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2020 Abstracts

Congratulations to our N.I.C.E lab members whose abstracts were accepted to 2020 nutrition conferences!

Abstracts were accepted to the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, as well as the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo 2020. We could not be more thrilled to attend these nutrition conferences and contribute research to the dietetics field!

Abstracts accepted to SNEB 2020:

  • The Family Meal Project: Assessing the Relationship between Family Priorities and Routines to their Child’s Eating Preferences.  Author(s): Shante C Jeune, Carolyn Hamil, Stacy Frazier, Catherine Coccia
    • Parent-child interactions may pose significant influences on their child’s dietary behaviors. The objective was to examine parents’ report of family priorities and routines in relation to their child’s dietary preferences. As a result, nutrition-related priorities and routines indicated overall healthier choices for the child.
  • Mood and eating behaviours in college students. Author(s): Padideh Lovan, Catherine Coccia
    • This abstract examined the correlation between mood and self-regulation of food intake in college students using an objective methodology. Results showed that in general, there seems to be better self-regulatory skills in females compared to males. However, when exposed to a mood stimulus, female students appear to be more affected with a higher influence on their eating behaviors, whereas male students’ eating behaviors were not altered by the mood changes.

Abstracts accepted to FNCE 2020:

  • Predictors of diet, health, and life satisfaction of food insecure college students. Author(s): Alison K Macchi, Catherine Coccia
    • This abstract used the Transtheoretical Model of Stress and Coping to determine factors influencing BMI, dietary intake and life satisfaction of food insecure college students. Results showed that self-efficacy and nutrition knowledge influenced f/v intake, food pantry use and perceived stress affected BMI, and self- efficacy and BMI were correlated with life satisfaction.
  • The Family Meal Project: Assessing the Relationship between Healthy Food Consumption and School Lunch Intake in Elementary School Children. Author(s): Clara M Rivera, Shante C Jeune, Stacy Frazier, Catherine Coccia
    • Objective: To assess children’s report of food consumption in relation to school lunch intake.
  • Compensation Indices (COMPX) scores and their relationship to Average Daily Consumption in Elementary School Children. Author(s): Shante C Jeune, Maria Aguado, Padideh Lovan, Anthony Dick, Paulo Graziano, Catherine Coccia 
    • Objective: To examine children’s compensation indices with their relationship to averaged 24-hour dietary recalls.
  • Relationship between household living conditions on dietary iron intake and BMI among Mexican adolescents. Author(s): Yaisli Lorenzo, Catherine Coccia
    • Living conditions affect many aspects of an individual’s health and wellness. Recently, Mexico has experienced a shift into westernized habits. Increased westernization, along with living conditions, is bound to influence health. This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the associations between household living conditions on BMI and dietary iron intake among high school adolescents in Mexico. Out of 100 prospective patients, 30 adolescents and parents completed a 7-day FFQ and a Household Living Condition Survey, respectively.
  • Effects of a Montessori-based nutrition education program with fruit and vegetable taste testing on intake, preferences and nutrition knowledge of preschool and kindergarten children. Author(s): Nicole Vitale, Catherine Coccia
    • A randomized control trial using the Social Cognitive Theory was conducted to assess the effects of taste testing with nutrition education on knowledge, intake and preferences in early childhood within a Montessori learning environment. Participants in the intervention significantly increased their nutrition knowledge, vegetable intake and preferences of many fruits and vegetables. However, significant results in the control group were only found with the preference of one fruit.

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