Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

North Central Multi-state Project (NC1028) Annual Meeting June 5-6, 2007 Hyatt Regency Newport Newport, Rhode Island AGENDA Tuesday, June 5 8:00 - 8:30 " Continental breakfast 8:30 - 10:00 A. Roll Call (Kidd) Present: 1. Adrienne White, University of Maine 2. Beatrice Phillips, Tuskegee, Alabama 3. Geoff Greene, University of Rhode Island 4. Jennifer Roy, University of Maine (Grad Student) 5. Kendra Kattelmann, South Dakota 6. Linda Boeckner, University of Nebraska 7. Megumi Murashima, Michigan State University (Grad Student) 8. Seung-Yeon Lee, Michigan State University (Post-doc) 9. Sharon Hoerr, Michigan State University 10. Susan Nitzke, University of Wisconsin-Madison 11. Tanda Kidd, Kansas State University 12. Tanya Horacek, Syracuse, NY 13. Susan Welsch, CSREES, USDA Absent: 1. Sarah Colby, ARS 2. Dennis Savaiano, Purdue University (Administrator Advisor) B. Introduction/Announcements C. State Reports (see individual reports) 1. New York; Rhode Island; Maine; Michigan; Wisconsin; South Dakota; Nebraska; Alabama; Kansas 2. Kansas State University has developed a new website, www.knackonline.org, for adults who work with adolescents to address youth obesity. D. Administrative Advisor  Dennis Saviaiano (Absent, no report) 10:00 - 10:15 " Break 10:00 - 12:00 A. 2007-08 Plan of Work for NC1028 /Timeline A timeline has been established (see attachment) to guide the plan of work for NC1028 members. B. NRI Integrative Proposal Kattelmann/Boeckner/Kidd 1. Discussion: The writing team proposed focusing the NRI grant on the CBPR and allowing each state to do their variation of the model. The key to CBPR is to have representatives of the population sitting at the planning table. The unique concept to this proposal is that each state will bring back their contribution and it will complete a larger picture of how to address the obesity issue. The proposal should be written from a very clear point of view and explain why we are doing this research. Include what the proposal will be funding (i.e. data collection). The proposal should focus on the single outcome with a variety of variables to measure the outcome (decrease wt gainBMI, blood glucose tolerance, VO2 max, exercise, etc.) The proposal should include an intervention that has not been developed yet. " Propose that an intervention will be defined based on the measurements/assessments by each state. " Review RFPs from NIH on CBPR. " Cut and paste or paraphrase what NIH identifies as important. " Point out that federal money is available and site examples from NIH. " Partnerships should be identified so qualitative data can be collected. " Partnerships can do a few key interviews and come back to report what they found and those findings can be put together to develop questions. " Develop a set of questions that would be identical across the board and compare those responses along with additional population-specific questions proposed by the each state as identified by the partners. " Common questions should be developed by the fall. " RI, NY, MI, SD, AL, and ARS will focus on the college population " NE, KS, WI will focus on the non-college population " ME is undecided Geoff recommends approaching both populations and looking at the differences (e.g. health disparities) between the two. 2. Additional discussion: a. The online focus groups questions and survey for the college-focus states will need to be done in Fall 2007. b. For web health, each campus would recruit gender specific groups two weeks before the focus group. They will complete the online survey and treat it like an Instant Message because the moderator will ask the questions. Focus group materials must be transcribed whether face to face or electronic with identifiers removed. c. Julie Milam , coordinator and graduate students (Nebraska) will train and code data. By March 1, 2008, quantitative data should be gathered. d. NRI writing team will meet June 27-29, 2007 in Lincoln, Nebraska. 