Date of Award
1988
College
College of Education
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Linda Spatig
Second Advisor
Grace Bennett
Third Advisor
Carole Vickers
Abstract
A major goal in nutrition education is to promote adequate nourishment throughout the entire populace. Frequently, teenagers are identified as a population subgroup with poor dietary habits. Adolescents tend to skip meals, snack excessively, adopt poor dietary patterns, and, in general, have chosen rather carefree attitudes toward nutrition. Medical science asserts that the benefits of proper eating habits, established early in life, have influenced the ability to: concentrate, think on a higher plane, enjoy physical well being, and maintain good health. On the contrary, improper eating habits, established early in life, serve to increase the chance of heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, low birth weight in infants, low achievement scores, and a general feeling of malaise.
Subject(s)
Teenagers -- Nutrition -- Study and teaching.
Nutrition -- Study and teaching.
Recommended Citation
Sullivan, Lucy Andrick, "A pilot study of the effects of cross-age teaching on eating habits" (1988). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 2107.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/2107
