Frugivore birds are known to cause damage and destroy fruit crops, which ultimately economically hurts the commercial value since a damaged fruit cannot be sold. Shielding berries, cherries, and pears from flying creatures is fundamental to increasing the crop density per square meter and ensuring that maximum market value os met when selling into the […]
I Saw the SIGN, A Guide to Understanding Food Packaging Claims
Image found at (https://unsplash.com/photos/rWMIbqmOxrY) Food advertising and marketing is an industry that is growing at a rapid rate. The goal of this industry is to make foods and drinks look cool, attractive, and tasty so that people will be interested in buying them. These companies will include certain terms or “buzzwords” to make their […]
Casualties of Trade Wars
In 2018, the United States imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum products of 25 and 10 percent, respectively, following an investigation that found that imports of these products posed a national security threat to the United States. By October of that year, six countries had imposed retaliatory tariffs on $120 billion of US exports, or […]
Program Evaluation
Reflections
The best way to develop a successful nutrition education program is by breaking each step into smaller more focused steps. This allows for getting feedback throughout the process , which ultimately will lead to a better developed program. The development of the Snackwise program began with My peers aided by providing constructive criticism and giving […]
Logic Model
INPUTS ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS S-T Outcomes I-T Outcomes L-T Outcomes Program team develops curriculum. Program team delivers seven lessons to middle schools in DCPS. 100% of DCPS middle school students participate in the program. Students gain knowledge about nutrient dense snacks. Students consume more nutrient dense snacks. Increased self-efficacy among students about snack selection. Purchase […]
Mission, Goals, and Objectives
Mission Statement Through education, awareness, and practice, the Snackwise program aims to make middle school students more informed snack consumers now and for the rest of their lives. Goals: Increase nutrition label literacy among middle schoolers to aid in healthy snack selection Increase knowledge of the components of a healthy diet to decrease […]
Program Rationale
Snacking is an activity that most people participate in on the daily. While snacking is not inherently unhealthy, it can be when the snacks consumed have little to no nutritional value. Snacking makes up a large portion of a middle school student’s diet. National data shows that snacking makes up an average of 25% of […]
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Smart Start: Why, What, and How
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many of us Millennials to abandon our social calendars full of grabbing drinks with friends, going out for date nights at fun new restaurants, or spending hours on Sunday at bottomless brunch. Instead, we have been hunkered down at home learning how to bake banana bread. Many of us have […]