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Module 1: Lesson 1: Public Health Nutrition | Basic Principles of Nutrition Science | Read under the headlines "Basic Principles of Nutrition Science" and "What you need to know about the science of nutrition". (5 minutes) Getsmarter- 2019 |
Public Health and Community | Read the two first paragraphs under the title "Public Health and Community". (1 minute) Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics - 2021 |
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What Is Population Health? | Read the complete article. (3 minutes) Elmhurst University - 2021 |
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Module 1: Lesson 2: The Human Body and Its Nutritional Needs | Human Body Organ Systems | Read the complete article. (13 minutes) Hill & Ponton, P.A. - 2018 |
Body Functions & Life Process | Read the entire page. (6 minutes) National Cancer Institute - 2018 |
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What are Nutrients? | Read the entire webpage. (18 minutes) Libre Texts Libraries - 2020 |
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Nutrition Energy | Read the entire webpage. (14 minutes) Australian Government Department of Health - 2013 |
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Classification of Nutrients | Read the entire content and see the videos. (25 minutes) Libre Texts Medicine - 2021 |
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Oxygen – a critical, but overlooked, nutrient | Read the entire webpage. (3 minutes) The Nutrition Society - 2021 |
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Nutrients . | Read the entire page. (2 minutes) The department of Health - 2013 |
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Food groups and sub-groups | Read the entire page. (28 minutes) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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Nutritional Requirements throughout the Life Cycle | Read the complete article. (20 minutes) Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Unbound Medicine - 2020 |
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The relationship between lifestyle components and dietary patterns | Read the content under the heading "Other lifestyle components in relation to dietary patterns" to the end of the article. (24 minutes) The Proceedings of Nutrition Society - 2020 |
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Food and your life stages | Read the entire webpage. (17 minutes) Better Health Channel - 2021 |
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Metabolism . | Read from the beginning of the webpage to the end of the section, "The carrier of Chemical Energy", then read the content under the headings "Catabolism", "Anabolism" and "Integration of catabolism and anabolism". (27 minutes) Britannica - 2020 |
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Malnutrition . | Read the entire webpage. (8 minutes) WHO - 2020 |
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Combined diet and physical activity is better than diet or physical activity alone at improving health outcomes for patients in New Zealand’s primary care intervention | Read the content under "Background," "Discussion," and "Conclusion." (9 minutes) NCBI - 2018 |
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Defining a Healthy Diet: Evidence for the Role of Contemporary Dietary Patterns in Health and Disease | Read the entire web page. (36 minutes) NCBI - 2020 |
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Digestion and Absorption | Read the entire web page. (14 minutes) Pressbooks - 2020 |
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Physiology of Intestinal Absorption and Secretion | Read the entire document. (50 minutes) NCBI - 2016 |
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The Functions of Carbohydrates in the Body | Read the entire page. (8 minutes) LibreTexts libraries - 2020 |
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Food Processing and Nutrition | Read the entire page. (7 minutes) Victoria State Government - 2012 |
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Front-of-Package (FOP) Food Labelling: Empowering Consumers to Make Healthy Choices | Read the entire document. (25 minutes) Global Food Research Program - 2020 |
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Nutrition facts tables | Read the web page to learn about how to read a food label. Knowing how to read a food label is important in making informed dietary choices. (15 minutes) Government of Canada - 2019 |
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The Nutrition Source: Antioxidants | Read the entire web page. (11 minutes) Harvard School of Public Heath - 2019 |
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Dietary fibre | Read the entire web page. (12 minutes) Better Health Channel - 2021 |
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How alcohol affects your health | Read the entire web page. (3 minutes) Health Direct - 2020 |
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Alcohol and Nutrition | Read the entire web page. (5 minutes) Drug, Alcohol and Prevention Services Division, Mental Health Commission - 2021 |
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Sugar Substitutes & Non-Nutritive Sweeteners | Read the entire web page. (10 minutes) Cleveland Clinic - 2019 |