12:00 - 1:00 " Lunch 1:00 - 3:00 A. Sprouts Report 1. Rhode Islandposter presentation accepted for American Dietetic Association on fruits and vegetables newsletters used with home confined participants; used fruit/vegetable Connection magazine with Head Start 2. Michiganworking on a draft that is focusing on facilitators and barriers to fruit and vegetable intakes by young adults from IFAFS focus groups by pre vs post action stages. SD, NY, IA are partners. B. Publications Committee - Nitzke/Horacek/Boeckner 1. NC 219 Projects - Seeds and Sprouts a. 1manuscript prep-processes of change (Betts, Nitzke, Kritsch, Greene, Hoerr, Chung). No word from Nancy. Submitted to JADA, responded to comments. Waiting to hear fro JADA. b. 3 & 12evaluate phone calls/cost analysis (Nitzke, Kritsch, Krueger, Boeckner, Lohse, Esters, Oakland, Greene, Horacek, Hubert) Manuscript in draft form. Manuscript will be printed in JNEB (2007). c. 5perception of intervention by Native Americans (Lohse, Shafer, Stotts) Manuscript being readied for submission to JNEB. Barbara  Manuscript is almost ready for submission. (presented as poster at EB (2007). d. 6difference in varieties of fruits and vegetables at W3 by Trt & Ctrl (Kattelmann, Lohse, Phillips, Do, Greene, Boeckner, Esters, Oakland, Hoerr) Kendra  submitted manuscript to JADA. e. 11Interactive, computer-based SOC intervention  (WI, NE, PA, AL, ME, MI, SD, IA) Susan submitted manuscript to JNEB. Will revise and submit to another (2007) f. 13Evaluate recruiting process (SD, NY, RI, AL) Kendra - in process (2007). g. 14Male/female differences (MI, IA, SD, AL, RI, NY) Sharon in progress. Parts of paper are drafted (2007). h. 15Redesign newsletters with ARCS Model of Motivation (NY) Dissertation topic for Sarah Dayton (NY). Tanya - newsletters have been pilot testing stage (2007) i. 6Test IFAFS and NRI in 2 different economically disadvantaged populations  Food Stamp and Prison Based (RI) Geoff  (manuscript in process) (2007) j. 17Examine very low income persons to assess dropout (PA) Presented at EB. Led to follow-up study at PA with Food Stamp Young AdultsSusan N will use information to address some outcomes manuscript editor comments (in press) (2007) k. 18Difference in drop-out rate between race and SOC (IA) Presenting poster @ SNE  Chicago, 2007 2. NC1028 Projects - Roots and Shoots " Susan Nitzkedeveloping the ROOT for meal preparation with young adults " Geoff will develop a ROOT for analyzing the qualitative data collected from the focus group. Rhode Island has potential student to code the data. All states who will contribute data, must submit it in the form of clean data (identifiers being removed, transcribed and cleaned up) C. NC1028 Subcommittee Work 1. Participatory Research Skills - Colby/Horacek/Hoerr a. Sarah Colby via polycomreviewed the CBPR techniques and provided a chart of articles reviewed by NC1028 members (all members received a copy) 2. Epidemiology Literature  Colby/Nitzke/White a. Sara discussed via polycom 3. Community Partnerships  Green/Lee a. Summarized contact list received from NC1028 participating states 3:00 - 3:15 " Break 3:15 - 5:30 A. Reports from NC1028 Subcommittees The following are the subcommittees and revised responsibilities of each: 1. NRI Intergrated Proposal Committee (Writing Team) Kendra Kattelmann (Chair) Linda Boeckner Tanda Kidd 2. Participatory Research Skills Subcommitteeeducating NC1028 on CBPR, establishing protocol for working with partners Sarah Colby (Chair) Tanya Horacek Sharon Hoerr *See attachment titled Brainstorming Questions for a list of questions to address quality of life (highlighted in yellow), health (highlighted in green), and food (highlighted in sky blue). Some NRI and IFAFS questions have also been included in the list. 3. Establishing Partnerships Subcommittee Title contact form with state name. Use one form for students and one form for experts. Submit a blind copy of the forms with names, e-mails, and any contact information removed. Geoff Greene (Chair) Seung-Yeon Lee 4. Literature Review Subcommitteeresearch literature on CBPR and epidemiology and intervention literature related to health, diet, obesity, physical activity in young adults Sarah Colby (Chair) Susan Nitzke Adrienne White Kendra Kattelmann Sharon Hoerr Jennifer Roy 5. Publications Committeedevelop a grid to manage ROOTS and SHOOTS Susan Nitzke (Chair; liaison with IFAFS) Tanya Horacek (liaison with webhealth) Linda Boeckner Bea Phillips 6. Website Committeemanage the NC1028 website Susan Nitzke (Chair) Bea Phillips 7. Dissemination Committeedistributes and tracks educational materials. Order forms are on the NC1028 website. Susan Nitzke (Chair) Linda Boeckner Geoff Greene, Barbara Lohse (liaison from webhealth) 8. Qualitative Research Committee protocol, data collection, data analysis Jennifer Roy (Chair) Geoff Greene Adrienne White Linda Boeckner Kendra Kattelmann 6:00 " Dinner to be arranged (not included in conference fee) Wednesday, June 6 8:30 - 9:00 " Continental breakfast 9:00- 10:00 A. CSREES Update  Susan Welsh " Arlen Leholm is the new Executive Director for North Central Regional Association. Biorewables is the new hot topic; obesity is not as strong as it has been in past. " Dan Rossi replaced Tom Fritz as the Executive Director of the North east Regional Association. " ARS has asked for funding in the 2008 Budget for a multicenter research project to determine the effectiveness of the Dietary Guidelines in preventing obesity. " In 2007 Budget the NRI Competitive Grants program got a $9M increase bringing the total to a little over $190M " There are currently 3 plans for reorganizing USDA (Created 21; Danforth plan; Farm Bill). While they differ, each puts CSREES and ARS together in the same agency. " American Society for Nutrition (ASN) has been supportive of increases in the USDA nutrition research budget. " The due date for the NRI subsection on Human Nutrition and Obesity (31.5) was June 5, 2007. The success rate is ~15%. " The other subsection of the NRI that focuses on nutrition - Bioactive Food Components for Optimal Health supports work on functional foods and understudied nutrients Other Multistate Research Fund (MRF) projects in the nutrition area are: 1. NCDC 211 EFNEP Related Research and Outreach is a development committee whose goal is to write a full proposal for a 5 year project by next December. This project would benefit from having more researchers with expertise in instrument development and validation. 2. W1003 Parent and household influences on calcium intake among preadolescents. 3. NC1167: N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Human Health and Disease. 4. Nutrient Bioavailability--Phytonutrients and Beyond. 5. W 1005 An Integrated Approach to Prevention of Obesity in High Risk Families. 6. NE 1023 NE1023: Improving Plant Food (Fruit, Vegetable and Whole Grain) Availability and Intake In Older Adults. Complete information on all the projects can be found at http://nimss.umd.edu/ and searching on the project number. 10:00 - 10:15 " Break 10:30  11:45 A. Determine 2008 annual meeting time and place " March 25-27, 2008 in Washington, D.C. o The meeting will be centered around manuscripts and base line data B. NC1028 conference call (1½ hours) i. Monday, July 23, 2007, 9:00 Mountain; 10:00 Central, 11:00 Eastern 1. Items for next conference call a. NRI b. South Dakotas support of PI for NRI grant ii. Monday, August 20, 2007, 9:00 Mountain; 10:00 central; 11:00 Eastern (CBPR update by Seung-Yeon) iii. Thursday, October 4, 2007, 9:00 Mountain; 10:00 central; 11:00 Eastern (Mary Gray to discus the university as a model for healthy living) iv. Thursday, November 8, 2007, 10:30 Mountain;11:30 central; 12:30 Eastern v. Thursday, December 13, 2007 (tentatively), 10:30 Mountain;11:30 central; 12:30 Eastern C. Election of October 1, 2007  September 30, 2008 leadership " Chair Susan Nitzke (2007-2008) " SecretarySarah Colby (2007-2008) " Vice-chairTanda Kidd ( will chair 2008-2009) D. Other " Annual Report is due December 2007 " New chair will chair the minutes beginning October 1, 2007 " Group work (as time permits) 12:00 " Meeting Adjourn Respectfully Submitted by Tandalayo Kidd NRI Timeline: March 1, 2008 " Each state submits objectives to the writing committee " Advisory committee uses the themes based on the focus group January/February 2008 " Conduct the focus groups December 2007 " IRB approval November 2007 " Each state work with its partners to develop an approach o Informal interviews o Key informant interviews o Environmental