have shown that adolescence is a period which healthy or unhealthy eating habits develop. From the research Van Vilet et. al., (2016) presented in a cross-sectional study with written questionaires and physical measurements, \u201cdieting to lose weight and skipping breakfast were more common among adolescents than younger boys and girls.\u201d From this research it seems clear that the strongest factor to dieting in both boys and girls was a perception of being overweight and skipping breakfast was associated with a more negative body image (Van Vliet et. al., 2016). Another key determinant was a higher BMI in boys leads to skipping breakfast (Van Vliet, et. al., 2016). Findings from a NHANES sample indicate that from 2013 \u2013 2016, 37% of adolescents tried to lose weight. Some ways in which adolescents tried to lose weight were skipping meals which made up 16% of the total adolescents polled (McDow, Nguyen, Herrick, &amp; Akinbami, 2019). According to GAIN health or the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, \u201cThe overall findings are worrying. Across the globe, adolescents do not eat enough fruits and vegetables and consume too much soda and fast food (Beal, 2019). Unhealthy diets among adolescents, along with low physical activity, are contributing to the coexistence of undernutrition, overweight or obesity and noncommunicable diseases, which can harm adolescents now and in later life as well as the next generation\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Population- Narrowing the Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My audience will be made up of 40 Mercer Island High School adolescents from age 15-19 with an emphasis on boys. Mercer Island is a small town approximately 10 minutes from Seattle, Washington. We have one high school that has 1500 students. Mercer Island is a highly educated community with many professionals and adults with higher education. Most teenagers are concerned about their ability to perform in school with 95% graduating in four years (Washington office of the Superintendent, 2020). Kids are also very concerned about self-image which I have observed in my twenty years of living in the area and raising two teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>I will have motivational interviews with each child and understand their current eating habits. Some questions I will ask will be related to if they skip breakfast, how often they eat fast food or do they drink soda.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My proposed program will be called Nutrition Education Workshops for Teenagers on Mercer Island. The program will consist of 1) a motivational interview to discover needs of teenagers and find out eating habits 2) a series of zoom calls which I will educate teenagers on a healthy diet and the pros of eating breakfast daily 3) a follow up program to track food intake and fast food\/soda intake 4) guest speakers to role model healthy eating and success in business and sports 5) social media ads to encourage eating breakfast and skipping fast foods and sodas. \u00a0In addition, I will look at barriers to action. I will keep the lesson plan fun and age appropriate. \u00a0I will integrate CBT and Social Cognitive Theory to establish self-efficacy in making good decision. 4) The methodology I will use is from University of Minnesota Extension programs in Nutrition. The program I researched works with teens to build self-efficacy. My plan is to have a fun and engaging program to help them learn to love breakfast and make smart choices. In addition, according to the search institute (2017) literature, eight elements of best practices from the University of Minnesota Extension that are proven to work for youth development will be included in my program. They are:<\/p>\n<p><em>Youth feel physically and emotionally\u00a0safe<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Youth experience\u00a0belonging and ownership<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Youth develop\u00a0self-worth<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Youth\u00a0discover self<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Youth develop quality\u00a0relationships\u00a0with peers and adults<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Youth discuss conflicting\u00a0values\u00a0and form their own<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Youth feel the pride and accountability that comes with\u00a0mastery\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Opportunity \u2013 What is in it for Mercer Island <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I decided to use Social Media and Zoom calls in my program due to the fact that teenagers are using social media and computers. A study from the Pew Research Center found that \u201cmore than 50 percent of 13- to 17-year-olds go online several times a day. This quickly increases during the teenage years to over 70 minutes per day, with teenage girls having the highest usage at just over 140 minutes per day. It is important to recognize that non-school related use of the internet and social media is often beheld by teenagers as important for developing their self-esteem, their acceptance among peers and their mental health in general\u201d (Coppes, 2019).<\/p>\n<p>Mercer Island High School has approximately 1500 children enrolled. I have lived on Mercer Island for twenty-two years. We have a an active and engaged student body and PTA with a program called Parent Edge where we bring in speakers in all areas to the community.