Creative Approaches to Nutrition Education

Jia Lu | Kia Lee SWAA 2014

Fresno County
33.6% Overweight 30.2% Obese
Children >30% 21% food insecurity 15.6% live in food deserts

Risk Factors

Education

Access to Health Care

Environment

Pollution

Nutrition and Exercise Education Development

NEED

Methodology
David Kolbs experiential learning theory Based on several philosophers Dewey, Paigett, Lewin

NEED

The Partnerships

ENP

NEED

SS

Post Test Statements

I learned that vegetables are good for you - 3rd grader at Anthony Elementary I learned that beans are protein - 4th grader at Winchell That nutrition fuels our body and its important - 8th

grader at unknown school

I learned what belongs on each of MyPlate - 5th grader at Olmos Elementary

Tests

Results: Varies between 3 to 32% Average knowledge retained 10%

10% average 3 to 35% variance from schools

Improvements

Testing administration

Volunteer retention

Hands on Learning

Future Projects
Cooking Camps Partnership with Fresno Community Food Bank

Adult nutrition and disease prevention classes

Questions?

References
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