Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

The PIs from the states present shared a summary of activities at their respective institutions. The group decided on the future leadership and committee membership and future meeting dates to maintain research productivity and collaborative work. The meeting minutes will be stored on the Healthy Campus/Community Research Consortium (HCRC) website at http://multistatehcrc.com/. The website is password protected. To request a copy of the detailed minutes email Jesse Stabile Morrell at jesse.morrell@UNH.EDU. The members present also discussed storing data sets and data dictionaries (Project Webhealth, Young Adults Eating and Active for Health (Y.E.A.H.), GetFRUVED, FRUVEDomics, Healthy Campus Environment Audit (H.C.E.A.), URI Nutrition Assessment from previous projects on the HCRC website.

The Policies and Procedure Manual was updated regarding definition of active membership to be in compliance with the NCRA guidelines. The new guidance included in the current manual strongly encourages that any new members have applicable expertise that strengthens and complements the group research.The appendix E was reviewed to ensure all those listed are active members of the group and participating in the objectives. Additionally, we received a request from Kristin Riggsbee, PhD, RDN, a graduate from University of Tennessee, to participate in our group. It was decided to request a CV and review at the November meeting.T

he Conference Grant Committee also discussed opportunities to disseminate the Healthy Campus Environmental Audit (HCEA) tools that we developed. Suggestions included partnering with Partnership for a Healthier America(PHA), Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), and the American College Health Association (ACHA).The Healthy Campus Index Committee, Behavioral Environmental Perceptions Community Committee, Environmental Assessment Community Committee, and eB4CAST Committee all provided reports with accomplishments and plan of work for next year. The accomplishments will be included in the Accomplishment Section of Appendix D.Plans were made by the Award Committee to submit to the Excellence in Multistate Research Award and the NIFA Partnership Award in 2020.The members present made plans for the renewal for the group. The Renewal Committee will plan a writing meeting in South Dakota in May. We will divide into writing teams for accomplishment of the renewal.

This project is built on an integrated set of research activities designed to form the basis of a community-based participatory research (CBPR) intervention to promote healthful eating and exercise behaviors in young adults with a goal of preventing unhealthy weight gain. The long-term project goal of NC1193 is to develop tailored, sustainable interventions that incorporate environmental supports and recommended campus/local policies to promote healthful eating-behavior of young adults and to reduce the risk of obesity and other related conditions in young adults using CBPR guided by the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. This project aims to implement a newly developed model with consideration of cross-sector collaborations and to capture sustainability of change in environments, behavior and perceptions on college campuses and in low-income communities. Additionally, there will be continued effort on environment and behavioral instrument development, refinement, validation, and translation, as well as continued exploration of mechanisms of interaction between lifestyle behaviors and environmental factors in influencing healthy behaviors and health status of young adults using previous and ongoing work.

  Short-term Outcomes: 

1. Implement a new dissemination model (eB4CAST) to benchmark community-programing efforts for effectiveness in change and sustainability.

This past year the eB4CAST tool was implemented in the GetFRUVED research project disseminating the refined curriculum targeting 18-25 year olds at higher education institutions, where this dissemination infographic tool was implemented on 75 higher education campuses 69 forecast reports (baseline) and 27 footprint reports.  Outputs include data generated into an action oriented poster, powerpoint and report that is unique to each campus to share with target populations of students, faculty/staff and administrators to continue heightening the awareness of generating the need to make healthy choices streamlined and easy in the campus setting, also peer-review publications have come from this data.

2. Continue environment and behavioral instrument development, refinement and validation of the Healthy Campus Environmental Audit.

The Behavioral Environmental Perceptions Survey is a reliable tool for assessing college students’ perceptions of their health-related behaviors and campus environment and was published this year. The Healthy Campus Environmental Audit is composed of six environmental audits that help higher education campuses determine the extent of campus environmental supports for health promotion and obesity prevention: dining halls (FRESH), convenience stores (SHELF), vending machines (VEND), recreation services (PACES), walkability/bikeability (Sneakers and Spokes), and policies (POINTS).

