The effects of restaurant nutrition menu labelling on college students’ healthy eating behaviours

AbstractObjectiveAccording to the US Affordable Care Act, restaurant chains are required to provide energy (calorie) and other nutrition information on their menu. The current study examined the impact of menu labelling containing calorie information and recommended daily calorie intake, along with subjective nutrition knowledge, on intention to select lower-calorie foods prior to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.DesignFull factorial experimental design with participants exposed to four variants of a sample menu in a 2 (presence v. absence of calorie information) ×2 (presence v. absence of recommended daily calorie intake).SettingLarge, public university in the Southwest USA.SubjectsPrimarily undergraduate college students.ResultsMajority of participants were 19–23 years of age (mean 21·8 (sd 3·6) years). Menu information about calorie content and respondents’ subjective nutrition knowledge had a significantly positive impact on students’ intention to select lower-calorie foods (β=0·24, P<0·001 and β=0·33, P<0·001, respectively); however, recommended daily calorie intake information on the menu board did not influence students’ intention to select lower-calorie foods (β=0·10, P=0·105). Gender played a significant role on purchase intent for lower-calorie menu items, with females more affected by the calorie information than males (β=0·37, P<0·001).ConclusionsFindings support the role menu labelling can play in encouraging a healthier lifestyle for college students. College students who are Generation Y desire healthier menu options and accept nutritional labels on restaurant menus as a way to easily and expediently obtain nutrition information.

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The Affordable Care Act (2010) and its perceived impact on assisted fertility care access: Pilot data from a national sample of women’s health practitioners in USA

International Journal of Healthcare ◽

10.5430/ijh.v3n1p63 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 63

Author(s):

Denis A Vaughan ◽

Irene Dimitriadis ◽

Eric Scott Sills ◽

Kelly Pagidis

Keyword(s):

Affordable Care Act ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

National Sample ◽

Care Access ◽

Patient Protection ◽

Political Preferences ◽

Health Practitioners ◽

Perceived Impact ◽

The Impact

Objective: The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA), or “Obamacare”, represents the most substantial reform of the U.S. healthcare system since the 1965 creation of Medicare and Medicaid. This investigation sought to ascertain knowledge and opinion among physicians providing women’s healthcare services about how this national health program will impact access to fertility treatments.Methods: Between May-July 2014, doctor’s perceptions of ACA were registered by anonymous questionnaire submitted to program directors and house staff at 50 accredited obstetrics & gynecology training centers in USA. Self-reported political preferences were also tabulated for each respondent.Results: Overall, 53.3% of participants (n = 114) claimed familiarity with ACA although this varied significantly by seniority (68.8% of faculty vs. 40% of trainees; p = .003). Among respondents 54.9% identified as liberal, 23% as moderate, and 19.5% as conservative. Most physicians in this sample (51.8%) anticipated a positive impact on assisted fertility care from ACA, 17.9% predicted an adverse effect, and just under one third (30.3%) either had no opinion or were unable to make a prediction.Conclusions: This study offers the first analysis of women’s healthcare physicians’ opinion about the impact of ACA on assisted fertility services. Our report finds low general familiarity of ACA among doctors. Moreover, marked divisions of opinion exist among physicians concerning the ACA in general, as well as what role the ACA should play in the provision of assisted fertility care specifically. If U.S. physicians are to provide leadership on women’s healthcare policy initiatives with a view to reach consensus (especially with respect to assisted fertility services), improved awareness of the ACA and its sequela will be crucial.

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Dictogloss as a Technique to Raise EFL College Students’ Knowledge of Grammar, Writing and the Comprehension of Meaning

International Journal of English Linguistics ◽

10.5539/ijel.v9n1p293 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 293

Author(s):

Liqaa Habeb Al-Obaydi ◽

Fatima Raheem Al-Mosawi

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

English Language ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Language Teaching ◽

English Language Teaching ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Measurement Tools ◽

Efl College Students ◽

The Impact

Dictogloss is a classroom activity where all the four skills work together. The present study is an experimental one where a group of twelve students was taught by the researchers. The researchers train students to use dictogloss technique for twelve lectures. In each lecture, they used a new authentic text with a new focus on a specific role of grammar. The study aims at; finding out the impact of using dictogloss technique on Iraqi EFL college students’ knowledge of grammar, determining the impact of using dictogloss technique on Iraqi EFL college students’ improvement of writing, determining if there is any impact of using dictogloss technique on EFL college student’s comprehension of meaning and determining students’ attitudes toward using dictogloss in English language teaching. Four measurement tools were used in this study; an achievement test, a reflection sheet used at the end of each lecture, a questionnaire, and in addition to the teacher’s daily observation. Final results of the study clarify that there is a positive impact of dictogloss technique on the three variables in addition to the positive attitudes of students towards using dictogloss in English language teaching. So, the hypotheses of the study are rejected.

