Source: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY submitted to NRP
ASSESSING AND ADDRESSING INDIVIDUAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE EATING BEHAVIOR OF YOUNG ADULTS
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
HATCH
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0214091
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
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Proposal No.
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Multistate No.
NC-_OLD1193
Project Start Date
Oct 1, 2010
Project End Date
Sep 30, 2016
Grant Year
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Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
3 RUTGERS PLZA
NEW BRUNSWICK,NJ 08901-8559
Performing Department
Nutritional Sciences
Non Technical Summary
Young adults are at a uniquely increased risk for weight gain because of rapidly changing social situations that influence eating and exercise behaviors. Despite extensive efforts to promote weight management, these efforts only reach a small proportion of the population at risk and even effective programs promoting individual behavior change may have limited effectiveness in environments that promote weight gain. Research is needed to elucidate the combination of individual and environmental factors associated with unhealthy weight gain among college students. By recognizing that a myriad of environmental and individualized factors can influence eating behavior and lifestyle choices, tailored intervention strategies that have both an environmental and individual focus can begin to be developed. Additionally, identification of the individual factors and the necessary environmental factors to support the individual change is the first step in the development of indexes for comparisons and benchmarking to support policies and programs for behavior change on college campuses and communities. There is no index currently available for higher education campuses. This project will use established research techniques (the PRECEDE-PROCEED model for community-based participatory research) with communities of young adults to: 1) Develop instrument(s) and strategies to assess and evaluate individualized factors associated with eating behavior and health outcomes; 2) Refine and validate environmental assessment instruments for evaluating environmental factors that influence eating behavior and health outcomes; 3) Explore mechanisms of interaction between the identified individualized factors and environmental factors in influencing eating behavior; and 4) Use the findings to develop a Healthy Campus Index that can be used by higher education institutions around the nation to determine the how supportive their campuses are of promoting healthy weight among their students as well as identify areas of strength and areas needing improvement so that campuses can make meaningful changes that better support young adult health.
Animal Health Component
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Research Effort Categories
Basic
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Applied
(N/A)
Developmental
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Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
70360103030100%
Knowledge Area
703 - Nutrition Education and Behavior;

Subject Of Investigation
6010 - Individuals;

Field Of Science
3030 - Information and communication;
Goals / Objectives
Develop instrument(s) and strategies to assess and evaluate individualized factors associated with eating behavior and health outcomes. Refine and validate environmental assessment instruments for assessing and evaluating environmental factors that influence eating behavior and health outcomes. Explore mechanisms of interaction between the identified individualized factors and environmental factors in influencing eating behavior. Use the findings from Objectives 1-3 above to develop a Healthy Campus Index that can be used by higher education institutions around the nation to determine the how supportive their campuses are of promoting healthy weight among their students as well as identify areas of strength and areas needing improvement so that campuses can make meaningful changes that better support young adult health.
Project Methods
This project will focus on college populations to develop a Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) based model that integrates research, Extension, and young adults enrolled at Rutgers, The State University of NJ. This project will refine and validate assessment tools and develop a prototype Healthy Campus Index that can be used for planning and evaluation at both the personal and environmental levels of the socio-ecological model. Scores on the Healthy Campus Index will be provided to community partners, campus administrators, and other key stakeholders as the first step in making meaningful changes that address key factors affecting the health and nutrition of young adults. The long-range goal is to develop tailored intervention strategies that incorporate environmental supports and recommended campus/local policies to promote healthful eating-behavior of young adults. The first stage of this project is to develop instrument(s) and strategies to assess and evaluate individualized factors associated with eating behavior and health outcomes. According to the PRECEDE-PROCEED planning model, etiological factors and determinants of health include genetics, behavioral patterns, and environmental factors. Factors that will be investigated include dietary and exercise behaviors, coping with stress, sleep, within-meal eating behavior, cognitions (cognitive restraint), susceptibility to emotional eating and external cues, personality, parental status, income level, and ethnicity. The second stage of this project is to define and validate environmental assessment instruments for assessing and evaluating environmental factors that influence eating behavior and health outcomes. Activities at stage will refine and validate the campus environmental audit developed previously. Steering committees at each institution will work collaboratively with researchers to determine specific elements that will be assessed in environmental reassessments. The third stage of this project is to explore mechanisms of interaction between the identified individualized factors and environmental factors in influencing eating behavior. The interactions between the individualized factors identified in Objective 1 and the environmental factors identified in Objective 2 will be assessed and index further validated. Results will be analyzed to identify relationships between the individual factors, environmental factors, and health outcomes including weight status. The fourth stage of this project is to use the findings from earlier stages to develop a Healthy Campus Index that can be used by higher education institutions around the nation to determine the how supportive their campuses are of promoting healthy weight among their students as well as identify areas of strength and areas needing improvement so that campuses can make meaningful changes that better support young adult health. Significant factors related to healthful dietary and exercise behaviors will be utilized to construct and validate a Healthy Campus Index.