3. Adapt and test the environment and behavior instruments in low-income communities.

Based on the unique needs of low-income communities, our research team determined that the current BEPS was not an appropriate tool to capture behaviors and perceptions in low-income communities and that one should be developed. Therefore, focus groups with SNAP-ed and EFNEP para-professionals and interviews with stakeholders who work with low-income communities have been conducted as part of the effort to generate items for a new survey for low-income communities. In addition, the HCEA needs to be tested in low-income communities to determine whether the audits we have developed work for these communities. We may need to consider developing new audits to better measure these environments. These tools have the potential to be included in the SNAP-ed toolkit, which requires some form of evidence-based application. The addition of these tools to the SNAP-Ed toolkit would provide an effective method of dissemination to audiences who work with low-income families.

4. Develop and pilot the novel and comprehensive Healthy Community Environment Index (HCEA) on college campuses and adapt for use in low-income communities.

Tools for the HCEA have been refined and tested for measuring the campus support for physical activity and healthy food offerings. These tools are:

• PACES—an audit tool to measure physical activity of the campus environment.
• POINTS—a tool to audit for policies, opportunities, initiatives, and notable topics on workplace and university campuses to benchmark for healthfulness.
• (VEND)ing—a tool to comprehensively evaluate vended products for healthfulness.
• SHELF—a tool to audit the healthfulness of items on convenience stores.
• FRESH—a tool to evaluate the healthfulness of food and environmental supports in cafeterias and restaurants.

Work continues to develop a scoring system that will incorporate the tools and provide a Healthy Campus Index score. Future work is planned to adapt these tools to a low-income communities around the US.

5. Continue exploration of mechanisms of interaction between lifestyle behaviors and environmental factors in influencing healthy behaviors and health status of young adults using existing datasets from this groups previous and ongoing work.

Work is ongoing for this objective and will continue into the next year. Some of the outcomes to date are described below.

Using data sets from Project YEAH and the environmental audits, we have explored the healthfulness of convenience stores and college students’ dietary intentions/behaviors, and body mass index (BMI). Multilevel structural equation modeling was used to compare students’ healthful meal intentions (HMI); intake (fruits/vegetables, %kcal/fat, sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and whole-grains); and measured BMI; as well as the healthfulness of convenience stores (fruits/vegetables availability/quality, healthy food availability/affordability). Data were collected from 1401 students and 41 convenience stores across 13 US college campuses. Controlling for gender, HMI was negatively associated with SSBs (β = −0.859) and %kcal/fat (β = −1.057) and positively with whole-grains (β = 0.186) and fruits/vegetables intake (β = 0.267); %Kcal/fat was positively (β = 0.098) and fruits/vegetables intake (β = −0.055) negatively associated with BMI. Campus level fruits/vegetables availability were positively associated with HMI (β = 0.214, β = 0.129) and directly/negatively to BMI (β = −2.657, β = −1.124). HMI modifies dietary behaviors, with energy from fat and fruit/vegetable intake the most predictive of weight. Availability of fruit/vegetables in convenience stores make it easier for young adults to eat well.

 FRUVEDomics was a subproject from the GetFRUVED project with young adults attending three universities that developed a tool to measure metabolic risk of developing a chronic disease such as metabolic syndrome (MetS), diabetes or coronary vascular disease (CVD).  A convenience sample (N = 536) of college students was used to develop the metabolic “risk” score by comparing factors that previous research has indicated as associated with increased disease (MetS, diabetes, and CVD) for participants with and without MetS. This score can help improve primary prevention intervention strategies for young adults at risk of MetS.

 Outputs:

Thirty-three peer reviewed manuscripts, and 31 conference presentations/abstracts have been presented by this group on outcomes and activities for the project.

The group has developed and validated tools for measuring healthfulness of college campuses. These tools are:

• PACES - an audit tool to measure physical activity of the campus environment.
• POINTS - a tool to audit for policies, opportunities, initiatives, and notable topics on workplace and university campuses to benchmark for healthfulness.
• (VEND)ing - a tool to comprehensively evaluate vended products for healthfulness.
• SHELF - a tool to audit the healthfulness of items on convenience stores.
• FRESH - a tool to evaluate the healthfulness of food and environmental supports in cafeterias and restaurants.