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Are business students more financially literate? Evidence of differences in financial literacy amongst Portuguese college students

Young Consumers Insight and Ideas for Responsible Marketers ◽

10.1108/yc-12-2020-1264 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Paulo Duarte ◽

Susana Silva ◽

Wilian Ramalho Feitosa ◽

Rui Sebastião

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

College Students ◽

Financial Literacy ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Business Students ◽

Financial Education ◽

Educational Interventions ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Content Type ◽

The Impact

Purpose Considering the importance of financial literacy (FL) in people’s lives the goal of this study aims to assess the level of FL of young Portuguese students, addressing the impact of the level of education on the FL of college students. Design/methodology/approach Data from a non-probabilistic sample of 185 students attending higher education bachelor’s and master’s degrees courses in Economics, Management and Marketing was collected between February 25 and March 23, 2019, using an online questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were computed using IBM SPSS 25 to analyze the data. Findings The findings show that the level of the degree (bachelor’s or master’s degree) and the academic background of the individual’s parents have a positive impact on FL. Moreover, among individuals with a high level of FL, gender and professional situation are additional predictors. Furthermore, the authors observed that the level of FL of Portuguese students attending higher education is overall low, especially in terms of their knowledge of the main financial concepts, which may call for public policies to be implemented so that to reduce this vulnerability. Research limitations/implications Among limitations is the limited sample collected, restricted to a particular target, Portuguese students attending business-related courses such as Economics, Management and Marketing, either studying for a master’s or bachelor’s degree. This issue restricts the generalization of the overall findings to other students studying different fields. Future studies can collect a random and representative sample. Practical implications This study test can be replicated to generate a diagnosis in any region or country, identifying how financially literate the region under analysis is. Also, this can be done to verify the evolution of FL after educational interventions. Social implications FL is an important competence. In fact, youngsters in the whole world have been suffering from a lack of financial knowledge (FK), and some characteristics of them can push them into indebtedness, and, even bankruptcy, such as a higher level of status consumption, the tendency to have an attitude of self-appraisal, to be self-centered, to seek instant gratification. This study helps to lead to a better understanding of this phenomenon. Originality/value Addressing college students attending different levels is an add-on to the existing body of literature. This paper contributes to study differences in FL between college and master students, enlightening and evaluating the role of scholarship maturity on financial education. Furthermore, some of the findings challenge the extant knowledge regarding the influence of professional experience, gender and age on the level of FK that students have. Finally, the current approach is innovative as it addresses FK, FL and numeracy in the same study.

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Willingness to pay for climate change mitigation: college students’ perceptions in Tennessee and Kentucky

Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal ◽

10.14738/assrj.79.9079 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (9) ◽

pp. 731-740

Author(s):

Rachna Tewari

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

College Students ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Willingness To Pay ◽

Climate Change Mitigation ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Survey Tool ◽

Agricultural Schools ◽

The Impact ◽

Change Mitigation

Climate change and its impact on agriculture and rural communities has been a much-discussed topic among scientists, academics, and the general public. Existing studies have revealed a disconnect between agricultural stakeholders and the wider climatological community in the U.S., which impacts the process of making informed decisions in response to climate related issues in agriculture. This study evaluates college students’ perspectives about global warming and climate change in two agricultural schools located in western Tennessee and western Kentucky, respectively. Data was collected using a Likert scale survey tool and questions ranged from awareness of specific climate change terms, mitigation efforts, and the level of concern for such efforts. Ultimately, this study analyzed differences in students’ perception of willingness to pay for climate change mitigation efforts as affected by demographics, concern about the impact of climate change on agriculture, and existing knowledge about climate change. Among other variables, the need for more information about climate change had a significantly positive impact on the willingness to make a financial contribution to climate change mitigation efforts. This study will potentially enhance existing literature on the future workforces’ perceptions for climate change mitigation efforts, which will in turn provide insights for policy recommendations.