Progress 10/01/10 to 09/30/16

Outputs
Target Audience:Young adults Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Trained undergraduate and graduate students to conduct environmental assessment audits, create surveys using survey software, conduct focus groups, assist with cognitive interviewing, recruit study participants, conduct anthropometric measurements, collect data with fidelity, analyze data, and present research findings. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Numerous presentations have been given at professional meetings, manuscripts written and in development, and presentation of students' honors theses and field work results. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? This project is built on an integrated set of research activities designed to form the basis of a community-based participatory research (CBPR) intervention to prevent unhealthy weight gain in young adults. The long-term project goal of multistate project NC1193 is to develop tailored, sustainable interventions that incorporate environmental supports and recommended campus/local policies to promote healthful eating-behavior of young adults and to reduce the risk of obesity and other related conditions in young adults using CBPR guided by the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. Involving the community directly in the research process helps the community gain awareness of and interest in the issues that must be addressed to successfully prevent obesity in young adults. This project aims to refine and validate assessment tools and develop a prototype Healthy Campus Index that can be used for planning and evaluation at both the personal and environmental levels of the socio-ecological model. NJ activities completed during the timeframe noted above that contributed to the long-term goals of this project include the following: Trained 12 undergraduate and 2 graduate research assistants to conduct research with fidelity. Development and submission of manuscripts and research presentations. Periodic meetings with the Rutgers community and student leaders on campus to be congruent with the tenets of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. Field tested software app for bikeability/walkability campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment, tested it on 5 campuses, and further refined it. Pilot tested software app for vending foods as part of campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment and tested it on 4 campuses. Pilot tested beta version of software app for restaurants/dining halls as part of campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment and tested it on 2 campuses. Pilot tested software app for food stores as part of campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment and tested it on 3 campus. Began software app design for assessing physical activity opportunities on campus. Engaged in refinement of campus environment perceptions survey. Participated in the refinement of the instrument for assessing health-related policies as part of campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment. Expanded research on cognitive load that began with Young Adults Eating and Active for Health [Y.E.A.H] to create, administer, and analyze a survey of students. Continued to assist refining data repository for data sets generated by this project. Continued econometric analysis of returns on investment from the USDA-funded YEAH intervention. Participation in multistate teleconferences and the annual meeting. Requested and received IRB continuing review approval for this study. Mentored 2 undergraduate honors student theses on campus environment and health. Supervised 1 undergraduate public health student's field work focusing on the campus environment and health.

Publications

  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2016 Citation: Olfert, M.D., Barr, K.L., Zhou, W., Riggsbee, K., Mathews, A.E.W., Vialaro, M., Kattelmann, K.K., Andrea, H., Spurgeion, S., Morrell, J.S., Franzen-Castle, L., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., White, A., Horacek, T., Kidd, T., Brown, O., Colby, S.E. (2016) Sleep and Stress Level of College Students Developing a Healthy Promotion Intervention: Get Fruved Study. The FASEB Journal, 30:1152.5.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2015 Citation: Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Quick, V., Koenings, M.M., Martin-Biggers, J., and Kattelmann, K. (2015) Impact of Cognitive Load on Weight-Related Behaviors of Young Adults. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 115:A62.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Quick, V., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Shoff, S., White, A.A., Lohse, B., Horacek, T., Kattlemann, K., Phillips, B., Hoerr, S.L., and Greene, G. (2016) A Streamlined, Enhanced Self-Report Physical Activity Measure for Young Adults. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. DOI: 10.1080/14635240.2016.1169941.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Quick, V., Koenings, M.M., Martin-Biggers, J., Kattelmann, K.K. (2016) Relationships of Cognitive Load on Eating and Weight-Related Behaviors of Young Adults. Eating Behaviors, 21:89-94.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Quick, V., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Shoff, S., White, A.A., Lohse, B., Horacek, T., Colby, S., Brown, O., Kidd, T., and Greene, G. (2015) Relationships of Sleep Duration with Weight-related Behaviors of College Students. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 14:565-580.


