Publications by authors named "Jamie Zeldman"
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- PSE change strategies support healthy eating by improving community access to nutritious foods, complementing individual-level nutrition education.
- The review found 48 studies on these strategies for children under 5, with most focusing on access in educational settings.
- However, only a fraction of studies assessed children's attitudes and behaviors, and only 60% of evaluation tools were validated for reliability.
Introduction: Home visitation programs that reach families of young children offer a unique opportunity for large-scale early childhood obesity prevention efforts. The objective of this qualitative research was to determine stakeholder attitudes, subjective norms, perceived ease of use and usefulness, behavioral control, and behavioral intentions towards utilizing technology in a home visitation program targeting early childhood obesity prevention.
Methods: Staff from the Florida Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (n = 27) were interviewed individually by a trained research assistant using a semi-structured script based on constructs from the Technology Acceptance Model and Theory of Planned Behavior.
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- The study explored barriers to food security for low-income families with young children in Florida, focusing on various community stakeholders' perspectives.
- Stakeholders, including healthcare professionals and educators, highlighted issues like stigma, time constraints, food access limitations, and transportation problems as major obstacles.
- The impacts of COVID-19 introduced additional challenges such as fear of virus exposure and decreased engagement in virtual programs, indicating a need for coordinated policy and system changes to improve food security.
Responsive feeding is associated with a reduced risk of childhood obesity. The objective of this qualitative study was to determine parental preferences for mobile health (mHealth) app content and features designed to improve responsive feeding practices. Parents of 0-2-year-old children were interviewed individually.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOral nutrition supplements (ONS) are widely recommended for the management of unintentional weight loss in patient populations, long-term care residents, and community-dwelling older adults. Most marketed ONS are ultra-processed, with precision nutrition and aseptic composition, as well as convenience and availability, driving their selection. However, therapeutic effectiveness is mixed and the potential health risks of consuming ultra-processed ONS long-term in lieu of less-processed foods have received little attention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChildren living in food-insecure households have poorer overall health than children in food-secure households. While U.S.
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