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Nutrition Education in Portuguese Medical Students: Impact on the Attitudes and Knowledge

Acta Médica Portuguesa ◽

10.20344/amp.11817 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 246

Author(s):

Inês Barreiros Mota ◽

Inês Castelo ◽

Juliana Morais ◽

Miguel Anjos ◽

João Pedro Costa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Nutrition Education ◽

Eating Habits ◽

Positive Impact ◽

First Year ◽

Nutritional Knowledge ◽

Eating Behaviours ◽

Dietary Counselling ◽

Future Clinical Practice ◽

The Impact

Introduction: Nutrition has been underrepresented in the curriculum of many medical schools and therefore physicians do not feel adequately prepared to provide dietary counselling. The aim of the present study is to determine the impact of a Nutrition and Metabolism curricular unit on nutrition attitudes, knowledge and confidence on future clinical practice of medical students.Material and Methods: All the students enrolled in the curricular unit (2017/2018) were invited to complete a questionnaire assessing their nutritional knowledge and eating habits at the beginning and at the end of the semester (n = 310).Results: Initially, students reported good eating habits and nutrition knowledge. These aspects improved at the end of the study. Moreover, students reported that they felt more confident to do dietary counselling after intervention.Discussion: Most medical students answered affirmatively to all questions related with good habits or eating behaviours, and the acquisition of knowledge had an impact in specific attitudes. After the Nutrition and Metabolism classes the students felt able to provide dietary counselling in different clinical settings, but none of the students felt extremely confident about their competencies for dietary counselling. This can be due to the fact that the students involved were in the first year of the integrated master’s degree in medicine, which is a preclinical year, and thus distant from the medical reality and from contact with patients.Conclusion: Nutrition education can have a positive impact on attitudes and eating behaviours, knowledge and in the perception of competencies for dietary counselling.

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Impact of Intensive Reading Strategy on English for Specific Purposes College Students' in Developing Vocabulary

10.31235/osf.io/ytfe3 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Edhah Numan Khazaal

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Arabic Language ◽

Reading Strategy ◽

English For Specific Purposes ◽

Control Group ◽

Political Sciences ◽

Intensive Reading ◽

The Impact ◽

Experimental Group

The study aims to find out the impact of intensive reading strategy on English for specific purposes college students' in developing vocabulary. To achieve the aim of the study, 40 ESP College students were randomly chosen from the college of political sciences at A-Nahrain University in Iraq, the participants were in the second grade during the academic year 2017-2018. Two groups were enrolled in this experiment, 20 ESP students in the experimental group and the same number in the control group. To determine if the intensive reading strategy had an impact on ESP student's in developing vocabulary, a pre-posttest was administered for both groups. The control group was treated by the traditional way of teaching vocabulary through translating the words in Arabic language and memorizing them with the help of the teacher, while the experimental group was treated by using intensive reading strategy for about ten weeks. The chosen texts were taken from (New Head way Pre-intermediate student's book). Fill in the blank exercises had been chosen in the pre-posttest which consist of 50 items for each, the test was administered by the researcher. Based on the findings of this research, it was found that the new strategy has a positive impact on ESP College students' in mastering vocabulary that was proven from the improvement of students’ mean score from pretest to posttest. Based on the results gained; it is recommended that intensive reading strategy can play a great role in mastering vocabulary.

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FoodCalorie: A Mobile Game to Learn Daily Calorie Intake Standard

International Journal of Game-Based Learning ◽

10.4018/ijgbl.2021040104 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 61-81

Author(s):

Anik Das ◽

Sumaiya Amin ◽

Muhammad Ashad Kabir ◽

Sabir Hossain ◽

Mohammad Mainul Mainul Islam

Keyword(s):

Learning Experience ◽

Educational Game ◽

Calorie Intake ◽

Game Based Learning ◽

Traditional Foods ◽

Mobile Games ◽

Mobile Game ◽

And Gender ◽

The Impact ◽

Daily Calorie Intake

Mobile games can contribute to learning at greater success. In this paper, the authors have developed and evaluated a novel educational game, named FoodCalorie, to learn food calorie intake standard. The game is aimed to learn calorie values of various traditional foods of Bangladesh and the calorie intake standard that varies with age and gender. They are the first in this field to perform an empirical study on women in Bangladesh to see how game-based learning can contribute to learn food calories. They further analyze and report the impact of participants' age, professions, and smartphone proficiency levels on their learning experience and progression. The study also conforms the finding of existing studies that game-based learning can enhance the learning experience.

