Evaluation of Students Enrolled in Online Human and Child
Nutrition Courses
Leeann Sticker
Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate influences of
age, online experience, classification, course type and
semester on characteristics of students enrolled in online
Nutrition courses. Of the 655 students enrolled in online
introductory Human and Child Nutrition courses during a 4
year period, 354 responded to an initial survey and 281
responded to a final survey. Educators can use presented
information for development and/or improvement of online
nutrition courses, such as determining methods of teaching,
use of media, presentation of materials, and methods of
communication.
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Abstract
Factors that might affect the
nutritional health of children were studied in two orphanages in Ghana.
Contrary to expectations, the orphanage that appeared to have the most
advantages in terms of menu quality, general sanitation, worker to child
ratio, and staff training had higher rates of illness and malnutrition.
Observations suggested that the children’s increased exposure to disease
and somewhat confined play and sleeping arrangements in that orphanage
may facilitate the spread of illnesses and thus affect rates of
malnutrition sufficiently to negate the expected benefits of better
dietary quality and attention to sanitation.
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Perceptual Bias in Snack Food Unit Quantity Estimates
Bliss Wilson and Harvey Ginsburg
Abstract
Understanding varieties of food perceptual biases may be a useful tool
for addressing the obesity epidemic. There are individual differences in
food perception and such distortions may be one factor related to eating
disorders, including obesity (Wansink, 2005). Fifty-one undergraduate
participants viewed 10 identical clear glass containers holding varying
unit quantities of a snack food: large cheese puffs and small cheese
puffs. BMI was unrelated to self-reported snacking behaviors or accuracy
of snack food unit estimates. A one-way ANOVA, F(9,50) = 217.444, p >
.001, and post-hoc paired-comparison t-tests, alpha < .001, showed that
snack food quantity estimates for containers having small unit size and
larger quantities were underestimated significantly more than containers
having large unit size and smaller quantities.
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