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American Heart Association Comments on the World Health Organization's "Guideline: Sugars intake for adults and children" | Students should read the entire article, which discusses the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on sugar intake for adults and children as a step toward reducing the mortality associated with non-communicable diseases. (10 minutes) American Heart Association - 2014 |
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9. List of Permitted Sweeteners (Lists of Permitted Food Additives) | Read through the page to learn about which sweeteners are permitted in Canada. (10 minutes) Government of Canada - 2018 |
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Module 1: Lesson 3: Nutritional Epidemiology and Research Methods | Nutritional epidemiology: New perspectives for understanding the diet-disease relationship? | Read the entire content. (32 minutes) European Journal of Clinical Nutrition - 2013 |
The Role of Biostatistics in Public Health | Read the entire webpage. (20 minutes) Regis College - 2021 |
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What is Health Research? | Read the entire article. (6 minutes) Harvard Countway Library - 2020 |
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Healthcare Research Methods | Read from "Research Paradigms" until end of chapter. (68 minutes) Jones and Bartlett Publishers - 2013 |
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The Health Research Process | Read from Section 1.1 to the end of Section 1.3. (7 minutes) JB Publishing - 2016 |
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Steps to Developing a Research Project: Resources to Help | Read the entire webpage. (10 minutes) Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics - 2022 |
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Challenges in conducting clinical nutrition research | Read the entire article. (40 minutes) NCBI - 2017 |
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Biostatistics series module 5: Determining sample size | Read the entire web page. (38 minutes) Indian Journal of Dermatology - 2016 |
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Global Nutrition Report | Browse through the webpage and look at the different reports available on the site. (15 minutes) Global Nutrition Report - 2021 |
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Data & Statistics | Read the entire web page. (15 minutes) NCBI - 2016 |
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Module 2: Lesson 1: Food Sources and Sustainability | Food Sustainability in the Context of Human Behavior | Read the entire article. (23 minutes) NCBI - 2018 |
Cultural Considerations in Nutrition and Food Preparation | Read the entire document. (8 minutes) California Department of Social Services - 2013 |
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Food sustainability: problems, perspectives and solutions | Read the entire journal article. (50 minutes) Cambridge University Press - 2013 |
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Module 2: Lesson 2: Food Systems and Security | Food Security and the 2015–2030 Sustainable Development Goals: From Human to Planetary Health | Read the entire journal article. (31 minutes) NCBI - 2017 |
About Food Systems | Read the entire document. (25 minutes) Food Systems Dashboard - 2020 |
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Sustainable food systems—a health perspective | Read the entire journal article. (40 minutes) Springer - 2018 |
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Viewpoint: The case for a six-dimensional food security framework | Read from the beginning until the heading "4. From ‘de facto’ to ‘de jure’: The need to formalize the six dimensions of food security". (42 minutes) ScienceDirect |
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Food Processing and Impact on Nutrition | Read the entire journal article. (38 minutes) Scholars Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences - 2015 |
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Big Food’s Ambivalence: Seeking Profit and Responsibility for Health | Read the entire journal article. (23 minutes) NCBI - 2017 |
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Module 3: Lesson 1: Nutritional Health Policy | Measuring Success: Evaluation Article Types for the Public Health Education and Promotion Section of Frontiers in Public Health | Read the entire article. (14 minutes) NCBI - 2014 |
Policy Development Framework | Read the content under the headings "Principles" and "Consistent and Predictable Process Steps " in pages 3 to 7. (12 minutes) Alberta Health Services - 2016 |
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Healthy Public Policy Toolkit: Advocacy | Read the content under the heading "PART 1: DEFINING ADVOCACY" in pages 2 and 3. (3 minutes) Winnipeg regional health authority - 2017 |
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Principles of Responsible Public Policy Advocacy | Read the entire page. (10 minutes) AALEP - 2022 |
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Food and Nutrition | Read the entire page. (4 minutes) U.S. Department of Agriculture - 2021 |
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Public Health Nutrition: Organizations and Associations | Read the entire page. (2 minutes) University of California - 2022 |
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Role of government policy in nutrition—barriers to and opportunities for healthier eating | Read the entire article. (33 minutes) The BMJ - 2018 |