assessments o Quality of life/health focus § Weight gain prevention, 18-24 year olds § Disease state (hypertension, diabetes, etc.) " Focus group protocol (pilot test) o Each state must pilot their own state-specific questions " Focus group question development (each state and as NC1028 group) o Each state should send their questions to the committee September 2007 " Form partnerships o Professionals and non-professionals (not all interested in health) o Young adults o Students (not all interested in health) " Protocol for working with partners June 2007 " Identify potential focus group questions (accepted by the partnerships) NC1028 Brainstorming Questions (Participatory Research Skills Subcommittee) 1. What is health? 2. How does health affect quality of life? 3. What do you think will improve your quality of life? 4. What will help you be a healthier person? 5. How do you define quality of life? 6. How does your environment affect your health? 7. What are some things you would like to change about yourself? 8. How does your current lifestyle behavior affect your health? 9. How important is health to you? 10. How does your personal health status relate the overall quality of your life right now? Do you expect that to change in the next 5-10 years? 11. If you could magically change something about your daily life, what would it be? 12. What is the most enjoyable part of your day? 13. Describe a person your age who is admired by others as a role model. 14. How do you spend your free time? 15. What 2 things are important to you? 16. What would you be willing to do now to prevent health disabilities when you are older? 17. If you have a free afternoon, how do you spend it? 18. What types of activities or programming would you promote or use in the new wellness center? 19. If you decided to run for student president, what would be your platform? 20. What does quality of life mean to you? 21. If life was at its best for you, describe it for me. 22. What is a healthy lifestyle? 23. Think about your health. In what way does it affect your life right now? Why or why not? 24. What 3 things do you want that are missing from your life right now? 25. What are the 3 things in your life for which you are most grateful? 26. What things will determine where you are next year? 27. What things will determine what you do next year? 28. What 5 things are the most important to you right now? 29. What makes you happy? 30. Does food make you happy? 31. What food makes you happy/unhappy? 32. What food do you buy when you go grocery shopping? 33. What are positive and negative influences of college environment in your health related journey of life, especially obesity? 34. On what kind of food can you spend your money? 35. Why do you spend your money for food? 36. Why can you spend your money for food? 37. How important is a healthy lifestyle for you? 38. What are the things that are more important for you than your health? 39. What do you read on a regular basis besides school assignments? 40. Where would you like to be in 5 years? 41. How have you been influenced by a person who means a lot to you or whom you admire? 42. How do you prioritize how you spend your free time? 43. How would you improve something about yourself? 44. What would a perfect day be like? 45. As a college student, whats really important to you? 46. How do you spend your time on the weekend? 47. What are your worries? 48. What percentage of time is focused on your health? 49. What makes you happy? 50. How do you define your quality of life? 51. How is your health related to your quality of life? 52. What will improve your quality of life? NRI questions What television show do you try to never miss and why? How do you spend your money while at school? If you had extra time each day for leisure or pleasure, what would you do? What are you goals for this semester, and what are you doing to meet these goals? IFAFS questions What are the benefits, facilitators and barriers to eating fruits and vegetables? How do their fruit and vegetable intakes differ from childhood and why? What is important in their lives right now? What do participants want to know about fruits and vegetables?