Progress 10/01/14 to 09/30/15

Outputs
Target Audience:Young adults Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Trained undergraduate and graduate students to conduct environmental assessment audits, create surveys using survey software, conduct focus groups, assist with cognitive interviewing, recruit study participants, conduct anthropometric measurements, collect data with fidelity, analyze data, and present research findings. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Numerous presentations have been given at professional meetings and manuscripts written and in development. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Refine the data collection instruments for the healthy campus assessment questionnaire. Analyze and present cognitive load survey data. Complete mentorship of 2 undergraduate honors theses. Refine the apps currently in progress. Provide expert advice to the FruVed project and conduct online assessments of students as part of the FruVed Project. Develop and conduct campus surveys of health behaviors and perceptions and link to actual physical characteristics of campus. Continued active participation in multistate teleconferences and annual meeting. Seek renewal of the project.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? This project is built on an integrated set of research activities designed to form the basis of a community-based participatory research (CBPR) intervention to prevent unhealthy weight gain in young adults. This project is part of the multi-state project NC1193. The long-term project goal of NC1193 is to develop tailored, sustainable interventions that incorporate environmental supports and recommended campus/local policies to promote healthful eating-behavior of young adults and to reduce the risk of obesity and other related conditions in young adults using CBPR guided by the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. Involving the community directly in the research process helps the community gain awareness of and interest in the issues that must be addressed to successfully prevent obesity in young adults. This project aims to refine and validate assessment tools and develop a prototype Healthy Campus Index that can be used for planning and evaluation at both the personal and environmental levels of the socio-ecological model. NJ activities completed during the timeframe noted above that contributed to the long-term goals of this project include the following. Trained 6 undergraduate, 6 graduate research assistants, and 1 post-doctoral associate to conduct research with fidelity. Development and submission of manuscripts and research presentations. Periodic meetings with the Rutgers community and student leaders on campus to be congruent with the tenets of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. Refined beta version of software app for bikeability/walkability campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment, tested it on 8 campuses, and further refined it. Refined beta version of software app for vending foods as part of campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment and tested it on 5 campuses. Refined beta version of software app for restaurants/dining halls as part of campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment and tested it on 2 campuses. Created beta version of software app for food stores as part of campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment and tested it on 1 campus. Participated in the refinement and pilot testing of the instrument for assessing health-related policies as part of campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment. Conducted an analysis of the Young Adults Eating and Active for Health [Y.E.A.H] project to assess the effect of cognitive load on student health outcomes and presented research at a professional meeting and submitted a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal. Created and implemented expanded survey on cognitive load effects on health behaviors. Assisted in refining data repository for data sets generated by this project. Began preliminary econometric analysis of returns on investment from the USDA-funded YEAH intervention. Participation in multistate teleconferences and the annual meeting. Requested and received IRB continuing review approval for this study. Mentored 2 undergraduate honors student theses on campus environment and health.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Quick, V., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Shoff, S., White, A.A., Lohse, B., Horacek, T., Kattlemann, K., Phillips, B., Hoerr, S.L., and Greene, G. (2015) Concordance of Self-report and Measured Height and Weight of College Students. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 47:94-98.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Quick, V., McWilliams, R., and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2015) A case-control study of psychological well-being and weight teasing in young adults with and without bowel conditions. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 28:23-36.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Quick, V., Koenings, M.M., Martin-Biggers, J., and Kattelmann, K. (2015) Impact of Cognitive Load on Weight-Related Behaviors of Young Adults. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 115:A62. Nashville, Food and Nutrition Conference and Exhibition (FNCE).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Mullin M,Dede Yildirim E, Kelly E, Brown O, Byrd-Bredbenner C, Frazen L, Greene G, Kattelmann K, Koenings M, Kidd T, Morrell J, Olfert M, Riggsbee K, Shelnutt K, White A, Horacek T. (2015) A Simple Convenience Store SHELF (Supportive Healthy Environment for Life-promoting Food) Audit. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 47:S49. Pittsburgh, Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Horacek, T., Dede Yildirim, E., Kattelmann, K., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Brown, O., Colby, S., Greene, G., Hoerr, S., Kidd, T., Koenings, M.M., Phillips, B., Morrell, J., Olfert, M., Shelnutt, K., White, A. (2015) Mediating relationship of gender, campus food store environment, and college students dietary attitudes and behaviors on their body mass index. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, P1.72, 370. Edinburgh, International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Quick, V., Koenings, M.M., Martin-Biggers, J., and Kattelmann, K. (2015) Cognitive Load Affects Eating Behaviors of College Students. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, P1.44, 357. Edinburgh, International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Koenings, M.M., Horacek, T.M., Marxen, L., Farnsworth, D., Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2015) From paper and pencil to tablet and stylus: Automating the Sneakers and Spokes Environmental Audit. The FASEB Journal, 29:740.7. Boston. Experimental Biology.