The group has developed a tool (eB4CAST) that can be used to assess the impact of community nutrition programming. This tool provides the framework for community nutrition educators to evaluate the outcome from the programing and summarize to inform the community stakeholders.

GetFRUVED, social marketing project to prevent excessive weight gain in college and high school students has developed a data set of health behaviors in college and high school students.

A  curriculum for completing healthy campus dining tours was developed and tested. Completion of the curriculum change college student’s perception of healthful eating. 

Data sets with instructions from previous work will be stored on a password protected website for use by the group. The following data sets have been developed from previous and current work:

• HCEA - data from healthy campus environmental audit tools development.
• Webhealth - a web-based intervention to prevent excessive weight gain in young adults
• YEAH (Young adults Eating and Active for Health)—a tailored web-based tool developed for prevention of excessive weight gain in young adults.
• GetFruved - a database of college and high school students with health related variables.
• Fruvedomic - a database of health related behaviors and physiological measures of healthfulness
• CHANAS (College Health and Nutrition Assessment Survey) - a database of approximately 10,000 students from the University of New Hampshire that includes dietary intake and reported health behaviors as well as measured anthropometric, biochemical, and clinical outcomes

 Activities:

• eB4CAST
  • Dissemination & implementation (D&I) model eB4CAST to capture local community data in indirect and direct measures
  • D&I model eB4CAST to monitor environmental change and community/individual perception of change through refinement and pointed reporting to community stakeholders
• Health Campus Environmental Audit and Health Community Index
  • Develop a scoring system for Health Community Index
  • Assess Healthy Community Index scoring from targeted campus administrators and community stakeholders
  • Develop web-based dissemination platform for Healthy Community Index
  • Finalize Health Community Index to provide overall rating with feedback for improvements
  • Investigate feasibility of dissemination of Healthy Community Index using dissemination model
  • Test the feasibility of the Health Campus Environmental Audit in low-income communities
• Behavioral Environmental Perception Survey
  • Administer final Behavioral Environmental Perceptions Survey in 2400 diverse college students (n=200/state)
  • Revise and validate Environmental Audit for low-income communities
  • Test prototype of Behavioral Environmental Perceptions Survey in Low-Income communities
• Other outputs
  • Write manuscripts
  • Analyze existing datasets to explore mechanisms of interaction between weight-related health cognitive, behavioral and environmental factors influencing weight.

Milestones: 

To develop a test prototype of BEPS for low-income communities, the focus groups from nutrition assistants, stakeholders, and community members must be completed by October 2020.

To revise and validate the environmental audits for low-income communities, the initial environmental audits need to be completed by October 2020.