\u00a0 I will have a 45-minute teenage nutrition education series for the children of Mercer Island High School. The people who benefit the most are teens, parents and teachers. It would be an important addition to our school to embrace how to help teens with health and better performance in school and life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Promise and Gain to Mercer Island <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Carroll (2014), \u201cThe push for school nutrition initiatives traditionally has focused on health outcomes. While these certainly are important, it\u2019s time to shift the conversation to include the academic implications of dietary choices. It\u2019s clear that nutrition behaviors such as eating breakfast impact learning outcomes. Other behaviors, such as adequate fruit and vegetable intake, better diet quality, and lower consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, are supported by a growing body of evidence for their role in academic performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mercer Island High School students will have better overall grades and attendance due to improvements in nutrition. What can be gained is a lifetime of healthy eating habits and cost savings to our medical systems with a good preventative plan to nutrition. Mercer Island will be an example to other high schools that are trying to help kids increase awareness of healthy eating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reason to Invest in this Program and Why Will it Be Successful<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mercer Island prides itself on its education. As stated above, 95% of children graduate high school on Mercer Island and 55% of our teachers have a Master\u2019s degree (Office of Superintendent, 2020). Adolescents at this school strive to be the best at everything as we can see by our level of higher degrees and problems can lead to more chronic issues such as poor grades, lack of vitamins and poor performance in activities. If Mercer Island strives to be the best, it needs to educate its teens on healthy habits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Lesson 4: Healthy Food Choices &amp; Snack Choices for Teens: A Day In the Life of Some Busy Teenagers\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5imsDV9war4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Lesson 3: Breakfast for Teens: Learn about Healthy Nutrition for Breakfast and Academic Achievement\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/01QVPn5NuKU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>References<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adolescent and young adult health. (2021). Retrieved from<span class=\"apple-converted-space\"> https:\/\/www.who.int\/news- <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/adolescents-health-risks-and-solutions<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Beal, T., Morris, S. S., &amp; Tumilowicz, A. (2019). Global Patterns of Adolescent Fruit,<\/p>\n<p>Vegetable, Carbonated Soft Drink, and Fast-Food Consumption: A Meta-Analysis of Global<\/p>\n<p>School-Based Student Health Surveys.\u00a0<em>Food and Nutrition Bulletin,40<\/em>(4), 444-459.<\/p>\n<p>doi:10.1177\/0379572119848287<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carroll, (2014) Better Academic Performance &#8211; Is Nutrition the Missing Link? (2014). Retrieved<\/p>\n<p>April 7, 2021,from https:\/\/www.todaysdietitian.com\/newarchives\/100614p64.shtml<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contento, I. R. (2016).\u00a0<em>Nutrition education: Linking research, theory, and practice<\/em>. Burlington,<\/p>\n<p>MA: Jones &amp; Bartlett Learning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Coppes (2019) Teens and social media: When is it too much? Retrieved from<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/med.unr.edu\/news\/archive\/2019\/coppes-teens-and-social-media<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mccreary, D. R., &amp; Sasse, D. K. (2000). An Exploration of the Drive for Muscularity in Adolescent<\/p>\n<p>Boys and Girls.\u00a0<em>Journal of American College Health,48<\/em>(6), 297-304.<\/p>\n<p>doi:10.1080\/07448480009596271<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>McDow, K., Nguyen, D., Herrick, K. &amp; Akinbami, L (2109) Attempts to Lose Weight Among<\/p>\n<p>Adolescents Aged 16\u201319 in the United States, 2013-2016, Retrieved from<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db340-h.pdf\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db340-h.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>McKenzie, J. F., Neiger, B. L., &amp; Thackeray, R. (2017).\u00a0<em>Planning, implementing, and evaluating <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 health promotion programs: A primer<\/em>. San Francisco: Pearson\/Benjamin Cummings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over a Lifetime, Childhood Obesity Costs $19,000 Per Child. (2020). Retrieved from<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalhealth.duke.edu\/news\/over-lifetime-childhood-obesity-costs-19000-child\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 https:\/\/globalhealth.duke.edu\/news\/over-lifetime-childhood-obesity-costs-19000-child<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Supportive relationships and environment. (2021). Retrieved from<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/extension.umn.edu\/supportive-relationships-and-environment\/positive-youth-<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unhealthy adolescent diets: UNICEF report a wakeup call. (2018). Retrieved from<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gainhealth.org\/media\/news\/unhealthy-adolescent-diets-unicef-report-wake-call\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/www.gainhealth.org\/media\/news\/unhealthy-adolescent-diets-unicef-report-wake- \u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gainhealth.org\/media\/news\/unhealthy-adolescent-diets-unicef-report-wake-call\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0call<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vliet, J. S., Gustafsson, P. A., &amp; Nelson, N. (2016). Feeling \u2018too fat\u2019 rather than being \u2018too fat\u2019<\/p>\n<p>increases unhealthy eating habits among adolescents \u2013 even in boys.