Progress 10/01/13 to 09/30/14

Outputs
Target Audience: Young adults Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Trained undergraduate and graduate students to conduct environmental assessment audits, create surveys using survey software, conduct focus groups, assist with cognitive interviewing, recruit study participants, conduct anthropometric measurements, and collect data with fidelity. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Numerous presentations have been given at professional meetings and manuscripts written and in development. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Refine the data collection instrument for the physical activity environment component, specifically focusing on availability of recreation and exercise opportunities, program it into online survey software, and assess its viability as a data collection tool. Refine the apps currently in progress. Provide expert advice to the FruVed project and conduct online assessments of students as part of the FruVed Project. Conduct campus surveys of health behaviors and perceptions and link to actual physical characteristics of campus.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? This project is built on an integrated set of research activities designed to form the basis of a community-based participatory research (CBPR) intervention to prevent unhealthy weight gain in young adults. This project is part of the multi-state project NC1193. The long-term project goal of NC1193 is to develop tailored, sustainable interventions that incorporate environmental supports and recommended campus/local policies to promote healthful eating-behavior of young adults and to reduce the risk of obesity and other related conditions in young adults using CBPR guided by the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. Involving the community directly in the research process helps the community gain awareness of and interest in the issues that must be addressed to successfully prevent obesity in young adults. This project aims to refine and validate assessment tools and develop a prototype Healthy Campus Index that can be used for planning and evaluation at both the personal and environmental levels of the socio-ecological model. NJ activities completed during the timeframe noted above that contributed to the long-term goals of this project include the following. · Trained 9 undergraduate, 4 graduate research assistants, and 1 post-doctoral associate to conduct research with fidelity. · Development and submission of manuscripts and research presentations. · Periodic meetings with the Rutgers community and student leaders on campus to be congruent with the tenets of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. · Submitted 1 grant proposals to USDA NIFA to fund future work of this project. · Created beta version of software app for bikeability/walkability campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment, tested it on 2 campuses, and refined it. · Created beta version of software app for vending foods as part of campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment and tested it on 2 campuses. · Created beta version of software app for restaurants/dining halls as part of campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment. · Participated in the development and refinement of the instrument for assessing health-related policies as part of campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment. · Created novel scoring methods for physical activity, presented it at a professional meeting, and prepared a manuscript that is in review. · Conducted an analysis of the Young Adults Eating and Active for Health [Y.E.A.H] project to assess the effect of cognitive load on student health outcomes and prepared a manuscript that is in review. · Participants in the USDA-funded YEAH intervention significantly increased fruit and vegetable intake, decreased percent of calories from fat, and improved self-instruction and self-regulation for mealtime behavior. · Determined that young adults with high cognitive loads were significantly more likely to have greater routine restraint, compensatory restraint, sensitivity/susceptibility to external cues, and emotional eating compared to low cognitive load participants. Finding indicates that stress management may help ameliorate behaviors associated with excessive weight gain. · Developing online survey to assess psychosocial factors on young adults’ health factors. · Assisted in creating a data repository for data sets generated by this project. · Participation in multistate teleconferences and the annual meeting. · Requested and received IRB continuing review approval for this study.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: " Kattelmann, K., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., White, A.A., Greene, G.W., Hoerr, S.L., Kidd, T., Colby, S., Horacek, T.M., Phillips, B.W., Koenings, M.M., Brown, O.N. Olfert, M., Shelnutt, K.P., Morrell, J.S. (2014) The Effects of Young Adults Eating and Active for Health (YEAH): A Theory-Based Web-Delivered Intervention. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 46:S28-41.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: " Quick, V., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., White, A.A., Brown, O., Colby, S., Shoff, S., Lohse, B., Horacek, T., Kidd, T., and Greene, G. (2014) Eat, sleep, work, play: Associations of weight status and health-related behaviors among young adult college students. American Journal of Health Promotion, 29:e64-e72.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: " Horacek, T.M., White, A.A., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Reznar, M.M., Olfert, M.D., Morrell, J.S., Koenings, M.M., Brown, O.N., Shelnutt, K.P., Kattelmann, K.K., Greene, G.W., Colby, S.E., and Thompson-Snyder, C. (2014) PACES: A Physical Activity Campus Environmental Supports Audit on University Campuses. American Journal of Health Promotion, 28:e104-117.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: " Kattelmann, K., White, A.A., Greene, G., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Hoerr, S.L., Horacek, T.M., Kidd, T., Colby, S., Phillips, B.W., Koenings, M.M., Brown, O.N., Olfert, M. Shelnutt, K.P., and Morrell, J.S. (2014) Development of Young Adults Eating and Active for Health (YEAH) internet-based obesity prevention intervention via a community based participatory research model. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 46:S10-S25.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: " Quick, V. and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2014) Disordered Eating Behaviors, Socio-cultural Influencers, Body Image, and Psychological Factors Among a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Population of College Women. Eating Behaviors, 15:37-41.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: " Morrell, J.S., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Quick, V., Olfert, M., Dent, A., and Carey, G.B. (2014) Metabolic syndrome: Comparison of prevalence in young adults at 3 land-grant universities. Journal of American College Health, 62:1-9.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: " Horacek, T., Erdman, M., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Carey, G., Colby, S., Greene, G., Guo, W., Kattelmann, K., Olfert, M., Walsh, J., and White, A. (2013) Assessment of the Dining Environment On and Near the Campuses of 15 U.S. Post-secondary Institutions. Public Health Nutrition, 16:1186-1196.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: " Tench, T., Brown, O., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Colby, S., Greene, G., Koenings, M., Hoerr, S., Horacek, T., Kidd, T., Morrell, J.S., Olfert, M., Phillips, B., Shelnutt, K., White, A., and Kattelmann, K. (2014) Racial Differences in Anthropometric Measures and Dietary Intake of College Students. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 114: A85.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: " Quick, V., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., White, A.A., Shoff, S., Lohse, B., Horacek, T., Kattelmann, K., Phillips, B., Hoerr, S., and Greene, G. (2014) Development of a physical activity measure among college students. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 114: A23.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: " Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Quick., V., White, A., Shoff, S., Lohse, B., Horacek, T., Kattelmann, K., Phillips, B., Hoerr, S., and Greene, G. (2014) Concordance of Self-report and Measured Height and Weight of College Students. The FASEB Journal, 28:1:1031.9,
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: " Quick, V., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Brown, O., Colby, S., Horacek, T., Shoff, S., White, A., Lohse, B., Greene, G., and Kidd, T. (2013) Relationships Among Sleep Duration, Weight-Related Behaviors, and BMI in College Students. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 113:A-578
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: " Quick, V. and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2013). Vegetarians and vegans: Are they at increased risk for disordered eating and poor psychological well-being? Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 113:A-89


