119 research outputs found
Projekt LifeLab prehrana in zdravje â inovativno pouÄevanje za prihodnost: razvoj aktivnih uÄnih nalog za uÄence pri pouku gospodinjstva v 21. stoletju
Food and Health, previously referred to as Home Economics, is a mandatory school subject in Norway. It has the unique advantage of giving all students, regardless of their social background, practical skills and knowledge, life skills that are important for their future health. In the LifeLab Food and Health project, we have developed a research-based and innovative teaching programme and evaluated how it is perceived in a school setting in Norway. This teaching programme is for use in Food and Health teacher education, but also in the education of primary and lower secondary school students in the same subject. LifeLab Food and Health consists of learning tasks in which students in the sixth and ninth grades in school gain first-hand knowledge and an understanding of life skills that are important to manage everyday life. In this paper, we present the learning activities developed and how the students experienced them. Examples of such learning tasks are tasks revealing the science behind dietary guidelines and the promotion of a healthy diet through student active tasks. Our aim is to establish LifeLab Food and Health as a âbest practiceâ within masterâs education in Home Economics at the University of Agder in Norway. (DIPF/Orig.
Maternal mental health is associated with children's frequency of family meals at 12 and 24 months of age
Diet during the child's first years is important for growth and development. In toddlerhood, higher diet quality is reported among children eating meals together with family. Although previous literature has documented several associations between maternal mental health and early child feeding practices, less is known about the relationship between maternal mental health and child frequency of shared family meals. This study explores associations between maternal symptoms of anxiety and depression, measured by The Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (SCL-8), and toddler participation in family meals. We used cross-sectional data from the Norwegian study Early Food for Future Health, in which participants responded to questionnaires at child age 12 (nâ=â455) and 24 months (nâ=â295). Logistic regression was used to explore associations between maternal mental health and child having regular (âĽ5 per week) or irregular (<5 per week) family meals (breakfast and dinner), adjusting for relevant child and maternal confounding variables. Children of mothers with higher scores of anxiety and depression had higher odds of Irregular family meals at both timepoints; (OR: 2.067, pâ=â0.015) and (OR: 2.444, pâ=â0.023). This is one of few studies exploring associations between maternal mental health and child frequency of shared family meals in early childhood, a period where the foundation for life-long health is shaped. Given the high prevalence of mental ailments and disorders, these findings are important and may inform future public health interventions. Further exploration of this relation is needed, including longitudinal research to test predictive associations and qualitative studies to increase insight and understanding.publishedVersio
Translating, Reliability Testing, and Validating a Norwegian Questionnaire to Assess Adolescentsâ Intentions to be Physically Active After High School Graduation
This is a scholarly, peer-reviewed article originally published in Sage Open under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (CC BY 3.0). You can access the article by following this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244015580374Dette er en vitenskapelig, fagfellevurdert artikkel som opprinnelig ble publisert i Sage Open under betingelsene til lisensen Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0). Du fĂĽr tilgang til artikkelen via Sage Open ved ĂĽ følge denne lenken: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244015580374This study aimed to test the reliability and validity of a Norwegian measure of adolescentsâ intentions to be physically active
after graduation (the Intention to be Physically Active After Graduation [IPAG] Questionnaire). The development of IPAG
involved a translation and back-translation procedure and a testâretest study, performed on 105 adolescents (M age = 17.1,
SD = 0.6) from three different high schools in Kristiansand, Norway. The four IPAG items loaded on one single factor,
demonstrating acceptable factor loadings (.68-.90) and acceptable Cronbachâs alpha values (.84 and .84) in both the test and
retest assessment. IPAG correlated positively with a measure of attitudes toward physical activity (.61-.71) and a measure of
participantsâ intentions to be physically active next month (.77-.82), supporting both construct validity and criterion-related
validity of the IPAG-Questionnaire. Acceptable reliability and validity of IPAG was found, which supports the use of this
instrument in future research
Staff feeding practices, food neophobia, and educational level in early education and care settings: A cross-sectional study
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Effect of dietary interventions during weaning period on parental practice and lipoproteins and vitamin D status in two-year-old children
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Possible effects of a free school meal on school environment : The School Meal Intervention in Norway
Evidence suggests that a free school meal can improve children and adolescent diet, social environment, concentration, and school performance. This study aimed to investigate possible effects of a free, healthy school meal among students that usually eat packed meals on behavioral issues, inactiveness, self-efficacy, school enjoyment and classroom environment. A school meal according to the dietary guidelines was served to students in the intervention group (n=55) for one year. A control group consumed packed meals as usual (n=109). Students (10-12 years) responded to a questionnaire at baseline and after one year. We used linear regression analyses and did not find significant effects of a free school meal on behavioral issues (B= 0.01, p 0.86), inactiveness (B= -0.05, p 0.51), self - efficacy (B= -0.04, p 0.52), school enjoyment (B= 0.11, p 0.19) or classroom environment (B= -0.07, p 0.26). Methodological limitations might explain our lack of findings.publishedVersio
Association between parental feeding practices and shared family meals. The Food4toddlers study
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