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Successful nutrition policies - country examples | Read the entire document. (10 minutes) WHO - 2014 |
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Nutrition Policy | Read the "Executive Summary" in pages 1 to 3. (9 minutes) World Food Programme - 2017 |
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Module 3: Lesson 2: The Social Determinants of Health | Social Determinants of Health | Read the entire webpage. (3 minutes) Healthy People 2030 - 2022 |
Culture and its Influence on Nutrition and Oral Health | Read the entire page. (25 minutes) Biomedical and Pharmacology Jourmal - 2015 |
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Chapter 4: Individual, Household, and Environmental Factors Affecting Food Choices and Access | Read the entire chapter. (98 minutes) National Academy of Sciences - 2013 |
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Interventions promoting healthy eating as a tool for reducing social inequalities in diet in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review | Read the content under the headings "Abstract," "Introduction," "Discussion," and "Conclusion." (16 minutes) International Journal for Equity in Health - 2016 |
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Report on Emerging and Ongoing Issues - Annual Report 2019 | Read from the beginning of the article until the heading "Stakeholder engagement in emerging issues." (16 minutes) Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) - 2019 |
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EU Insights – Consumer perceptions of emerging risks in the food chain | Read the content under the heading "Conclusions" on pages 31-33. (14 minutes) ICF - 2018 |
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Economic globalization, nutrition and health: a review of quantitative evidence | Read the content under the headings "Abstract," "Introduction," "Discussion and interpretation," and "Conclusion and implications for policy and research." (22 minutes) Biomed Central- Globalisation and Health - 2019 |
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Social marketing-based interventions to promote healthy nutrition behaviors: a systematic review protocol | Read the content under the heading "Background." (8 minutes) BioMed Central Ltd- Systematic Reviews - 2021 |
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A Summative Evaluation of a Food Safety Social Marketing Campaign “4-Day Throw-Away” Using Traditional and Social Media | Read the entire article. (27 minutes) Katie J. James, Julie A. Albrecht, Ruth E. Litchfield, and Christopher A. Weishaa - 2013 |
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Module 3: Lesson 3: Developing Intervention Programs Based on A Community's Nutrition Needs | Community Needs Assessment | Read section 2 "Plan for a Community Needs Assessment" in pages 12 to 26. (25 minutes) CDC - 2013 |
Models and Theories to Support Health Behavior Intervention and Program Planning | Read the entire document. (15 minutes) Purdue Extension- Health and Human Sciences - 2015 |
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Section 1. Designing Community Interventions | Read the entire page. (25 minutes) Community Toolbox (University of Kansas) - 2013 |
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Six Components Necessary for Effective Public Health Program Implementation | Read the article to understand the 6-step approach to public health program implementation. (30 minutes) Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH - 2014 |
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At A Glance: The six steps for planning a health promotion program | Read the document to understand the 6-step approach to public health program planning. (7 minutes) Queen’s Printer for Ontario, Public Health Ontario - 2015 |
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Program Planning & Evaluation | Read the summary on Page 3. (2 minutes) AFHTO - 2018 |
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Module 3: Lesson 4: Acquiring Funding for Nutrition Programs | Grant Lifecycle Timeline | Read the entire webpage. (5 minutes) Grants.gov |
Common Components of Grant Proposals | Read the entire webpage. (6 minutes) University of Southern Indiana |
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Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal: The Basics | Read the entire article. (17 minutes) University of Wisconsin |
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14. Applying for Grants | Read the web page. This resource belongs to this course because it provides students with grant writing skills which will enable them to seek funding for public health and food and nutrition programs and services. (28 minutes) The Community Tool Box, Center for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas - 2013 |
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Module 4: Lesson 1: Ethical Issues and Codes of Conduct | Ethical issues for human nutrition in the context of global food security | Read the entire article. (43 minutes) Elsevier B.V. - 2015 |
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Revised 2017 Standards of Practice in Nutrition Care and Standards of Professional Performance for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists | Read the following sections: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics home - 2017 |