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Impact of Service-Learning and Social Justice Education on College Students' Cognitive Development

NASPA Journal ◽

10.2202/0027-6014.1642 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Yan Wang ◽

Robert Rodgers

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Social Justice ◽

Cognitive Development ◽

Service Learning ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Social Justice Education ◽

The Impact

This study used the Measure of Epistemology Reflection to explore the impact of service-learning and social justice education on college students cognitive development. Six service-learning courses taught with or without a social justice emphasis were studied. Results showed that service- learning courses in general had a positive impact on students cognitive development, while service-learning courses with a social justice emphasis appeared to have more impact on students cognitive development than those without a social justice emphasis.

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Perceptions of the affordable care act by Physician Assistants

International Journal of Healthcare ◽

10.5430/ijh.v5n1p33 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 33

Author(s):

Martina I. Reinhold ◽

Theresa Bacon-Baguley

Keyword(s):

Affordable Care Act ◽

Primary Care Physicians ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Physician Assistants ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Positive Effects ◽

The Affordable Care Act ◽

The Impact

Objective: Implementation of the affordable care act (ACA) resulted in an increased number of insured individuals and a shortage of primary care physicians. Physician Assistants (PAs) are poised to address this shortage since the PA profession is grounded in teamwork exemplified by the Accountable Care Organizations supported by the ACA. This study assesses the perception of the ACA by PAs providing healthcare services during implementation of the ACA.Methods: In this repeated cross-sectional study, alumni from a Midwest PA program were surveyed in 2014, 2016 and 2018 on knowledge and perception of the ACA. Questions addressed the ACA impact on the PA profession and on patients’ access to healthcare.Results: During the initial four years of ACA implementation, the following increases in perception were seen: 1) 32% increase in positive outlook of healthcare; 2) 37% increase in positive influence on PA practice; 3) 30% increase in positive impact of practice autonomy; 4) 64% increase in positive impact for patients; and 5) 33% increase in patient access to care. Additionally, the inability to choose a provider increased by 18%.Conclusions: Over the last four years PAs have perceived positive effects pertaining to their practice and regarding the impact on their patients despite an increase in the inability to choose a provider. Inability to choose a provider may in part be due to the rising number of narrow-network plans. The findings of greater autonomy and increased compensation for PAs are contrary to physicians who perceive the ACA to decrease their autonomy and their compensation.

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Does nutrition information on menus impact food choice? Comparisons across two hospital cafeterias

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s136898001300164x ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 17 (6) ◽

pp. 1393-1402 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

Lana Vanderlee ◽

David Hammond

Keyword(s):

Fast Food ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Significant Proportion ◽

Saturated Fat ◽

Control Site ◽

Nutrition Information ◽

Intervention Site ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Digital Menu Boards ◽

The Impact

AbstractObjectiveFood prepared and consumed away from home accounts for a significant proportion of dietary intake among Canadians. Currently, Canadians receive little or no nutrition information when eating in restaurant and fast-food outlets. The present study examined the impact of nutrition information on menus in hospital cafeterias on noticing and perceived influence of nutrition information and on food consumption.DesignCross-sectional surveys.SettingExit surveys (n 1003) were conducted in two hospital cafeterias. The ‘intervention’ site featured energy (calorie), sodium and fat content on digital menu boards, as well as a health logo for ‘healthier’ items. The intervention site had also revised its menu items to improve the nutrient profiles. The ‘control’ site provided limited nutrition information at the point of sale.SubjectsCafeteria patrons recruited using the intercept technique.ResultsSignificantly more respondents at the intervention site reported noticing nutrition information (OR = 7·6, P < 0·001) and using nutrition information to select their food items (OR = 3·3, P < 0·001) compared with patrons at the control site, after adjusting for sociodemographic factors. Patrons at the intervention site consumed significantly less energy (−21 %, P < 0·001), sodium (−23 %, P < 0·001), saturated fat (−33 %, P < 0·001) and total fat (−37 %, P < 0·001) than patrons at the control site.ConclusionsA nutritional programme, including nutrition information on menus and improved nutrition profile of food offerings, was associated with substantial reductions in energy, sodium and fat consumption. The results are consistent with a positive impact of menu labelling.

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