\u00a0<em>Food &amp; Nutrition<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Research,60<\/em>(1), 29530. doi:10.3402\/fnr.v60.29530<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA Rationale for a Workshop for Teens on Mercer Island on Healthy Eating Habits\u201d Lauren Feuerman. Leahy American University Master of Nutrition Education &nbsp; \u00a0 The Problem &nbsp; Studies have shown that adolescence is a period which healthy or unhealthy eating habits develop. From the research Van Vilet et. al., (2016) presented in a cross-sectional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3610,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":90,"date":"2021-03-26T19:53:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/?p=90"},"modified":"2021-04-22T18:41:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:41:56","slug":"references","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/2021\/03\/26\/references\/","title":{"rendered":"References"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>References<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Adolescent and young adult health. (2021). Retrieved from<span class=\"apple-converted-space\"> https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-<\/span>\u00a0room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/adolescents-health-risks-and-solutions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Contento, I. R. (2016).\u00a0<em>Nutrition education: Linking research, theory, and practice<\/em>. Burlington, \u00a0MA: Jones &amp; Bartlett Learning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Healthy Eating During Adolescence. (2020). Retrieved April 1, 2021, \u00a0from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/wellness-and-prevention\/healthy-eating-during-adolescence\">https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/wellness-and-prevention\/healthy-eating-during adolescence<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Heydari, A., Dashtgard, A., &amp; Moghadam, Z. E. (2014, January). The effect of Bandura&#8217;s social cognitive theory implementation on addiction quitting of clients referred to addiction quitting clinics Retrieved from https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3917180\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mccreary, D. R., &amp; Sasse, D. K. (2000). An Exploration of the Drive for Muscularity in Adolescent\u00a0Boys and Girls.\u00a0<em>Journal of American College Health,48<\/em>(6), 297-304\u00a0doi:10.1080\/07448480009596271<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>McDow, K., Nguyen, D., Herrick, K. &amp; Akinbami, L (2109) Attempts to Lose Weight Among Adolescents Aged 16\u201319 in the United States, 2013-2016, Retrieved from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db340-h.pdf\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db340-h.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>McKenzie, J., Neiger, B., &amp; Thackeray, R. (2016).\u00a0<em>Planning, implementing, and evaluating<\/em><em>\u00a0health promotion programs\u00a0<\/em>(7th ed.). Pearson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rubak, S., Sandb\u00e6k, A., Lauritzen, T., &amp; Christensen, B. (2005, April 01). Motivational interviewing: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Retrieved from\u00a0https:\/\/bjgp.org\/content\/55\/513\/305<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Saunders, R.P., Evans, M. H., &amp; Joshi, P. (2005). Developing a Process-Evaluation Plan for \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Assessing Health Promotion Program Implementation: A How-To Guide.\u00a0<i>Health Promotion\u00a0<\/i><i>Practice, 6<\/i>(2), 134-147<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Supportive relationships and environment. (2021). Retrieved from https:\/\/extension.umn.edu\/supportive-relationships-and-environment\/positive-youth \u00a0development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Unhealthy adolescent diets: UNICEF report a wakeup call. (2018). Retrieved From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gainhealth.org\/media\/news\/unhealthy-adolescent-diets-unicef-report-wake-call\">https:\/\/www.gainhealth.org\/media\/news\/unhealthy-adolescent-diets-unicef-report-wake call<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vliet, J. S., Gustafsson, P. A., &amp; Nelson, N. (2016). Feeling \u2018too fat\u2019 rather than being \u2018too fat\u2019\u00a0increases unhealthy eating habits among adolescents \u2013 even in boys.\u00a0<em>Food &amp; Nutrition\u00a0<\/em><em>Research,60<\/em>(1), 29530. doi:10.3402\/fnr.v60.29530<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>References &nbsp; &nbsp; Adolescent and young adult health. (2021). Retrieved from https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-\u00a0room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/adolescents-health-risks-and-solutions &nbsp; Contento, I. R. (2016).