Overview: This is the first year of a 5-year NC1028 multi-state project that will focus on college and non-college populations. Contributions will be directed toward young adults (including low-income participants) participating in the community-based programs well as on university campuses populations. The long-range goal is to develop a Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) model that integrates research, extension, and communities of the targeted population. Using the PRECEDE-PROCEED (9) model of participatory research will help us to work with our target population to identify and prioritize the problems of significance to them, i.e. quality of life (Social Diagnosis); health/environmental/behavioral determinants (Health, Behavioral and Environmental Diagnosis); and predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors (Educational and Ecological Diagnosis) which can then be connected to the most appropriate nutrition issues. By using a participatory research model, we hope to develop an intervention desired by the target population and thus one that is sustainable. Objective l: Enhance skills in participatory research techniques and build partnerships among researcher, extension and outreach educators, and populations of young adults to develop cooperative intervention programs. Objective 2: Use participatory research techniques to assess, prioritize, and connect: a) young adults quality of life issues and needs (Social Diagnosis); b) young adults perceived health issues and the behavioral and environmental health determinants (Health, Behavioral and Environmental Diagnosis); c) young adults specific predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors determining their health and quality of life (Educational and Ecological Diagnosis). Objective 3: Address needs by compiling and evaluating evidence-based methods and material for promoting healthful eating and /or prevention of weight gain in young adult (Administrative and Policy Diagnosis). . Objective 4: Develop community-based applications that can be refined and evaluated in future projects. Activities and Accomplishments. The research teams accomplishments in the first year of the five-year NC1028 multi-state project has focused on 1) enhancing skills in participatory research and 2) establishing partnerships in each of the states. - A writing subcommittee is drafting a grant proposal to support NC1028 goals. The group has met both in-person via teleconference. - Team members participated in a training presentation including background readings on PRECEDE PROCEED led by the New York team member at the 2006 annual meeting. - Three state team members participated in a USDA grant writing workshop that focused on NRI integrated grants. - State team members participated in committee activities to define CBPR and to review of selected research-based publications on use of CBPR in settings relevant to this projects goals. An Evidence Based Analysis format was followed to evaluate the articles related to use of the model. - Two state team members developed concept papers, which were submitted for the NIH Summer Grant Writing Institute on community based-participatory research for grant development in support of NC 1028 goals. Unfortunately neither of these was selected. - Meetings to build partnerships were conducted by team members with partners in each state to initiate contact for formation of a community partnership research groups. - Team members assisted in writing/editing of manuscripts and posters. - Team members have participated in monthly teleconferences. The work of this group continues to be supported by a research grant - Obesity Prevention in Young Adults. USDA/NRI Integrated Project, Geoffrey Greene RI), Principal Investigator with subcontracts to NY, AL, MI, WI, SD, PA, and ME. Total Award: $1,127,707. Team members from 8 states participated in the qualitative assessment of attitudes towards healthful eating, exercise and body size acceptance in conjunction with the NRI grant Behavior Change for Obesity Prevention in Young Adults. This involved non-diet curriculum development (10 lessons), development of on line focus group research instrumentation and implementation to pretest, evaluate and edit the curriculum.