2019 Manuscripts

1. Christianson J, Kattelmann K, Riggsbee K, Moret L, Vilaro M, Olfert M, Mathews AEW, Barr M, Colby S. Promoting wellness on college campuses: identifying and addressing the wellness needs of college students. Topics in Clinical Nutrition. 2019; 34(2):125-137. doi: 10.1097/TIN.0000000000000184.
2. Ford AD, Colby SE, McElrone M, Franzen-Castle L, Oldert MD, Kattelmann KK, White AA. Cooking frequency associated with dietary quality in iCook-4H participants at baseline. Nutr. & Metabolic Insights 2019;12:1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/1178638819836790.
3. Hanson AJ, Kattelmann KK, McCormack LA, Zhou W, Brown ON, Horacek TM, Shelnutt KP, Kidd T, Opoku-Acheampong A, Franzen-Castle LD, Olfert MD, Colby SE. Cooking and meal planning as predictors of fruit and vegetable intake and BMI in first-year college students. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2019;16:2462. doi:10.3390/ijerph16142462.
4. Kolady DE, Kattelmann K, Scaria  J. Effects of health-related claims on millennials’ willingness to pay for probiotics in the U.S.: Implications for regulation. J. Functional Foods 2019; 60: DOI: 10.1016/j.fff2019.103434.
5. Franzen-Castle L, Colby S, Kattelmann KK, Olfert MD, Mathews DR, Yerxa K, Baker B, Krehbiel M, Lehrke T, Wilson K, Flanagan SM, Ford A, Aguirre T, White AA. Development and of the iCookl 4-H curriculum for youth and adults: cooking, eating, and playing together for childhood obesity prevention.  J Nutr Educ Behav. 2019;51:S60-S68.
6. Olfert MD, Hagedorn RL, Barr ML, Colby SE, Kattelmann KK, Franzen-Castle L, White AA. Dissemination using infographic reports depicting program impact of a community-based research program: eB4CAST in iCook 4-H. J. Nutr. Educ. Behav. 2019;51:s52-s59. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2018.10.013.
7. Olfert MD, King SJ, Hagedorn FL, Barr M, Baker BA, Colby SE, Kattelmann KK, Franzen-Castle L, White AA. Ripple effect mapping outcomes of a childhood obesity prevention program from youth and adult dyads using a qualitative approach: iCook 4-H. J. Nutr. Educ. Behav. 2019;51:S41-S51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2018.08.002.
8. Kattelmann KK, Meendering JR, Hofer EJ, Merfeld CM, Olfert MD, Hagedorn RL, Colby SE, Franzen-Castle L, Moyer J, Mathews DR, White AA. The iCook 4-H Study: Report on physical activity and sedentary time in youth participating in a multicomponent program promoting family cooking, eating, and playing together. J Nutr Ed Behav. 2019;51:s30-s40.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2018.09.002.
9. White AA, Cobly SE, Franzen-Castle L, Kattelmann KK, Olfert MD, Gould TA, Hagedorn RL, Mathews DR, Moyer J, Wilson K, Yerxa K. The iCook 4-H study: an intervention and dissemination test of a youth/adult out-of-school program. J. Nutr. Educ. Behav. 2019;51:s2-s20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2018.09.002
10. Colby S, Moret L, Olfert MD, Kattelmann K, Franzen-Castle L, Riggsbee K, Payne M, Ellington A, Springer C, Allison C, Wiggins S, Butler R, Mathews D, White AA. Incorporating Technology Into the iCook 4-H Program, a Cooking Intervention for Adults and Children: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Pediatr Parent 2019;2(2):e11235. URL: https://pediatrics.jmir.org/2019/2/e11235. DOI: 10.2196/11235.
11. Staub D, Colby SE, Olfert MD, Kattelmann K, Zhou W, Horacek TM, Greene GW, Radosavljevic I, Franzen-Castle L, Mathews AE. A multi-year examination of gardening experience and fruit and vegetable intake during college. Nutrients. 2019;11(9): 2088.  https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11092088.