\u00a0Nutrition education: Linking research, theory, and practice. Burlington, \u00a0MA: Jones &amp; Bartlett Learning. &nbsp; Healthy Eating During Adolescence. (2020). Retrieved April 1, 2021, \u00a0from https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/wellness-and-prevention\/healthy-eating-during adolescence &nbsp; Heydari, A., Dashtgard, A., &amp; Moghadam, Z. E. (2014, January). The effect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3610,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":77,"date":"2021-03-25T01:25:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T01:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/?p=77"},"modified":"2021-04-22T01:43:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T01:43:15","slug":"77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/2021\/03\/25\/77\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistics and Visuals on Adolescent Eating Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33\" src=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-4.29.20-PM-300x239.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-4.29.20-PM-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-4.29.20-PM-768x611.png 768w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-4.29.20-PM.png 1006w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32\" src=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-4.29.30-PM-300x235.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-4.29.30-PM-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-4.29.30-PM-768x602.png 768w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-4.29.30-PM.png 1018w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31\" src=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-4.29.59-PM-300x278.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-4.29.59-PM-300x278.png 300w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-4.29.59-PM-1024x950.png 1024w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-4.29.59-PM-768x712.png 768w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1853\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-24-at-4.29.59-PM.png 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>McDow, K., Nguyen, D., Herrick, K. &amp; Akinbami, L (2109) Attempts to Lose Weight Among<\/p>\n<p>Adolescents Aged 16\u201319 in the United States, 2013-2016, Retrieved from<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db340-h.pdf\">\u00a0https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db340-h.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; McDow, K., Nguyen, D., Herrick, K. &amp; Akinbami, L (2109) Attempts to Lose Weight Among Adolescents Aged 16\u201319 in the United States, 2013-2016, Retrieved from \u00a0https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db340-h.pdf &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3610,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":35,"date":"2021-03-24T23:42:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T23:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/?p=35"},"modified":"2021-04-22T01:44:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T01:44:32","slug":"my-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/healthyhabits\/2021\/03\/24\/my-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Educate Teens at Mercer Island High School the importance of Eating Breakfast and Maintaining Appropriate Calories to Fuel a Healthy Day."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Preliminary Research <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Studies have shown that adolescence is a period which healthy or unhealthy eating habits develop. A cross sectional study I read showed how physical measurements and body perception related to eating habits, dieting to lose weight and skipping breakfast. The strongest risk factor to dieting was the perception of being overweight (Van Vliet et. al., 2016). Another key determinant was BMI in boys (Van Vliet et. al., 2016). Findings from a NHANES sample indicate that from 2013 \u2013 2016, 37% of adolescents tried to lose weight. Boys made up 30.1% of that statistic (McDow et. al., 2019). Some ways in which adolescents tried to lose weight were skipping meals which made up 16% of the total adolescents polled (McDow et. al.,, 2019). According to GAIN health or the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, \u201cThe overall findings are worrying. Across the globe, adolescents do not eat enough fruits and vegetables and consume too much soda and fast food. The specific dietary challenges vary somewhat by region, income and type of food system, requiring specific attention by subgroup.<\/p>\n<p>Unhealthy diets among adolescents, along with low physical activity, are contributing to the coexistence of undernutrition, overweight or obesity and noncommunicable diseases, which can harm adolescents now and in later life as well as the next generation\u201d (gainhealth.org\/media\/news\/unhealthy-adolescent-diets-unicef-report-wake-call, 2019)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Data Points: NHANES STUDY <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/products\/databriefs\/db340.htm\"><strong>http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/products\/databriefs\/db340.htm<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The percentage of adolescents who tried to lose weight in the NHANES study between 2013-2016 increased by year<\/li>\n<li>There was no significant difference in percentages of boys and girls who tried to lose weight who were considered obese.<\/li>\n<li>Almost \u00bd of adolescent girls and 1\/3 of adolescent boys are trying to lose weight according to the same study<\/li>\n<li>Among adolescents who tried to lose weight, most common methods were exercising and drinking a lot of water however 16% skipped meals to lose weight.