{"title":"Flourishing Through Change: Centering Purpose, Connection, and Community","authors":"Adrienne Markworth MA","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.07.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.07.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":"57 9","pages":"Page 807"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145004274","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":"What We Have Learned and Continue to Learn From SNAP-Ed","authors":"Lauren Haldeman PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.07.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.07.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":"57 9","pages":"Page 808"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145004275","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}
Marcela D. Radtke PhD , Lan Xiao PhD , Wei-ting Chen PhD , Steven Chen MD , Ben Emmert-Aronson PhD , Ariana Thompson-Lastad PhD , Elizabeth Markle PhD , Lisa G. Rosas PhD, MPH , June Tester MD, MPH
{"title":"Frequency of Attendance to a Behavioral Intervention on Health-related Outcomes in a Multicomponent Food as Medicine Intervention","authors":"Marcela D. Radtke PhD , Lan Xiao PhD , Wei-ting Chen PhD , Steven Chen MD , Ben Emmert-Aronson PhD , Ariana Thompson-Lastad PhD , Elizabeth Markle PhD , Lisa G. Rosas PhD, MPH , June Tester MD, MPH","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.197","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.197","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Determine whether the frequency of attendance to Recipe4Health was associated with improvements in health-related outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>Secondary analysis of the Recipe4Health quasi-experimental study.</div></div><div><h3>Setting</h3><div>Federally Qualified Health Centers in Alameda County, California.</div></div><div><h3>Participants</h3><div>Patients with nutrition-related chronic conditions and/or food insecurity.</div></div><div><h3>Intervention</h3><div>Sixteen weekly produce deliveries and behavioral intervention sessions.</div></div><div><h3>Main Outcome Measures</h3><div>Attendance was categorized by percentage: low (< 50%), moderate (50% to < 75%), and high (≥ 75%), and outcomes included vegetable/fruit intake, physical activity (PA), mental health, and clinical biomarkers.</div></div><div><h3>Analysis</h3><div>Prepost changes were assessed using repeated measures linear mixed-effects models, adjusting for baseline values.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of the 199 patients, approximately one-third had low (36%), moderate (30%), and high (34%) attendance. Patients with high attendance had greater improvements in vegetable/fruit intake (0.3 cups/d; <em>P</em> = 0.03), PA (24.4 min/wk; <em>P</em> < 0.01), and depression symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire score: −1.1; <em>P</em> < 0.01) compared with patients with low attendance. Patients with moderate attendance had greater improvements in PA compared with low attendance (15.1 min/wk; <em>P</em> = 0.03). Patients with high attendance had greater improvements in physically unhealthy days compared with moderate attendance (−2.4 d/mo; <em>P</em><span> < 0.01). Patients with high attendance had significant improvements in hemoglobin A1c from baseline (−0.7%; </span><em>P</em> = 0.02).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Strategies to improve attendance should be prioritized in food as medicine interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":"57 9","pages":"Pages 821-830"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144267841","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}
Aysegul Baltaci, Melissa N Laska, Ziou Jiang, Leslie A Lytle, Mary O Hearst, Jayne A Fulkerson
{"title":"Home Availability of Different Forms of Fruits and Vegetables and Parent/Child Diet by Income: Findings from 4 Studies.","authors":"Aysegul Baltaci, Melissa N Laska, Ziou Jiang, Leslie A Lytle, Mary O Hearst, Jayne A Fulkerson","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.07.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.07.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Assessed the availability of any form, fresh, frozen, canned, and dried fruits and vegetables (FVs), their associations with parent/child sodium and added sugar intakes across household incomes.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional data analysis.</p><p><strong>Setting and participants: </strong>960 parent/child dyads across 4 studies.</p><p><strong>Variables measured: </strong>A home food inventory was used to assess FV availability in different forms. Parent/child sodium and added sugar intakes were evaluated.</p><p><strong>Analysis: </strong>Associations between the availability of different FV forms and sodium and added sugar intakes were examined using income-stratified correlation coefficients, based on free/reduced-price lunch eligibility as a proxy for income.