12. Haskell JE, Baker BA, Olfert MD, Colby SE, Franzen-Castle L, Kattelmann KK, White AA. Using the Ripple Effects Maps to identify story threads.: a framework to link private to public value. J Human Science Extension. 2019;7:1-23.
13. Riggsbee, K., Riggsbee, J., Vilaro, M., Moret, L., Spence, M., Steeves, E., Zhou, W., Olfert, M., Franzen-Castle, L., Horacek, T., Hall, E., Colby, S. More than Fast Food: Development of a Story Map to Compare Adolescent Perceptions and Observations of Their Food Environments and Related Food Behaviors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019;16(1):76.
14. Horacek TM, Dede Yildirim E, Seidman D, Byrd-Bredbenner C, Colby S, White A, Shelnutt K, Olfert MD, Mathews AE, Riggsbee K, Franzen-Castle, Morrell JS, Kattelmann K. Redesign and Validation of the Physical Activity for Campuses Environmental Supports (PACES) Audit. J EnvPublic Health ,  2019, Article ID 5819752, 13 pages, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/5819752.
15. Horacek TM, Simon M, Dede Yildirim E, Byrd-Bredbenner C, Colby S, White A, Shelnutt K, Olfert MD, Mathews AE, Riggsbee K, Franzen-Castle, Morrell JS. College Campuses lack Policy Support for Health Promotion. Design and Validation of Policies Opportunities, Interventions and Notable Topics (POINTS) Audit. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(5),778.  https://doi:10.3390/ijerph16050778
16. Horacek TM, Dede Yildirim E, Matthews MA, Byrd-Bredbenner C, Colby S, White A, Shelnutt K, Olfert MD, Mathews AE, Riggsbee K, Franzen-Castle, Morrell JS. Development and Validation of the Healthfulness of Vending Evaluation for Nutrient-Density (VEND)ing Audit. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(3), 514; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030514
17. Horacek TM, Dede Yildirim E, Kelly E, White AA, Shelnutt KP, Riggsbee K, Olfert MD, Morrell JS, Mathews AE, Mosby TT, Kidd T, Kattelmann K, Greene G, Franzen-Castle L, Colby S, Byrd-Bredbenner C, Brown O.  Development and Validation of a Simple Convenience Store SHELF Audit. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15(12), 2676; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122676
18. Horacek TM, Dede Yildirim E, Kattelmann K, Byrd-Bredbenner C, Brown O, Colby S, Greene G, Hoerr S, Kidd T, Koenings MM, Morrell J, Olfert MD, Shelnutt K, White A, Phillips B. Multilevel Structure Equation Model of Students’ Dietary Intentions/Behaviors, BMI and the Healthfulness of Convenience Stores. Nutrients 2018, 10(11), 1569; https://doi.osrg/10.3390/nu10111569
19. Horacek TM, Yildirim ED, Simon MB, Byrd-Bredbenner C, White AA, Shelnutt KP, Olfert MD, Morrell J, Mathews A, Kidd T,  Kattelmann K , Franzen-Castle L,  Colby S,  Brown O.  Development and Validation of the Full Restaurant Evaluation Supporting a Healthy (FRESH) Dining Environment Audit.  J Hunger Environ Nutr.  2018 DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2018.1434103
20. El Zein A, Shelnutt KP, Colby S, Vilaro MJ, Zhou W, Greene G, Olfert MD, Riggsbee K, Morrell JS, Mathews AE. (2019) Prevalence and correlates of food insecurity among U.S. college students: a multi-institutional study. BMC Public Health.19(1):660. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6943-6. PubMed PMID: 31142305; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6542079.
