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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION
Volume 102, Issue 3, Pages S52-S63Publisher
AMER DIETETIC ASSOC
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90422-0
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- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [R25CA057712] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NCI NIH HHS [5R25 CA57712] Funding Source: Medline
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By altering dietary behaviors, nutrition interventions during adolescence have the potential of affecting children at that time and later in life. The majority of interventions implemented in the teen years have occurred in schools, but other intervention sites have included after-school programs, summer camps, community centers, libraries, and grocery stores. Programs with successful outcomes have tended to be behaviorally based, using theories for the developmental framework; included an environmental component; delivered an adequate number of lessons; and emphasized developmentally appropriate strategies. One planning method that can be used in the development of nutrition interventions is Intervention Mapping. The steps of Intervention Mapping include conducting a needs assessment, developing proximal program objectives, mapping appropriate strategies and methods to address the objectives, planning the program design, planning program adoption and implementation, and evaluation. The use of intervention-planning techniques, coordination of nutrition and physical education interventions, using technological advances such as CD-ROMs, incorporation of policy changes into intervention efforts, and dissemination of effective programs are all trends that will influence the future development of effective nutrition programs for adolescents.
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