Progress 10/01/12 to 09/30/13

Outputs
Target Audience: Young adults Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Trained undergraduate and graduate students to conduct environmental assessment audits, create surveys using survey software, conduct focus groups, assist with cognitive interviewing, recruit study participants, conduct anthropometric measurements, and collect data with fidelity. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Yes, numerous presentations have been given at professional meetings and manuscripts written and in development. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Refine the data collection instrument for the physical activity component, specifically focusing on bikeability and walkability, program it into online survey software, and assess its viability as a data collection tool. Conduct campus surveys of health behaviors and perceptions and link to actual physical characteristics of campus.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? This project is built on an integrated set of research activities designed to form the basis of a community-based participatory research (CBPR) intervention to prevent unhealthy weight gain in young adults. This project is part of the multi-state project NC1193 that includes 12 other universities. The long-term project goal of NC1193 is to develop tailored, sustainable interventions that incorporate environmental supports and recommended campus/local policies to promote healthful eating-behavior of young adults and to reduce the risk of obesity and other related conditions in young adults using CBPR guided by the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. Involving the community directly in the research process helps the community gain awareness of and interest in the issues that must be addressed to successfully prevent obesity in young adults. This project aims to refine and validate assessment tools and develop a prototype Healthy Campus Index that can be used for planning and evaluation at both the personal and environmental levels of the socio-ecological model. NJ activities completed during the timeframe noted above that contributed to the long-term goals of this project include the following. -Completion of the 18-month online intervention (Young Adults Eating and Active for Health [Y.E.A.H] project along with 14 other universities (collection of baseline data, implementation of the intervention, collection of post data) and engaged in data cleaning, data analysis, manuscript preparation, and dissemination of findings. -Trained 12 undergraduate, 5 graduate research assistants, and 2 post doctoral associate to conduct research with fidelity. -Development and submission of manuscripts and research presentations. -Periodic meetings with the Rutgers community and student leaders on campus to be congruent with the tenets of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. -Submitted 2 grant proposals to USDA NIFA and to 1 NIH to fund future work of this project. -Began planning stage for automating the bikeability/walkability campus environmental assessment survey component of healthfulness of the campus environment. -Assisted in creating a data repository for data sets generated by this project. -Participation in multistate teleconferences and the annual meeting. -Requested and received IRB continuing review approval for this study.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Quick, V. and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2013) Disturbed Eating Behaviors and Associated Psychographic Characteristics of Young Adults. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 26:53-63.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Quick, V. and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2013) Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q): Norms for College Students. Eating and Weight Disorders, 18:29-35.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Quick, V., McWilliams, R., and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2013) Fatty, Fatty, Two-By-Four: Weight Teasing History and Disturbed Eating in Young Adult Women. American Journal of Public Health, 103:508-151.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: Quick, V. and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2012) Weight Regulation Practices of Young Adults: Predictors of Restraint Eaters. Appetite, 59:425-430.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: Walsh, J.R., Hebert, A., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Carey, G., Colby, S., Esters, O., Greene, G., Hoerr, S., Horacek, T., Kattelmann, K., Kidd, T., Koenings, M., Phillips, B., Shelnutt, K.P., and White, A. (2012) The Development and Preliminary Validation of the Behavior, Environment, and Changeability Survey (BECS): A Tool to Assess Health-Promoting Behavior and the Environment. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 44:490-499.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Kattelmann, K., White, A., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Greene, G., Horacek, T., Kidd, T., Phillips, B., Colby, S., Brown, O., Hoerr, S., Shelnutt, K., Olfert, M., Koenings, M., Morrell, J.S. (2013) Project YEAH: Development of a Web-delivered Theory-based Intervention for Preventing Excess Weight Gain in Young Adults. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 63:863.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Quick, V., White, A., Brown, O., Colby, S., Shoff, S., Lohse, B., Greene, G., Horacek, T., and Kidd, T. (2013) Eat, Sleep, Work, Play: Relationships among Health-Related Behaviors of Young Adults by Weight Status. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 63:487.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Kattelmann, K.K., White, A., Greene, G., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Koenings, M., Horacek, T., Hoerr, S., Kidd, T., Phillips, B., Colby, S., Brown, O., Shellnut, K., Olfert, M., and Stabile-Morrell, J.S. (2013) Development of a randomized trial guided by the process of PRECEDE-PROCEED for the prevention of excessive weight gain in communities of young adults. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 45:S92.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Walsh, J.R., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Morrell, J.S., Colby, S., Brown-Esters, Ol. Greene, G., Hoerr, S., Horacek, T., Kidd, T., Koenings M., Phillips, B., Shelnut, K.P. Olfert, M., White, A.A., and Kattelmann, K.K. (2013) Examining Differences in Anthropometric Measures and Dietary Intake of Young Adults Attending College of Vocational Programs. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 45:S79.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Byer, C., White, A., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Greene, G., Koenings, K., Horacek, T., Hoerr, S., Phillips, B., Colby, S., Brown, O., Morrell, J.S., Kidd, T., Olfert, M., Shelnutt, K., Ren, C., and Kattelmann, K. (2013) Project YEAH: Effectiveness of a Theory-based, Web-delivered Weight Maintenance Intervention for Supporting Fruit and Vegetable Intake. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 45:S69.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Morrell, J.S., Olfert, M., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Quick.,V., Dent, A., Kattelmann, K. and Carey, G.B. (2013) Impact of a tailored, internet-based intervention on metabolic risk among young college adults.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Quick, V. and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2013) Eating attitudes, behaviors, and associated psychographic characteristics of college students: Are there differences in those with and without nutrition majors? FASEB Journal; Experimental Biology, 27:841.1.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Koenings, M., Horacek, T., Kattlemann, K. Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Gurka, M., Phillips, B., and Olfert, M. (2013) Vending machines, sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) use, and weight status of college students. FASEB Journal.