21. McNamara J, Olfert MD, Sowers M, Colby S, White A, Byrd-Bredbenner C, Kattelmann K, Franzen-Castle LD, Brown O,Kidd T, Shelnutt KP, Horacek T, Greene GW. Development of an instrument measuring perceived environmental healthfulness: Behavior Environment Perception Survey (BEPS). J Nutr Educ Behav 2019 pii: S1499-4046(19)31010-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2019.09.003. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:31648882.
22. Xu F, Cohen SC, Lofgren IE, Greene GW, Delmonico MJ, Greaney M. Relationship between diet quality, physical activity and health-related quality of life in older adults: Findings from 2007-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. J Nutr Health Aging. 2018;22(9)1072-1079.
23. Olfert MD, Barr ML, Charlier CC, Greene GW, Zhou W, Colby SE. Sex differences in lifestyle behaviors among U.S. college freshmen. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019;16:482; doi:10.3390/ijerph16030482.
24. Clark PG, Greene GW, Blissmer BJ, Lees FD, Riebe DA, Stamm KE.  Trajectories of maintenance and resilience in healthful eating and exercise behaviors in older adults.  J Aging Health 2019, 31(5):861-882. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264317746264
25. Nobles J, McNamara J, Tovar A, Marchand S, Xu F, Greene G . The effect of a family-based dietary intervention on dietary fiber density in children. Topics Clin Nutr. 2019, 34(2);90-99.
26. Beatty J, Melanson K. Examining changes in respiratory exchange ratio within an 8-week weight loss intervention. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2019 May 7. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12664.
27. Clark RL, Famodu OA, Barr ML, Hagedorn RL, Ruseski J, White JA, Warner C, Morrell A, Murray PJ, Olfert IM, McFadden JW, Downes MT, Colby SE, Olfert MD. Monetary Cost of the MyPlate Diet in Young Adults: Higher Expenses Associated with Increased Fruits and Vegetables Consumption. J Nutr & Metab Volume 2019, Article ID 2790963, 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2790963
28. Clark RL, Famodu OA, Holásková I, Infante AM, Murray PJ, Olfert IM, McFadden JW, Downes MT, Chantler PD, Duespohl MW, Cuff CF, Olfert MD. Educational Intervention Alters Diet Composition and Gut Microbiome in Young Adults with Metabolic Syndrome Components. Nutrition Research 2019; 62, 89-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2018.11.010
29. Olfert MD, Barr ML, Charlier CM, Green G, Colby SE. Sex Differences in Lifestyle Behaviors among U.S. College Freshman. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019, 16, 482. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030482
30. Riggsbee KA, Riggsbee J, Vilaro MJ, Moret L, Spence M, Steeves EA, Zhou W, Olfert MD, Franzen-Castle L, Horacek T, Hall E, Colby SE.  More than Fast Food: Development of a Story Map to Compare Adolescent Perceptions and Observations of their Food Environments and Related Food Behaviors. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019, 16(1),76. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16010076
31. Casteneda G, Colby SE, Olfert MD, Barnett TE, Wenjun Z, Leite WL, Horacek TM, Staub D, Mathews AE.  Examining the Longitudinal Effect of Weight Conscious Drinking Dimensions by Sex on Body Mass Index among a College Freshman. Cohort. Jrnl Amer College Hlth 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2019.1642204
32. Olfert MD, Clark RL, Famodu OA, Murray PJ, Olfert IM, Downes MT, McFadden JW, Cuff CF, Colby SE, Morrell JS. Development of an At-Risk for Metabolic Syndrome Score. Topics in Clin Nutr 2019.
33. Badger J, Quatromoni P, Morrell JS. Relationship between Stress and Healthy Behaviors of College Students.  Health Behav Policy Review 2019, 6(1) 43-55. doi:10.14485/HBPR.6.1.4.