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International Code of Ethics and Code of Good Practice for Dietitians-Nutritionists | Read the entire article. (3 minutes) International Confederation of Dietetic Associations - 2014 |
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Ethical issues in the development and implementation of nutrition-related public health policies and interventions: A scoping review | Read the entire article. (37 minutes) PLOS ONE - 2018 |
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Ethical Issues in Eating Disorders Treatment: Four Illustrative Scenarios | Read the entire article. (28 minutes) American Counseling Association - 2013 |
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Research Governance Framework | Read the entire article. (3 minutes) Department of Health WA | - 2022 |
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Advancing health research through research governance | Read the entire article. (30 minutes) BMJ - 2018 |
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Module 5: Lesson 1: Energy Balance and Nutritional Requirements | Energy balance and its components: implications for body weight regulation | Read the content under "INTRODUCTION," "QUESTION 1" and "QUESTION 2." ( 23 minutes) American Society of Nutrition - 2012 |
Control of energy expenditure in humans | Read the entire article. (19 minutes) European Journal of Clinical Nutrition - 2016 |
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2.7: Understanding Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) | Read the entire page. (9 minutes) LibreTexts - 2020 |
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DRI Calculator for Healthcare Professionals | Explore the webpage. This "Interactive DRI for Healthcare Professionals" is a useful tool to calculate individual Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) values. Students can input their age, sex, height, weight, and activity level, and the tool produces personalized dietary intake levels. (5 minutes) Food and Nutrition Information Center |
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Dietary Reference Intakes | Read and explore the resources associated with this to learn more about Dietary Reference Intakes. (10 minutes) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE |
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Module 5: Lesson 2: Methods of Nutritional Assessment | Nutrition, Metabolism, and GI Research in HIV | Read the entire web page. (20 minutes) CFAR - 2014 |
Dietary assessment methods in epidemiologic studies | Read the entire article and analyze Table 1 and Table 2. (27 minutes) Epidemiology and Health - 2014 |
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Dietary Assessment Toolkits: An Overview | Read the following sections: "Introduction," "The case for toolkits to guide dietary assessment choice," "Overview of dietary assessment toolkits," and "Discussion." (42 minutes) Europe PMC Funder's Group - 2010 |
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Measuring diet in the 21st century: use of new technologies | Read the entire article. (24 minutes) Cambridge University Press - 2016 |
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Nutrition Assessment and Classification (NACS User's Guide) | Read the section "What are the different types of nutrition assessment? (pgs. 3-12). (26 minutes) USAID'S Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance - 2016 |
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ASA24 Demo | Explore the demo to learn more about the use of the ASA24 tool. (15 minutes) National Institute of Health - 2020 |
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ASA24 Register/Login | This page allows you to create a Researcher Account which is needed to register to use ASA24 in a study, clinical setting, or classroom. (5 minutes) National Institute of Health - 2020 |
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ASA24 . | Use this page to log in and use the tool. (15 minutes) National Institute of Health - 2020 |
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Module 5: Lesson 3: Approaches for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | Defining Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | Read the entire article. (2 minutes) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA):Rural Health Information Hub - 2018 |
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Theories and Models. | Read the entire article. Click on the headings of "Ecological Models," "The Health Belief Model," "Stages of Change Model (Transtheoretical Model)," "Social Cognitive Theory," and "Theory of Reasoned Action/Planned Behavior." (9 minutes) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Rural Health Information Hub - 2018 |
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Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Strategies | Read the page including all the contents of the following hyperlinks: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA):Rural Health Information Hub - 2018 |
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Strategies for Health Promotion: Healthy Dietary Habits | Read the section "Strategies to Promote Healthy Dietary Habits" on pages 6-13. (22 minutes) Memorial University - 2014 |
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Towards integrated food policy: Main challenges and steps ahead | Read Section 2: Five food policy integration challenges. (11 minutes) Science Direct - 2017 |
