Journal Club 4: mHealth Improved Fruit and Vegetable Accessibility and Intake in Young Children

About the Webinar

This presentation will describe the methods and results from the Jump2Health Study, that included a mobile website, Facebook posts, and text messages related to information to help parents increase the accessibility of fruits and vegetables by offering them more to their children. The dietary, outcome, and process measures included electronic food photos of children’s meals and snacks, 10-question pictorial behavioral survey related to vegetable consumption (Focus on Veggies), reflectance spectroscopy via Veggie Meter to measure skin carotenoid levels, body mass index percentiles, and a Mobile Learning Survey.

About the Presenter

Ashlee Bakirci-Taylor, PhD, RDN, Tree of Evolution

Dr. Ashlee Bakırcı-Taylor is the Director of Science Outreach at the Tree of Evolution. She obtained her doctoral degree from Texas Tech University in Nutritional Sciences.

Education Benefits

Participants of this webinar will receive 1 CEU for live attendance. The webinar provides information on the following:

SNEB Nutrition Educator Competencies

Nutrition Education and Research Methods

Nutrition Education Program Design Implementation and Evaluation

Written Oral and Social Media Communication

CDR Performance Indicators

4.1.5, 12.3.1, 12.3.7

CDR Learning Need Codes

3030, 6010, 5370