Progress 10/01/11 to 09/30/12

Outputs
OUTPUTS: This project is built on an integrated set of research activities designed to form the basis of a community-based participatory research (CBPR) intervention to prevent unhealthy weight gain in young adults. This project is part of the multi-state project NC1193 that includes 15 other universities. The long-term project goal of NC1193 is to develop tailored, sustainable interventions that incorporate environmental supports and recommended campus/local policies to promote healthful eating-behavior of young adult and to reduce the risk of obesity in young adults using CBPR guided by the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. Involving the community directly in the research process helps the community gain awareness of and interest in the issues that must be addressed to successfully prevent obesity in young adults. This project aims to refine and validate assessment tools and develop a prototype Healthy Campus Index that can be used for planning and evaluation at both the personal and environmental levels of the socio-ecological model. NJ activities completed during the timeframe noted above that contributed to the long-term goals of this project include the following. -Full-scale implementation and of the 18-month online intervention (Young Adults Eating and Active for Health [Y.E.A.H] project along with 14 other universities (collection of baseline data, implementation of the intervention, collection of post data). -Trained 11 undergraduate, 2 graduate research assistants, and 1 post doctoral associate to collect study data, conduct anthropometric (height, weight, waist circumference) measurements, take blood pressures, and/or conduct biochemical measurements (blood glucose and lipids). -Development and submission of manuscripts and research presentations. -Periodic meetings with the Rutgers community and student leaders on campus to be congruent with the tenets of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. -Procured planning grant funding to support development and submission of grants to continue the work of this project from the North East Regional Association of Experiment Stations. -Implemented surveys to assess student perceptions of the healthfulness of the campus environment. -Assisted in creating a data repository for data sets generated by this project. -Participation in multistate teleconferences and the annual meeting. -Requested and received IRB continuing review approval for this study. -Continued work on subcontract from South Dakota State University for participation in the USDA/CSREES/NRI funded proposal that will support subsequent phases of the project. -Hosted grant proposal writing mini-conference with 3 other institutions. -Submitted a grant proposal to USDA/AFRI titled Promoting Lifestyle Habits for Healthy Weight Status among First Year College Students to support the work of this project. -Submitted a grant proposal to NIH titled Development, automation and validation of an Environmental Healthy Campus Audit to support the work of this project. PARTICIPANTS: Individuals: faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduate students Partner Organizations: U Wisconsin-Madison, U Maine, Tuskeegee U, East Carolina U, U Rhode Island, U Florida, U New Hampshire, Kansas State U, Michigan State U, South Dakota U, Purdue U, Syracuse U, U Nebraska, West Virginia U, U of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, U of Tennessee, Auburn University Collaborators and Contacts: Nutrition Advocates (undergraduate student organization), Healthy Dining Team (undergraduate student organization), Cook Leadership (undergraduate student leader organization), Kappa Omicron Nu (nutrition honor society), Rutgers faculty and staff. Training or Professional Development: trained undergraduate and graduate students to conduct environmental assessment audits, conduct focus groups, assist with cognitive interviewing, recruit study participants, conduct anthropometric, blood pressure, and blood biochemistry measurements. TARGET AUDIENCES: Young adults PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
The Y.E.A.H. project is the first to systematically develop and test a tailored, web-based program to prevent excessive weight gain in the 18-24 year old population using the community based research process of PRECEDE-PROCEED. Preliminary analyses indicate that this intervention is on track to promote healthy weights in the target population. Involving the community directly in the assessment of the physical environment in terms of how it advocates and supports physical activity, consumption of healthful foods, and overall health helps the community gain awareness of and interest in the issues that must be addressed to prevent obesity in young adults.