Conference Presentations and abstracts

1. Kidd T, Lindshield E, Kattelmann K, Zies K, Muturi N. Adolescent obesity prevention project yields policy, system, and environmental changes in middle schools. J. Nutr. Educ. Behav. 2019;51:S10.
2. Pappadackis P, Kattelmann K, Weidauer L, McCormack L, Colby S. The effects of a campus dining tour intervention on first year students perception of healthfulness of environment. J. Nutr. Educ. Behav. 2019;51:S87.
3. Allison C, Opoku-Acheampong A, Kidd T, Kattelmann K, Olfert M, Zhou W, Colby S. Agreement of self-reported and objectively measured BMI in the adolescent population. J. Nutr. Educ. Behav. 2019;51:S35.
4. McElrone M, Colby S, Kavanagh K, Spence M, Fouts K, Franzen-Castle L, Olfert M, Kattelmann K, White A. Cultural adaption of a cooking curriculum for Burundian and Congolese refugee families. J. Nutr. Educ. Behav. 2019;51:S7.
5. Colby S, Olfert MD, Mathews A, Kattelmann K, Kidd T, Brown O, White A, Horacek T, Shelnutt K, Byrd-Bredbenner C, Greene G, Franzen-Castle L, Morrell J, Zhou W. Fruving the world: a social marketing and environmental change intervention. J. Nutr. Educ. Behav. 2019;51:S10
6. Alvarez D, Zien AE, Vilaro M, Colby S, Shelnutt K, Zhou W, Olfert M, Horacek T, Greene G, Byrd-Bredbenner C, Morrell J, White A, Kidd T, Brown O, Kattelmann K, Mathews A. Food insecure students identify price as the most important determinant of their food choices. J. Nutr. Educ. Behav. 2019;51:S94.
7. Bedoyan, J., McNamara, J., Olfert, M.D., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., and Greene, G. (2019) Role of Critical Nutrition Literacy in Making Informed Decisions about Dietary Behavior. 3:S1, OR08-07-19: Presented at the American Society of Nutrition, Baltimore, MD, June.
8. Croteau V, Morrell JS. Prevalence of Binge Drinking Episodes Among Male and Female College Students. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2019 3(1), 1548.
9. McDermott C, Morrell JS. Perceived Weight Status Among College Students and Its Relationship with Life Satisfaction. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2019 3(1), 1505.
10. Porter C, Karazurna N, Morrell JS, Bigornia S. Does Perceived Stress Differ According to n-3 Fatty Acid Consumption in Undergraduate Students? Current Developments in Nutrition. 2019 3(1), 1586.
11. Karazurna N, Porter C, Morrell JS, Bigornia S. Associations of n-3 Fatty Acids and Fish Consumption with the Metabolic Syndrome in College Students. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2019 3(1), 1563.
12. DiNatale J, Morrell JS. Eating Competence of Nutrition and Other Academic Majors Enrolled in an Undergraduate Introductory Nutrition Course. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2019 3(1), 1400.
13. Schroeder J, Morrell JS. Dining Hall Usage and Eating Competence in College Students. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2019 3(1), 1419.
14. Olfert, M., Barr, M., Hagedorn, R., Clegg, E., Wattick, R., Colby, S., Zhou, W., Mathews, A., Kattelmann, K., Kidd, T., Brown, O., Franzen-Castle, L., White, A., Greene, G., Shelnutt, K., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Horacek, T., Mosby, T., Stabile-Morrell, J. A Novel Dissemination Tool Forecast and Footprint Report in a Randomized Control Trial: eB4CAST in Get Fruved. International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Prague, Czech Republic. June, 2019. (Poster Presentation).
15. Cullen O, Peck M, Horacek T. Assessing Food Insecurity Rates and Effects on a Sample of Students at Syracuse University. FNCE October 2019 Philadelphia PA. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Volume 119, Issue 9, A76
16. Brown K, Clark B, Brubaker H, Brown L, Carroll B, Gardner E, Hill A, Mihalko S, Obojkovits K, Peck M, Horacek T. Process Evaluation of the Healthy Campus Environmental Audits. FNCE October 2019 Philadelphia P. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Volume 119, Issue 9, A45
17. Cullen O, Peck M, Horacek T. Assessing Food Insecurity Rates and Effects on a Sample of Students at Syracuse University. NY State Dietetic Association April 2019 Syracuse, NY.
18. Peck M, Cullen O, Horacek T. Assessing Body Satisfaction in Undergraduate Students. NY State Dietetic Association April 2019 Syracuse, NY
19. Brown K, Clark B, Brubaker H, Brown L, Carroll B, Gardner E, Hill A, Mihalko S, Obojkovits K, Peck M, Horacek T. Process Evaluation of the Healthy Campus Environmental Audits. NY State Dietetic Association April 2019 Syracuse, NY
20. Riggsbee K, Riggsbee  J,  Vilaro M, Spence M, Anderson Steeves, E,  Zhou, W,  Olfert M, Franzen-Castle L,  Horacek T, Colby S. Utilizing Story-Mapping to Better Understand and Explore Adolescent Food Environments. American Public Health Association November 2018 https://apha.confex.com/apha/2018/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/415477
21. Beatty J, Greene G, Melanson K. A Wearable Device Provides an Alternate Measurement of Free-Living Eating Rate. J Nutr and Diet. 2018,1:107.
22. Beatty JA, Greene GW, Blissmer B, Delmonico M, Melanson KJ. Effects of a novel bites, steps, and eating rate-focused weight loss randomized controlled trial intervention on body weight and eating behaviors. Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics 2019; https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12704.
23. El Zein A, Shelnutt K, Colby S, Vilaro M, Greene G, Zhou W, Stabile Morrell J, Olfert MD, Riggsbee K, Mathews A. Becoming Food Insecurity Affects Grade Point Average in College Students. Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo Annual Mtg, Washington DC, October 2018. J Acad Nutr & Dietetics, 2018, 118(10) A90. DOI link
24. Morgiera C, Balestracci K, Amin S, Raymond J, Greene G. Evaluation of a Policy, System and Environmental School –based Fruit and Vegetable Intervention (P04-166-19). Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 3, Issue Supplement_1, June 2019, nzz051.P04-166-19, https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz051.P04-166-19
25. Bedoyan J, McNamara J, Olfert M, Byrd-Bredbenner C, Greene G. Role of Critical Nutrition Literacy in Making Informed Decisions about Dietary Behavior (OR08-07-19). Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 3, Issue Supplement_1, June 2019, nzz050.OR08-07-19, https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz050.OR08-07-19
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