Grocery Store Tours are an Effective Way to Provide Nutrition Education to Low Income Minority Populations

Ruth Williams Hooker, Christina Ralston and Rasha Abounassif
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Ruth Williams Hooker: Associate Professor and Director, Clinical Nutrition Masters/Dietetic Internship, School of Health Studies, University of Memphis, USA
Christina Ralston: Associate Professor and Director, Clinical Nutrition Masters/Dietetic Internship, School of Health Studies, University of Memphis, USA
Rasha Abounassif: Associate Professor and Director, Clinical Nutrition Masters/Dietetic Internship, School of Health Studies, University of Memphis, USA

Current Research in Diabetes & Obesity Journal, 2017, vol. 4, issue 1, 15-19

Abstract: Objectives: The objective of this study was to provide nutrition education via grocery store tours to improve the nutrition knowledge of the participants and to foster positive behavioral changes to decrease the incidence of obesity and its’ related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension in the Memphis community. According to the Health Belief Model, providing “cue to action†in the form of nutrition education will bring about positive behavior change.

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/CRDOJ.2017.04.555629

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