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We saw no significant differences by income in the total number of vegetables in any form, fresh FVs, and canned fruits. Households with lower incomes had fewer frozen FVs than households with higher incomes. While homes with lower incomes had significantly more canned vegetables, there was no relationship between canned vegetables and sodium intake for parents or children in these households.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and implications: </strong>Our results suggest that assumptions about differences and consequences of the food available in homes of families with low incomes need to be evaluated within the community of interest. This approach will more accurately assess community risk and help tailor effective interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144976870","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":"Feasibility of a Fruit and Vegetable Home Food Environment Accessibility Intervention","authors":"Adriana Verdezoto Alvarado PhD , Sonia Vega-López PhD , Laurie Ruggiero PhD , Carrie Earthman PhD, RDN , Shannon M. Robson PhD, MPH, RD","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.03.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.03.013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Examine the feasibility of an intervention to increase the accessibility of fruit and vegetables for children within the home food environment.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Thirty-two parents (aged 40.8 ± 4.9 years) and children (aged 9.5 ± 2.4 years) were enrolled in an 8-week pre-post intervention. Each week, parents attended virtual sessions and set goals to increase the accessibility (form, visibility, and reach) of 2 fruits and 3 vegetables. Feasibility indicators measured included retention rate, sessions attended, session length, adherence to goals, and parent satisfaction. Frequencies were used to analyze feasibility indicators, and open-ended questions related to satisfaction were analyzed using thematic analysis.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Retention rate was 94%; average attendance was 7.4 of 8 sessions; session lengths ranged from 9.2 to 15.2 minutes; adherence to 3.6 of 5 goals/wk; and high parent satisfaction.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions and Implications</h3><div>Goal setting to increase fruit and vegetable accessibility for children was feasible; however, examining efficacy will be an important next step.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":"57 9","pages":"Pages 869-875"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144039372","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}
Haowen Gao MM, Guiqi Wang MM, Xinxin Zhang MM, Haobing Guo MM, Liyun Pang MM, Jingfeng Gu MM
{"title":"Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Dietary Habits and Emotional Outcomes in Patients With Obesity Undergoing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery","authors":"Haowen Gao MM, Guiqi Wang MM, Xinxin Zhang MM, Haobing Guo MM, Liyun Pang MM, Jingfeng Gu MM","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.193","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.193","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>To evaluate the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy<span> (CBT) on physical, behavioral, and psychosocial outcomes in patients with obesity undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) through a meta-analysis.</span></div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Randomized controlled trials assessing the therapeutic effects of CBT in patients undergoing MBS were searched in databases including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science. The search cutoff date was February 7, 2025. Data analysis was performed using Stata (version 16.0, StataCorp, 2019).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 7 randomized controlled trials were included in the final analysis. The meta-analysis indicated that CBT appeared to significantly decrease anxiety, depressive symptoms, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating immediately after the intervention, but these effects seemed to disappear at the 1-year follow-up. In addition, CBT seemed not to affect weight, body mass index<span>, physical quality of life<span>, and mental quality of life at any time.</span></span></div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>CBT may alleviate anxiety, depressive symptoms, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating in the short term.</div></div><div><h3>Implications and Conclusions</h3><div>Our findings suggest that CBT may enhance psychosocial and behavioral health among patients with obesity undergoing MBS. Future randomized controlled trials with larger sample sizes and longer follow-ups are needed to evaluate their long-term impacts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":"57 9","pages":"Pages 854-868"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144259297","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":"Editorial Board/Board of Directors","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1499-4046(25)00388-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1499-4046(25)00388-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":"57 9","pages":"Page A3"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145004273","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}
