Lesson 2 Flashcards
Leading cause of death in US and worldwide
Heart disease
Causes of heart disease
Diet
Physical activity
Smoking
(Many preventable, many diet-specific)
Why do people eat so much junk food?
Environment:
It’s more convenient
It’s what people like to eat
It’s heavily advertised
It’s more affordable
People don’t know which foods are healthy
Change the environment? Stimulus control
Uncouple/unlearn primed associations
Visual Cues
Placing foods you need to reduce intake, put in closed container
Nutrition Interventions: what works?
Psychosocial changes
Behavioral changes
Physical and clinical changes
Effective Interventions
-consume more vegetables
-include at least one session with a health care professional
-supported by TARGETED information
—linked with ongoing community organizations
The WHO/FAO Expert panel on Prevention of Chronic Disease found that:
People make healthier choices based on BOTH social and environmental factors
In a self-reported 2006 Pew Research Center study, what was the most common reason for eating junk food?
Convenience
Which of the following is an example of making an environmental change to improve personal dietary choices?
Washing and prepping fruits and vegetables as soon as you bring them home from the store
In it’s research on the effectiveness of dietary interventions, the WHO focused on:
Psychosocial changes
Behavioral changes
Physical and clinical changes
True or False? In an intervention that targeted both upstream and individual factors surrounding nutrition intake, eating healthier decreased mood in participants
False