NC1028 Publications (2006-2007) Peer-reviewed Journal: Blissmer B, Reibe D, Dye G, Ruggiero L, Greene G, Caldwell M (2006) Health-related quality of life following a clinical weight loss intervention among overweight and obese adults: Intervention and 24 month follow-up effects. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 4:43. http:/www.hqlo.com/content/4/1/43 Nitzke S, Kritsch K, Boeckner L, Greene G, Hoerr S, Horacek T, Kattelmann K, Lohse B, Oakland MJ, Phillips B, White A. (2007). A stage-tailored multi-modal intervention increases fruit and vegetable intakes of low-income young adults. American Journal of Health Promotion 22:6-14. Esters ON, Boeckner LS, Hubert M, Horacek T, Kritsch KR, Oakland MJ, Lohse B, Greene G, Nitzke S. (2007, accepted). Educator and participant perceptions and cost analysis of stage-tailored educational telephone calls. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. Park A, Nitzke S, Kritsch K, Kattelmann K, White A, Boeckner L, Lohse B, Hoerr S, Greene G. (2007, submitted). An Internet-based stage-tailored nutrition intervention affects short-term mediators and indicators of dietary behavior of young adults. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. Do M, Kattelmann K, Boeckner L, White A, Greene G, Hoerr S, Horacek T, Lohse B, Phillips B. (2007, submitted). Low-income young adults report more variety in fruit and vegetable intake following a stage-tailored intervention. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Chung SJ, Hoerr SL, Coleman G, Levine R. (2006) Processes underlying young women's decisions to eat fruits and vegetables. (British) Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics. 19(4):1-12. Lee SY, Hoerr SL, Weatherspoon, L, & Schiffman RF. Dietetics and Nutritional Sciences Students Attitudes towards Working with Older adults. Journal of Nutrition Education Behavior (In press) Hoerr SL, Horodynski MA, Lee SY. & Henry M. Predictors of Nutritional Adequacy in Mother-Toddler Dyads from Rural Families with Limited Incomes. Journal of the American Dietetics Association. 2006;106:1766-1773. Hoerr SL, Lee SY, Schiffman RF, Horodynski MA, & McKelvey L, Beverage Consumption of Mother-Toddlers in Low-income Families. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 2006;21:403-411. Suzuki M, Murashima M, Hoerr SL. (accepted) Body mass and fatness of Japanese college women and relationship to place of residence. (Australian) Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics. (in press) Lee SY, Hoerr SL, Weatherspoon, L, & Schiffman RF. Guided Interaction with Older Adults Improved Nutrition Students Attitudes. Journal of Nutrition Education Behavior (under revision) Hoerr SL, Tsuei E, Liu Y, Franklin F, Nicklas T. Diet quality varies in multiethnic Head Start mothers. Journal of American Dietetic Association. (under revision) Rasmussen, D., Kattelmann, K. Practitioner perception of nutrition education in medical curriculum for diagnosis of failure to thrive in infants and children. Top Clin. Nutr. 2006;21:260-267. Meier KS, Rossi JS, Redding CA, Prochaska JO, Pallonen UE, Velicer WF, Greene GW, Rossi SR, Krebs PM, Plummer BA. (in press). Teens and technology: Using tailored multimedia programs for population-based cancer prevention in high schools. Health Promotion Practice. Mulligan JE, Greene GW, Caldwell M (2007). Sources of folate and serum folate levels in the elderly. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 107:495-499. Robertson, C, Kattelmann, K. Control of type 2 DM using interactive Internet based support on a Northern Plains Indian Reservation. Topics in Clin Nutr. 2007;22:185-193. Chanda, G, Kattelmann, K. & Ren, C. Culturally appropriate nutrition lessons increased fruit and vegetable consumption in American Indian children. In revision with Topics in Clinical Nutrition, March 2007, in review Dietetics Association, April 2007 Anderson W, Greene GW, Forse RA, Apovan CM, Istfan NW. (in press) Differences between African Americans and Whites following gastric bypass Surgery. Obesity. Greene GW, Fey-Yensan N, Padula C, Rossi SR, Rossi JS, Clark P. (in press) Change in fruit and vegetable intake over 24 months in Older Adults: Results of the SENIOR Project Intervention. The Gerontologist. Book chapters Hoerr SL, Murashima M, Keast DR. Nutrition and obesity. Chapter in obesity in America, Vol. I. Davies HD, Fitzgerald H (eds). Praeger Perspectives, 2007 Oral presentation with published abstract Nitzke S, Park A, White A, Lohse B, Greene G, Hoerr S, Kritsch K, Kattelmann K, Oakland MJ, Boeckner L. A tailored approach to nutrition education has advantages over a non-tailored approach for promoting vegetables but not fruits via an internet-based program for young adults in the US. Oral presented at 10th International Congress on Obesity, Sydney, Australia. September 7, 2006. Nitzke S, Kritsch K, Boeckner L, Greene G. A stage-based intervention increases fruit and vegetable intakes of young adults. Oral presentation at the Sixth Annual Conference of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA), Oslo, Norway, June 22, 2007. Lee SY, Greaney ML, Lees, FD, Norsworthy B, Hoerr SL, Dayton SF, Roy JL, White AA, Greene GW, Factors affecting college students regulation on food and non-alcoholic beverage consumption. FASEB J. 2007 21:71.21 Lee SY, Greaney ML, Lees FD, White AA, Lohse B, Phillips B, Patterson J, Kattelmann K, Hoerr S, Dayton S, Horacek T, Green G. Facilitators and barriers for maintaining healthy weight in male and female college students. 