Welcome!
Happy summer! The markets are full of delicious produce and our TC community garden is blooming. We've been hard at work on evaluation projects with Wellness in the Schools, FoodCorps and Edible Schoolyard NYC. As Child Nutrition Reauthorization heats up, we are working closely with NYC4CNR to spread the word about our policy platform. In other news, we just moved into our new office in Russell Hall Room 19 at Teachers College. Come visit us in our new space!
Sincerely, Pam Koch
Executive Director
Congratulations to our Doctoral graduates Marissa Burgermaster and Kate Gardner.
Research Spotlight
Entertainment combined with behavior change strategies help kids be healthy
Our new study published in Simulation & Gaming depicts the creation of Creature 101, an online video game for middle school students. The game motivates youth to eat healthy and be active through integrating the best entertainment strategies with the best behavior change strategies. Creature 101 engages and entertains players to acquire motivation, knowledge, skills and personal agency to make healthy choices. Check out the game at Creature101.com.
Policy Corner
Thanks for joining the Child Nutrition Day of Action. There is still time to make a difference.
On June 23rd, many organizations signed onto the NYC4CNR policy platform for a strong Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) Act. Even more individuals wrote to their Members of Congress urging them to pass a CNR Act that supports healthy kids. There is still time to sign-on to the priorities and write to your representative. 1.2 million NYC kids are counting on us!
Children's Nutrition Education in Federal Programs
What do you picture when you think about nutrition education for children? Our new 2-pager shows how nutrition education is dynamic, experiential, and fun for kids. Federal child nutrition programs can combine access to healthy meals with programming that lets kids cook, taste, and grow food, setting them up for a lifetime of enjoyable healthy eating.
Featured Resource
Teachers: planning your lessons for the fall? Check out our LiFE Curriculum
The Linking Food and the Environment Curriculum series teaches inquiry-based science centered around driving questions about personal health and food, food systems and the environment.
Recent News
10 Reasons Congress Should Stop Playing Politics with Science and Our Health
Congress is attempting to allow food industry interests to trump the health of people and the planet through the back door approach of the budget process. Assistant Executive Director Claire Uno and Tisch Scholar Ali Hard explain the harmful consequences of the FY2016 agriculture appropriations bill if passed, and how you can get involved.
Weinig Foundation Supports Nutrition Education Exchange
Thanks to a generous gift from TC Alum Mary Jo Weinig, over the past year we facilitated exchanges between students from Long Island and New York City through the Read a Recipe for Literacy Program. Exchanges included farm visits, gardening, and cooking and sharing delicious seasonal meals.
Looking forward to the Society of Nutrition Education & Behavior Conference
The Society of Nutrition Education & Behavior (SNEB) conference is just around the corner in Pittsburgh July 25-28. Swing by our talks and poster sessions.
Drs. Koch and Contento travelled the world to present research
Executive Director Pam Koch visited Malaysia where she attended the Cost Effectiveness Symposium at the Institute for Health Management in Kuala Lumpur. Below, Pam relates her expertise on implementation and evaluation of obesity interventions.
Faculty Director Isobel Contento attended the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland in June. Below, she presents research on how the built environment effects physical activity to a colleague.
Student Spotlights
Recent graduate Dr. Marissa Burgermaster has begun her new position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons.
Recent graduate Dr. Kate Gardner Burt will begin as an Assistant Professor in the nutrition program at Lehman College in the Fall.
Doctoral student Matthew Graziose wrote a blog post for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs where he argued for the role of nutrition education in a diversified response to global nutrition problems.
Doctoral student Rachel Paul relates her college nutrition expertise in her two pieces for the Huffington Post: Young Adult's Guide to Meal Prep and Don't Let Your Dorm Room Be a Food Trap.
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