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Interventions promoting healthy eating as a tool for reducing social inequalities in diet in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review | Read the content under the heading "Abstract", "Introduction", "Results", and "Discussion". (31 minutes) International Journal for Equity in Health - 2016 |
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Community Interventions to Improve Cooking Skills and Their Effects on Confidence and Eating Behaviour | Read entire article. (30 minutes) PMC Labs - 2016 |
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Nutrition Education in US Schools | Read entire article. (5 minutes) CDC - 2021 |
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Module 5: Lesson 4: From Scientific Principles to Health Promotion | Functional components and medicinal properties of food: a review | Read the entire article. (38 minutes) Journal of Food Science and Technology - 2015 |
Nutrient-Drug Interactions and Food | Read this fact sheet titled "Nutrient-Drug Interactions and Food" to learn about important interactions between common drugs and food. (15 minutes) L. Bellows and R. Moore - 2013 |
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General principles for all claim | Read the sections "Introduction', "General Principles for all claims," "Nutrition Claims," and "Health Claims" at the end of each section; click on the: "Next page" to access the next one. (13 minutes) Food Standards Agency - 2022 |
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Acceptable disease risk reduction claims and therapeutic claims | Read through the web page to learn about acceptable health claims in Canada. (30 minutes) Canadian Food and Inspection Agency - 2018 |
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Food law general principles | Read the entire page. (15 minutes) L. Bellows, R. Moore and A. Gross - 2013 |
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Food laws & regulations | Read the entire page. (2 minutes) FAO/UN - 2020 |
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Strategies for optimizing maternal nutrition to promote infant development | Read the section: Strategies for improving maternal nutrition. (16 minutes) Hambridge et al - 2018 |
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Guidance on Ending the Inappropriate Promotion of Foods for Infants and Young Children | Read Section III, "Guidance Recommendations and their Rationale," on pages 7 -13. (27 minutes) World Health Organization - 2021 |
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Strategies and interventions for healthy adolescent growth, nutrition, and development | Read the introduction and the section named "What works for in adolescent nutrition?" (26 minutes) Hargreaves et al - 2021 |
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Improving nutrition to support healthy ageing: what are the opportunities for intervention? | Read the following sections: NBCI - 2018 |
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A Comparison of Strategies to Improve Population Diets: Government Policy versus Education and Advice | Read the entire page. (28 minutes) Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism - 2020 |
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Strategies for Healthy Eating Promotion and Behavioral Change Perceived as Effective by Nutrition Professionals: A Mixed-Methods Study | Read the entire article. (41 minutes) Frontiers in Nutrition - 2020 |
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Module 6: Lesson 1: Cultural Sensitivity and nutrition | Food and health: individual, cultural, or scientific matters? | Read the following sections of the article: PMC lABS - 2013 |
Cultural Considerations in Nutrition and Food Preparation | Read the entire document. (8 minutes) Department of Social Services - 2013 |
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Social modeling of eating: A review of when and why social influence affects food intake and choice | Read the content under the following sections: "Introduction", "Theoretical implications" and "practical implications." (15 minutes) T. Cruwys et al. - 2014 |
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Cultural adaptations of obesity-related behavioral prevention interventions in early childhood: A systematic review | Read the content under the headings "Abstract," "Introduction," "Results," "Discussion," and "Conclusion." (30 minutes) Obesity Reviews - 2021 |
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Module 6: Lesson 2: Education for All Societal Levels | Moving Nutrition Social and Behavior Change Forward | Read the entire article. (22 minutes) USAID - 2018 |
The need to advance nutrition education in the training of health care professionals and recommended research to evaluate implementation and effectiveness | Read the entire article. (46 minutes) NCBI - 2014 |
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Education of the Public: Strategies and Actions for Implementation | Read the entire article. (60 minutes) NCBI - 2016 |
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Implementing health promotion activities using community-engaged approaches in Asian American faith-based organizations in New York City and New Jersey | Read the content under the headings "Abstract," "Background," "Results," "Discussion," and "Conclusions." (36 minutes) Translational Behavioral Medicine - 2017 |
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