40th Annual Society for Nutrition Education Conference, Society for Nutrition Education. Chicago, IL, 2007. Onika T, Boeckner L, Hubert M, Horacek T, Kritch K, Oakland M, Lohse B, Greene G, Nitzke S. Educator and participant perceptions and cost analysis of stage-tailored educational telephone calls J Nutr Ed Beh ( In press). Stotts J, Lohse B, Patterson J, Horacek T, White A, Greene G. Eating Competence In College Students Nominates A Non-Dieting Approach To Weight Management (Abstract submitted for Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC April 24-27). Cole R & Horacek T. Effectiveness of the My Body Knows When Intuitive Eating Non-Dieting Weight Management Program. (Abstract submitted for the American Dietetic Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA Sept 28-Oct. 2, 2007.) Cole R & Horacek T. Applying PRECEDE-PROCEED to Develop an Intuitive Eating Non-Dieting Approach to Weight Management Program. (Abstract submitted for the Society for Nutrition Education Conference, Chicago IL, July 28-August 2, 2007.) Esters O, Oakland M, Phillips B, Horacek T, Greene G. Participation in a Stage-based Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: The Impact of Race on Attrition Rate. (Abstract submitted for the Society for Nutrition Education Conference, Chicago IL, July 28-August 2, 2007.) Related Peer-reviewed Journal: Boeckner LS, Pullen CH, Walker SN, Hageman PA. (2006). Differences in eating and activity behaviors, health history, and biomarkers among normal weight, overweight and obese rural midwestern Hispanic women. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 106:1870-1874. Boeckner LS, Pullen CH, Walker SN, Oberdorfer MK, Hageman PA. (2007). Eating behaviors of rural midlife to older women in midwestern United States. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 107:306-310. Horacek T, Salomon J, Nelson B. Evaluation of dietetic students and interns application of whole person lifestyles-oriented nutrition counseling model. Patient Education and Counseling (In Press). Lohse B, Satter E, Horacek T, Gebreselassie T. Measuring Eating Competence: Psychometric Properties and Validity of the Satter Inventory J Nut Ed Behav (In press). Horacek T, Salomon J, Bergen-Cico D.Clients Improve Disease Prevention Behaviors Through a Lifestyle-oriented Nutrition Counseling Program Provided by Dietetic Students and Interns. Topics in Clin Nutr. 2006; 21(4):268-283. Posters: Buckla C, Greene G. Assessment of fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity levels of young adults. 5th International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Boston, MA July 13-16, 2006 Dye G, Greene GW, Velicer W.F, Prochaska JO, Rossi JS, Paiva, A, RSR, Laforge RG, Fava JL, Predictive value of baseline demographic Transtheoretical Model, and dietary variables on 12, and 24 month dietary outcomes in population-based research. SBM, March 2007 Doong JY, Hoerr SL. The relationship of different body fat distribution patterns to the risks of Metabolic Syndrome and related metabolic disorders in overweight but not obese in non-Hispanic whites. 10th Asian International Congress of Nutrition, Taipaei, Taiwan, 2007. Drake SC, Lehto AE, Murashima M, Lee SY, Hoerr SL. Weight management, online for college students: Project WebHealth. Poster presentation, Michigan Dietetic Association Annual Conference, 2007. Greaney ML, Lees FD, Lee SY, Norsworthy B, Dayton S, Hoerr SL, Roy J, White A, Greene GW. A qualitative analysis of enablers and barriers to physical activity among college students. American Public Health Association, Boston MA, Oct 2006. Greene G, Stone E, Sebelia L, Rossi C. Attitudes towards diet, exercise, and body image in Latino women: Focus group results. Poster resented at the 5th Annual Conference of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Boston, MA July 13-16, 2006 Greene G, Hoerr SL, Horacek T, Kattleman K, Lohse B, Patterson J, Phillips B, White A. College males and females participate in online study to identify similarities and differences in their food and physical activity behavior. International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Boston, MA, 2006. Keast DK, Hoerr SL. Patterns of beverage consumption associated with adolescent obesity in the U.S. Experimental Biology, WDC, 2007. Lee SY, Greaney ML, Lees FD, Norsworthy B, Hoerr SL, Dayton SF, Roy JL, White AA, Greene GW. Factors affecting college students regulation on food and non-alcoholic beverage consumption. Experimental Biology 2007, Washington DC, April 2007 (Poster) McCullough ML, Keast DR, Lee SY, Hoerr SL, Rafferty AP, Smith K. Violence and/or sexual abuse relate to severe overweight status in Michigan adults. Food & Nutrition Conference & Exhibition 2007, American Dietetic Association, Philadelphia, PA, 2007. (Abstract accepted). Stone E, Greene GW, Sebelia L. Acceptability of a culturally tailored nutrition and physical activity program for Latinas. SBM, March 2007 Tsuei E, Hoerr SL, Lin Y, Nicklas TA, Franklin F. Diet quality of multiethnic mothers with limited incomes in the southern U.S. International society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Oslo, Norway, 2007.