{"title":"Tacit Knowledge in Cooking: A Key to Teaching and Integrating Cooking as a Practice.","authors":"Nicole Farmer, Rachel Hingst","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.03.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2025.03.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cooking is a dietary behavior linked to the optimization of dietary intake in both nonintervention and intervention settings. Incorporation of cooking into daily life to benefit diet requires the acquisition and transfer of knowledge and skills, which can then influence cooking self-efficacy and agency. Utilization of and awareness of tacit (embodied or unspoken) knowledge with transfer to explicit knowledge (spoken, written) may facilitate cooking as a practice. This perspective article will explore the use of tacit knowledge in cooking in the building and transfer of skills, provide a framework for understanding knowledge development and transfer, and provide implications for practice and research.</p>","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144152665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marissa Burgermaster, Madalyn Rosenthal, Brandon S Altillo, Mariana Rendon Flores, Eesha Nayak, Dagny N Larson, James Custer, Lola Okunade, William M Tierney, Steven Andrews, Grant Daniels, Paul J Rathouz
{"title":"Pilot Trial of Nutri, a Digital Intervention for Personalized Dietary Management of Diabetes in Safety-Net Primary Care.","authors":"Marissa Burgermaster, Madalyn Rosenthal, Brandon S Altillo, Mariana Rendon Flores, Eesha Nayak, Dagny N Larson, James Custer, Lola Okunade, William M Tierney, Steven Andrews, Grant Daniels, Paul J Rathouz","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.03.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2025.03.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Feasibility evaluation of Nutri, a clinical decision support software for brief diet counseling by primary care providers (PCPs).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cluster-randomized controlled trial.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Primary care practices in a large network of federally qualified health centers.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Sixteen PCPs block randomized to Nutri (n = 8) or control (n =8) and 30 of their adult diabetes/prediabetes patients (Nutri, n = 17; control, n=13).</p><p><strong>Intervention(s): </strong>After patients completed the automated self-administered 24-hour dietary assessment tool, Nutri synthesized diet data to prioritize dietary problems and guide PCPs through collaborative diet goal setting during a regularly scheduled appointment. Control PCPs provided usual care.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measure(s): </strong>Completion rates (trial feasibility); Nutri usage, usability (intervention feasibility); patient-reported goal setting, self-efficacy, diet quality; PCP-reported diet counseling self-efficacy, attitudes, and competence.</p><p><strong>Analysis: </strong>Summary of trial and intervention feasibility; intent-to-treat comparisons with Bayesian mixed effects models (patient outcomes accounting for PCP-level clustering), ordinary least squares regression (PCP outcomes).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All PCPs and patients matriculated into the trial were followed through posttest. Nutri PCPs used Nutri in all study appointments; 81% of Nutri patients reported goal setting, and 57% initiated their goal. PCP-reported diet counseling self-efficacy and competence improved.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and implications: </strong>Nutri was useful to PCPs for collaborative diet goal setting with the potential to improve diabetes management in safety-net clinics.</p>","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susan Veldheer, Christina Scartozzi, Benjamin Watt, Olivia W Thomas, Shari Hrabovsky, Christopher N Sciamanna
{"title":"Participant Preferences to Inform the Development of Theory-Driven, Digitally Delivered Cooking Interventions Using the Behavior Change Wheel.","authors":"Susan Veldheer, Christina Scartozzi, Benjamin Watt, Olivia W Thomas, Shari Hrabovsky, Christopher N Sciamanna","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.03.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2025.03.014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study is to gather participant preferences to inform the development of digitally delivered cooking interventions using the first 2 stages of the Behavior Change Wheel design process.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional, open-ended questions to solicit preferences for content delivery and program topics. Participants were grouped as low or high cooking agencies, and differences in preferences were evaluated.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Survey administered via the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>A total of 465 US residents (aged ≥ 20 years) were included (47.1% low cooking agency and 52.9% high cooking agency).</p><p><strong>Main outcome: </strong>Intervention components identified using the Behavior Change Wheel.</p><p><strong>Analysis: </strong>Qualitative conventional content analysis and quantitative between-group t test and chi-square tests of homogeneity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Intervention components identified were education and training (roasting, knife skills), modeling (using content experts, showcasing accomplishments), restructuring the social environment (group interaction, problem-solving), enablement (recipes, kitchen items, shopping lists, food), and incentivization (incentives, competitions). Some participant suggestions differed by cooking skill level.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and implications: </strong>This study provides evidence for components needed to design digitally delivered cooking interventions. Future considerations include exploring differences in content by cooking skill level, alignment of intervention activities with relevant psychosocial theories, and conducting population-specific needs assessments to understand whether target populations are able to access digital interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prairietown Regional Medical Center: An AI-Driven Simulation for Teaching Leadership and Change Management to Nutrition Graduate Students.","authors":"Rebecca Brody, Anca Cunningham, Jason Stevens","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.04.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2025.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144128979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Misyak, Jeannie Necessary, Tenneal Bringle, Dale Kehr, Meredith Scott, Jollyn Tyryfter, Andrea Krauser Wann, Elena Serrano
{"title":"Development of Core Competencies for Implementers of Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Initiatives.","authors":"Sarah Misyak, Jeannie Necessary, Tenneal Bringle, Dale Kehr, Meredith Scott, Jollyn Tyryfter, Andrea Krauser Wann, Elena Serrano","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.03.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2025.03.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This report provides an overview of the development of core competencies for implementers of policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change initiatives within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education. The development process included an expert panel of PSE implementers from around the US. The 9 identified duties focused on activities related to community capacity building, assessment, planning, implementation, collaboration, management, reporting and evaluation, information dissemination, and administrative tasks related to PSEs. These competencies can be used to inform recruitment and hiring, training and technical assistance, and assess employee performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144128963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kusuma K Schofield, Judith Ensslin, Michael Bruneau, Jennifer J Quinlan