<\/li>\n<li>According to GAIN, findings are worrying because \u201cacross the globe, adolescents do not eat enough fruits and vegetables and consume too much fast food and soda.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The challenge of changing adolescent behavior should not be underestimated. It is a time in most people\u2019s lives where the flow is against their better judgement. The issue with obesity and teenage weight insecurity is real. We are struggling to help them love their bodies and fill themselves with the healthiest foods in the face of poor self-esteem and a lot of fast-food options. We have learned that self-efficacy is critical in change. Feeling empowered and good about oneself and one\u2019s decisions is critical for this age group. My workshops over zoom and motivational counseling will help them put the pieces together and build a plan that they can believe in and have social support for their journey toward a healthier way of life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>References<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Adolescent and young adult health. (2021). Retrieved from<span class=\"apple-converted-space\"> https:\/\/www.who.int\/news- <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/adolescents-health-risks-and-solutions<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Contento, I. R. (2016).\u00a0<em>Nutrition education: Linking research, theory, and practice<\/em>. Burlington,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 MA: Jones &amp; Bartlett Learning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Healthy Eating During Adolescence. (2020). Retrieved April 1, 2021,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 from<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/wellness-and-prevention\/healthy-eating-during-adolescence\">https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/wellness-and-prevention\/healthy-eating-<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/wellness-and-prevention\/healthy-eating-during-adolescence\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 during-adolescence<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Heydari, A., Dashtgard, A., &amp; Moghadam, Z. E. (2014, January). The effect of Bandura&#8217;s social<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 cognitive theory implementation on addiction quitting of clients referred to addiction<\/p>\n<p>quitting clinics. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3917180\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mccreary, D. R., &amp; Sasse, D. K. (2000). An Exploration of the Drive for Muscularity in Adolescent<\/p>\n<p>Boys and Girls.\u00a0<em>Journal of American College Health,48<\/em>(6), 297-304.<\/p>\n<p>doi:10.1080\/07448480009596271<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>McDow, K., Nguyen, D., Herrick, K. &amp; Akinbami, L (2109) Attempts to Lose Weight Among<\/p>\n<p>Adolescents Aged 16\u201319 in the United States, 2013-2016, Retrieved from<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db340-h.pdf\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db340-h.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>McKenzie, J., Neiger, B., &amp; Thackeray, R. (2016).\u00a0<em>Planning, implementing, and evaluating<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 health promotion programs\u00a0<\/em>(7th ed.). Pearson.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rubak, S., Sandb\u00e6k, A., Lauritzen, T., &amp; Christensen, B. (2005, April 01). Motivational<\/p>\n<p>interviewing: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Retrieved from<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/bjgp.org\/content\/55\/513\/305<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Saunders, R.P., Evans, M. H., &amp; Joshi, P. (2005). Developing a Process-Evaluation Plan for<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Assessing Health Promotion Program Implementation: A How-To Guide.\u00a0<i>Health Promotion <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Practice, 6<\/i>(2), 134-147<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Supportive relationships and environment. (2021). Retrieved from<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/extension.umn.edu\/supportive-relationships-and-environment\/positive-youth-<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0development<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Unhealthy adolescent diets: UNICEF report a wakeup call. (2018). Retrieved<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gainhealth.org\/media\/news\/unhealthy-adolescent-diets-unicef-report-wake-call\">https:\/\/www.gainhealth.org\/media\/news\/unhealthy-adolescent-diets-unicef-report-<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gainhealth.org\/media\/news\/unhealthy-adolescent-diets-unicef-report-wake-call\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0wake-call<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vliet, J. S., Gustafsson, P. A., &amp; Nelson, N. (2016). Feeling \u2018too fat\u2019 rather than being \u2018too<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0fat\u2019\u00a0increases unhealthy eating habits among adolescents \u2013 even in boys.\u00a0<em>Food &amp; Nutrition <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Research,60<\/em>(1), 29530. doi:10.3402\/fnr.v60.29530<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preliminary Research Studies have shown that adolescence is a period which healthy or unhealthy eating habits develop. A cross sectional study I read showed how physical measurements and body perception related to eating habits, dieting to lose weight and skipping breakfast. 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