Internet is being used increasingly as a resource for accessing healthrelated information because of its several advantages. Therefore, Internet tailoring becomes quite preferable in health education and personal health management recently. Today, there are many web based health programs designed for individuals. Among these studies nutrition and weight management is popular because, obesity ha...

High plasma homocysteine (hcy) concentrations may be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Folic acid supplementation reduces plasma hcy, however no studies used fortified foods and nutrition education to promote a sustained diet change. The effects of nutrition education and fortified cereal consumption on plasma hcy were studied in 41 men 58 years old. Subjects randomized int...

A diet habit, which is developed in childhood, lasts for a life time. In this sense, nutrition education and early exposure to healthy menus in childhood is important. Children these days have easy access to the internet. Thus, a web-based nutrition education program for children is an effective tool for nutrition education of children. This site provides the material of the nutrition education...

We studied the nutrition information seeking behavior of primary care physicians (PCPs) and also PCPs' implementation of different strategies of nutrition guidance of patients. This was done by means of a questionnaire mailed to a nationwide random sample of 1000 PCPs in the Netherlands. The net response rate was 64%. The two most important nutrition information sources for PCPs were a dietitia...

This pilot study tested the effects of an interactive nutrition education Web site on fruit, vegetable, and fat consumption in minority adolescents genetically at risk for Type 2 diabetes. A one-group nonexperimental pretest, posttest focus group design was used. Twenty-one sixth-grade to eighth-grade junior high adolescents who were minorities volunteered to participate. Participants received ...

We studied the nutrition information seeking behavior of primary care physicians (PCPs) ancl also PCPs' im­ plementation of different strategies of nutrition guidance of pa­ tients. This was done by means of a questionnaire mailed to a nationwide random sample of 1000 PCPs in the Netherlands. The net response rate was 64%, The two most important nutrition information sources for PCPs were a die...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Nutrition is a required part of family practice residency training. Unfortunately, little is known about the quality or effectiveness of this nutrition training. This study evaluated the current status of nutrition training in family practice residency training programs. METHODS We surveyed 100 randomly selected US family practice residencies about their nutrition ed...