Publications

  • Quick, V. and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2012) Weight Regulation Practices of Young Adults: Predictors of Restraint Eaters. FASEB Journal, 26:632.2.
  • Quick, V., McWilliams, R., and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2012) Eating Behaviors of Young Adults with and without Diet-Related Chronic Health Condition (DRCHCs): A Case-Control Study. FASEB Journal, 26:626.1.
  • Quick, V., McWilliams, R., and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2012) Case control study of disturbed eating behaviors and related psychographic characteristics in young adults with and without diet-related chronic health conditions. Eating Behaviors, 12:207-213.
  • Quick, V. and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2012) Novel Disturbed Eating Severity Scale (DESS) Places Disturbed Eating Risk on a Continuum. Appetite, 59:168-176.
  • Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Johnson, M. Quick, V.M., Walsh, J., Greene, G.W., Hoerr, S., Colby, S.M., Kattelmann, K.K., Phillips, B.W., Kidd, T., and Horacek, T.M. (2012) Sweet & Salty: An Assessment of the Snacks and Beverages Sold in Vending Machines on U.S. Post-Secondary Institution Campuses. Appetite, 58:1143-1151.
  • Horacek, T.M., White, A.A., Greene, G.W., Reznar, M.M., Quick, V.M., Morrell, J.S., Colby, S.M., Kattelmann, K.K., Herrick, M.S., Shelnutt, K.P., Mathews, A., Phillips, B.W., and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2012). Sneakers and Spokes: An Assessment of the Walkability and Bikeability of U.S. Post-Secondary Institutions. Journal of Environmental Health, 74(6):8-15.
  • Horacek, T.M., Olfert, M., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Carey, G., Colby, S., Greene, G., Hoerr, S., Kattelmann, K., Kidd, T., Koenings, M., Brown-Esters, O., Shelnutt, K. and White, A. (2012) Environmental Supports for Physical Activity and Healthy Snacking Vary Across Campus. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 112:A-62.
  • Quick, V., Shu. E., Aljallad, C., Yorkin, M., McKinley, J., Ciecierski, C., Yablonsky, C., Jackson, R., Burslem, R., Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2012) Relationships Between Young Adults Weight-related Behaviors and Associated Health Outcomes. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 112:A-27.
  • Quick, V., Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2012) Recollections of Being Overweight and Weight Teased During Childhood Affects Young Adults' Current Eating Behaviors, Body Image, and Related Psychological Characteristics. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 112:A-94.
  • Quick, V., McWilliams, R., Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2012) Psychological Well-Being and Weight Teasing in Young Adults with and without Bowel Diseases: Implications for Nutrition Educators. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 112:A-35.
  • Szymona, K, Quick, V., Olfert, M., Shelnutt, K., Kattelmann, K., Esters, O., Colby, S., Beaudoin, C., Lubniewski, J., Maia, A.M., Horacek, T., and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2012) The University Environment: A Comprehensive Assessment of Health-Related Advertisements on U.S. Post-Secondary Institution Campuses. Health Education, 112:497-512.
  • Kattelmann, K.K., White, A., Greene, G., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Koenings, M., Horacek, T., Hoerr, S., Kidd, T., Phillips, B., Colby, S., Brown-Esters, O., Shelnutt, Olfert, M., and Morrell, J.S. (2012) Project Y.E.A.H: Development of a Web-Based Intervention Guided by the Precede-Proceed Model for Preventing Excess Weight Gain in Young Adults. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 44:S94-95.