Julianna M. Jayne PhD, RDN, CHES , Renee E. Cole PhD, RDN , Bradley M. Ritland PhD, DPT , Susan M. McGraw , J. Philip Karl PhD, RDN
{"title":"Comparison of US Army Soldiers’ Health-Related Behaviors Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Era","authors":"Julianna M. Jayne PhD, RDN, CHES , Renee E. Cole PhD, RDN , Bradley M. Ritland PhD, DPT , Susan M. McGraw , J. Philip Karl PhD, RDN","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div><span>To determine if the coronavirus disease 2019<span> (COVID-19) pandemic was associated with differences in eating behaviors, </span></span>body mass index<span>, physical activity, sleep, and perceived stress among US Army soldiers.</span></div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div><span>Retrospective cohort study using data from Army installations in 8 different states. Data were grouped by study year into a pre-COVID-19 era cohort (2017–2019; n = 1,591) or COVID-19 era cohort (2020–2022, n = 918) and analyzed using multivariate </span>linear regression.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div><span><span>The COVID-19 era cohort reported lower mean healthy eating scores, fewer meals but more snacks eaten per week, higher access to food, more emotional eating, higher perceived stress, higher </span>body mass index, and less physical activity than the pre-COVID-19 era cohort (</span><em>P</em> ≤ 0.05).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions and Implications</h3><div>Soldiers in the COVID-19 era cohort reported less healthy eating behaviors and health-related behaviors compared with the pre-COVID-19 era cohort. Further investigation is warranted on the potential cumulative effects and whether health-related behaviors improved after pandemic-related restrictions were lifted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":"57 9","pages":"Pages 876-884"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477650","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}
Shivani Muthya BSN , Melissa N. Laska PhD, RD , Jayne A. Fulkerson PhD , Stephanie Wagner BS , Kristen S. Gorman PhD , Lisa Harnack DrPH, RD, MPH , Melissa L. Horning PhD, RN, BSN, PHN
{"title":"Food Access Matters: Quantifying the Price Differential Across Four Major Food Retailers and a Mobile Market Aiming to Improve Affordable Nutritious Food Access","authors":"Shivani Muthya BSN , Melissa N. Laska PhD, RD , Jayne A. Fulkerson PhD , Stephanie Wagner BS , Kristen S. Gorman PhD , Lisa Harnack DrPH, RD, MPH , Melissa L. Horning PhD, RN, BSN, PHN","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.196","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.196","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To understand how food prices differed between physical and online grocery stores and a well-established mobile market in a Midwest metropolitan area of the US.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Four major grocery retailers nearest to 8 subsidized apartments were identified. Two stores from each retailer were randomly selected (n = 8), and prices for 67 size-standardized foods were collected in person and online. An analysis of variance test assessed mean differences in cart prices across stores relative to the Twin Cities Mobile Market (TCMM).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Relative to TCMM cart prices, cart prices were significantly higher at physical and online Walmart (21% to 22% higher, <em>P</em> < 0.001), Target (29% to 30%, <em>P</em> < 0.001), and Cub Foods (62% to 63%, <em>P</em> < 0.001) stores and online Aldi stores (14%, <em>P</em> = 0.02). Aldi physical store prices were not statistically significantly different (<em>P</em> = 0.72).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions and Implications</h3><div>Results require cautious interpretation given the low number of observations per retailer; however, findings suggest TCMM provides foods at a lower cost than most nearby grocery stores, providing 1 example of full-service mobile market pricing. Future research is needed to assess mobile market pricing structures in other locations across the US.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":"57 9","pages":"Pages 885-891"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144486808","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}
Omolola A. Adedokun PhD , Moses Desmennu PhD , Paula Plonski MA , Brooke Jenkins MS , Jean Noble MS, RD
{"title":"Healthy Choices for Your Recovering Body: A Nutrition Education Curriculum for Adults With Limited Resources in Substance Use Recovery","authors":"Omolola A. Adedokun PhD , Moses Desmennu PhD , Paula Plonski MA , Brooke Jenkins MS , Jean Noble MS, RD","doi":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.200","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jneb.2025.05.200","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50107,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior","volume":"57 9","pages":"Pages 892-898"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144545862","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}