Does food and health education in school influence students’ everyday life?

Beinert, Cecilie; Sørlie, Anne Catherine; Åbacka, Gun; Palojoki, Päivi; Vik, Frøydis Nordgård

doi:10.1177/00178969211045722

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“…And as such, FH could increase in importance for pupils' learning and future lives, thus harnessing the FH subjects' potential. We, unfortunately, know little about the impact of FH specifically on pupils and their lives per se (Beinert et al, 2022), but we argue that it is plausible it may have an impact with more systematic food education in the short, medium and long term. Is it worth gambling with our future generations?…”

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Harnessing the untapped potential of food education in schools: Nurturing the school subject Food and Health

Bjørkkjær

Palojoki

Beinert

2023

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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Essential life skills related to food and meals have a potential triple dividend for children and adolescents, that is, short‐term, medium‐term and possible generational effects with regard to public health, sustainability and well‐being of future citizens in local communities. While parents and childhood environments are a basis for learning about food and meals, systematic food education in the setting of primary and lower secondary schools may have a significant role that should be utilized more strongly, reaching and benefitting all pupils from a life course perspective. Through this article, we explore the current state of the art of the mandatory school subject Food and Health (FH) from the Nordic perspective. Our leading questions are: (1) What potential is currently utilized and which future potential does FH education have in primary and secondary schools in terms of food education for essential life skills and competencies, and (2) How can this untapped potential be better harnessed with a goal of facilitating better learning in FH? Drawing on data from Norway as a case study, supported by Swedish and Finnish data, we discuss the status, challenges and potential reformation of food education, focusing on FH. This includes perspectives on the prioritization of the FH subject and the organization of more systematic food education in schools, which might improve FH's status and significance. Combining theory–practice, creating room for discussion and focusing less on cooking‐related activities may better facilitate learning in FH. Without proper FH, food education might be nonsystematic, thereby generating unequal outcomes for children and adolescents.

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confidence: 84%

Harnessing the untapped potential of food education in schools: Nurturing the school subject Food and Health

Bjørkkjær

Palojoki

Beinert

2023

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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“…[3] A study in Norway found that food and health education have relevance to students' daily life, but have little to no effect on healthy food choices among 31 7th to 10th grade students. [11] This study claims to strengthen teachers' competence on food choices. Additionally, fully 100% of Taiwan nursing students study health education in Community Health Nursing course before taking national registered nurse examination.…”

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Influence of an innovative game on nutrition education for nursing students

Hwang¹,

Tu²,

Wu³

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Background and objective: The growing global burden of individuals with malnutrition shows no signs of decreasing. Schools are an important arena for health promotion. This study is to develop and to test the innovative game with Good Food cards designed to enable students to acquire knowledge in healthy eating and other influence on their eating behaviors as well as nursing role in dietary education.Methods: Design: A mixed method design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the game. We conducted pretest-posttest quasi-equivalent groups with cluster sampling design and recruited 109 students at two sites of health center. The game intervention was implemented in two to four 20- to 30-minute sessions for 55 junior nursing students. Method: Univariate analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was performed to compare knowledge change between the two groups. Additionally, a focus group was performed to collect data from students. Audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and thematically analyzed were conducted by researchers. Correlation analysis was used to was used to explore factors related to the concept and behavior intention.Results: The knowledge on healthy diet was significantly higher in the experimental group compared to the control group. Effective learning experiences and intention to change eating behaviors were also perceived by participants.Conclusions: The Good Food cards and game mechanism matched the learning objectives of the dietary education. Gaming is a valid learning strategy not just a fun activity. During nursing practicum period, students who are familiar with healthy diet concept perceived the help to facilitate therapeutic relationship building with clients and more willingness to change eating habits. More research is needed to test other children, students, or adult population with this card. Also, factors related to concept and behavior change from playing with this card can be investigated to strengthen students’ competence and focusing more strongly on how best to influence students’ healthy dietary behavior.

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“…A healthy diet is fundamental to a correct nutritional education because habits established at this early stage are difficult to change in adulthood" (Menor-Rodriguez et al, 2022). The study by Beinert et al (2022), states ISSN: 2661-6831 Vol. 7 No.…”

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English language education in a rural school

Chillagana

Chiluisa

Guanoluisa

2023

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El inglés es uno de los idiomas más hablados alrededor del mundo, entonces es necesario la introducción de este idioma en todas las instituciones educativas. Este estudio se enfoca en identificar la realidad de la enseñanza del idioma inglés en una escuela rural de Latacunga. Esta investigación fue un estudio cualitativo descriptivo que utilizó la entrevista semi estructurada y observación como métodos como método de recolección de datos. Los resultados a partir de la entrevista hecha a siete miembros de la comunidad educativa revelaron que la falta de recursos de enseñanza, la escasez de docentes de inglés, la poca motivación en los estudiantes y un carente ambiente escolar son algunos de los problemas más comunes que enfrenta esta escuela. Además, los datos obtenidos por medio de la observación revelan que las instalaciones escolares deben mejorarse para promover mejores experiencias de aprendizaje. No obstante, es importante reconocer el esfuerzo por la comunidad escolar en mantener una institución estable.

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Does food and health education in school influence students’ everyday life?

Cited by 12 publications

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Harnessing the untapped potential of food education in schools: Nurturing the school subject Food and Health

Harnessing the untapped potential of food education in schools: Nurturing the school subject Food and Health

Influence of an innovative game on nutrition education for nursing students

English language education in a rural school

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