{"title":"Erratum to 'The DRAGON Project: A Multilevel Peer-Led Intervention for High School Students' [Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 57/4 (2025) 363-370].","authors":"Kusuma K Schofield, Judith Ensslin, Michael Bruneau, Jennifer J Quinlan","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144121388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carly Hillburn, Dipti A Dev, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Alison Tovar, David A Dzewaltowski
{"title":"Multiple Roles and Children With Mixed-Age Groups Are Primary Challenges for Adoption of Responsive Feeding for Rural Family Child Care Home Providers.","authors":"Carly Hillburn, Dipti A Dev, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Alison Tovar, David A Dzewaltowski","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.02.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2025.02.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the perspectives of rural family child care home (FCCH) providers on the adoption of responsive feeding evidence-based practices (RF-EBPs) using the innovation-decision process from the diffusion of innovation theory.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Virtual semistructured focus groups of 19 rural FCCH providers participated in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Data analysis followed a qualitative thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Providers reported knowing about RF-EBPs and learned about them through communication channels such as Child and Adult Care Food Program (knowledge). The organizational structure of FCCH settings is perceived as a challenge when using RF-EBPs. These challenges include mixed-age groups of children and balancing multiple roles (persuasion and decision). Providers regularly using RF-EBPs provided strategies such as seating infants close by during mealtimes and encouraging older children to be role models and to help with setup (implementation) that influenced future use decisions. The benefits of continued use of RF-EBPs include children's healthy development and pleasant mealtimes (confirmation).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and implications: </strong>Family child care home providers face unique challenges related to their organizational structure and mixed-age groups. Professional development training can influence a more positive attitude toward the adoption of RF-EBPs by highlighting the benefits and providing strategies to overcome commonly perceived challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144087037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"WISE Babies: Nutrition Promotion for Infants and Toddlers in the Early Care and Education Setting.","authors":"Taren Massey-Swindle, Breanna Morris, Rikki Turner, Alecia Hamilton, Payton Modica, Julie M Rutledge","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.04.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2025.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144059562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ann Cheney, Andrea Ramirez, Evelyn Vázquez, Alison Tovar, Priscah Mujuru, Gabriela Ortiz, Arianna Zimmer, Daniella Carrillo
{"title":"Adapting an Evidence-Based Infant Feeding and Nutrition Program to Promote Healthy Growth and Development in Latinx Families of Low Income.","authors":"Ann Cheney, Andrea Ramirez, Evelyn Vázquez, Alison Tovar, Priscah Mujuru, Gabriela Ortiz, Arianna Zimmer, Daniella Carrillo","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.02.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2025.02.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe the cultural adaptation of an evidence-based early childhood obesity prevention intervention for Latina mothers and nonmaternal caregivers in families of low income who speak diverse languages.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Participatory intervention adaptation methods were used to complete the first and second steps of the cultural adaptation process: (1) gathering information and (2) preliminary intervention adaptations.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Southern California, US.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Mothers of infants aged 4-6 months and their trusted caregivers (n = 46 mother-caregiver dyads) and members of an intervention workgroup (n = 8).</p><p><strong>Intervention: </strong>Healthy Beginnings Communicating Healthy Beginnings Advice by Telephone was adapted for Latina mothers and nonmaternal caregivers.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Mother and caregiver recommendations for intervention design.</p><p><strong>Analysis: </strong>We used qualitative approaches to analyze textual data for the cultural adaptation process. Notes and observations from the recorded intervention workgroup meetings were incorporated into the intervention design.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Content adaptations included cultural meanings of infant feeding, maternal mental health, and infant feeding practices. Intervention delivery changes included caregiver involvement, reduced in-home session time, increased session frequency, and intervention delivery by the community health workers.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and implications: </strong>Nonmaternal caregivers play an important role in intervention adaptation by ensuring that early childhood obesity prevention efforts are culturally and linguistically relevant.</p>","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144024028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joanna Akin MSPH , Sarah Stotz PhD, MS, RDN, CDCES , Laurel Sanville MS, RDN, LD , Amy L. Yaroch PhD , Carmen Byker Shanks PhD, RDN
{"title":"Nutrition Education Across Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Programs: A Landscape Analysis","authors":"Joanna Akin MSPH , Sarah Stotz PhD, MS, RDN, CDCES , Laurel Sanville MS, RDN, LD , Amy L. Yaroch PhD , Carmen Byker Shanks PhD, RDN","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.01.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.01.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To characterize the nutrition education landscape among <em>Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program</em> (GusNIP) projects to inform future evaluations of GusNIP.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Nutrition education activities provided by GusNIP-affiliated project sites were collected through annual data reports submitted via a secure web portal. A descriptive analysis was used to calculate frequencies and percentages for all variables (e.g., project site, nutrition education activities) to explore and compare nutrition education provided by GusNIP projects and sites (n = 93).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div><em>Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program</em> projects employed diverse nutrition education opportunities, including various venues, unique partnerships, and educational strategies, which differed across project and site types.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions and Implications</h3><div>This paper characterizes the frequency and intensity of nutrition education offered within GusNIP and is an important step toward understanding, improving, and expanding nutrition education opportunities. Findings inform a future comprehensive evaluation across projects to understand the impact of reach, dose, and participant engagement in nutrition education and reveal important opportunities for program improvement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":"57 5","pages":"Pages 425-434"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143366413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}