Progress 01/01/11 to 12/31/11

Outputs
OUTPUTS: This project involves working with community partners using the PRECEED-PROCEED model of community based participatory research. During this 5 year project, we will refine and validate assessment tools and develop a prototype Healthy Campus Index that can be used for planning and evaluation at both the personal and environmental levels of the socio-ecological model. NJ activities completed during the timeframe noted above that contributed to the long-term goals of this project include the following:1. Full-scale implementation of the 10-week online intervention (Young Adults Eating and Active for Health [Y.E.A.H] project along with 14 other universities (collection of baseline data, implementation of the intervention, collection of post data); 2. Trained 10 undergraduate and 3 graduate research assistants to conduct anthropometric (height, weight, waist circumference), blood pressure, and biochemical measurements (blood glucose and lipids); 3. Development and submission of manuscripts and research presentations to describe the obesigenic nature of college campuses (e.g., bikeability/walkability, dining/restaurant food environment, vending options, food store environment, health-related messaging/advertising, and metabolic syndrome in college students). ; 4. Creation of training materials used to conduct online training to 12 other universities who used the health-related messaging/advertising instrument to assess their campuses; 5. Creation of training materials for assessing campus bikeability/walkability; 6. Periodic meetings with the Rutgers community and student leaders on campus to ensure that the direction and products of this project are responsive to the target audience's needs and interests and in line with the tenets of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model; 7. Procured planning grant funding to support development and submission of grants to continue the work of this project; 8. Implementation of surveys to assess student perceptions of the healthfulness of the campus environment, intake of fruits and vegetables among college students, and mindfulness related to eating among college students; 9. Cognitive testing of instrument items related to home food delivery practices 10. Assisted in building a data repository for data sets generated by this project; 11. Participation in multistate teleconferences and the annual meeting; 12.Requested and received IRB continuing review approval for this study; 13. Continued work on subcontract from South Dakota State University for participation in the USDA/CSREES/NRI funded proposal that will support subsequent phases of the project. PARTICIPANTS: Individuals: faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduate students Partner Organizations: U Wisconsin-Madison, U Maine, Tuskeegee U, East Carolina U, U Rhode Island, U Florida, U New Hampshire, Kansas State U, Michigan State U, South Dakota U, Purdue U, Syracuse U, U Nebraska, West Virginia U, U of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, U of Tennessee Collaborators and Contacts: Nutrition Advocates (undergraduate student organization), Healthy Dining Team (undergraduate student organization), Cook Leadership (undergraduate student leader organization), Kappa Omicron Nu (nutrition honor society), Rutgers faculty and staff. Training or Professional Development: trained undergraduate and graduate students to conduct environmental assessment audits, conduct focus groups, assist with cognitive interviewing, recruit study participants, conduct anthropometric, blood pressure, and blood biochemistry measurements. TARGET AUDIENCES: Young adults PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: None

Impacts
The Y.E.A.H. project is the first to systematically develop and test a tailored, web-based program to prevent excessive weight gain in the 18-24 year old population using the community based research process of PRECEDE-PROCEED. Preliminary analyses indicate that this intervention is on track to promote healthy weights in the target population. Involving the community directly in the assessment of the physical environment in terms of how it advocates and supports physical activity, consumption of healthful foods, and overall health helps the community gain awareness of and interest in the issues that must be addressed to prevent obesity in young adults.

Publications

  • Quick, V., and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2011) Effects of Photographs of Lower and Higher BMI Fashion Models on Body Dissatisfaction of Young Women. Topics in Clinical Nutrition, 26:57-67.
  • Quick, V. and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2011) Disturbed Eating in Young Adults: A Predictive Model for Determining Those at Risk for Eating Disorders. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 43:S38.
  • Dissen, A., Policastro, P., Quick, V., and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2011) Interrelationships Among Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes Toward Nutrition, Dietary Intake, and Body Image Satisfaction in Young Adults. Health Education, 111:283-295.
  • Szymona, K., Quick, V., and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2011) An Instrument to Assess Health-Related Advertising on College Campuses. Nutrition and Food Science, 41:96-103.
  • Quick, V., Weiner, A., E. Shu, E., Horacek, T., Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2011) University Food Environment: An Assessment of Beverages Sold in Vending Machines. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 111:A46.
  • Quick, V., Weiner, A., Shu, E., Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2011) Healthfulness of the Food Environment On/Near A University Campus. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 111:A69.
  • Quick, V.,Walsh, J., and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2011) Styles and Surroundings Survey (SSS): Examination of Young Adults' Lifestyle Behaviors and Environmental Surroundings on Weight Management. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 111:A23.
  • Quick, V. and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2011) Predicting Young Adults at Risk for Eating Disorders: Development of a Novel Disturbed Eating Severity Score. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 111:A29.
  • Horacek, T., Szklany, K., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Esters, O., Morrell, J., Shelnutt, K.P., and Kattelmann, K. (2011) Development and Testing of a Healthy Campus Audit and the LEAN Index. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 43:S22.
  • Kattelmann, K., White, A., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Nitzke, S., Greene, G., Horacek, T., Hoerr, S. Phillips, B.W., Colby, S., Brown-Esters, O., Olfert, M., Kidd, T., Shelnutt, K., and Morrell, J.S. (2011) Project Y.E.A.H.: Development of a Web-based Intervention Guided by the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model for Preventing Excess Weight Gain in Young Adults. International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Proceedings, Melbourne, Australia. P084.
  • Quick, V and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2011) A Comparison of Disturbed Eating Behaviors in Young Adults: Implications for Nutrition Education and Counseling Interventions. FASEB Journal, 25:769.4
  • Quick, V., Aljallad, C., Yorkin, M., McKinley, J., Yablonsky, C., Shu, E., Jackson, R., Burslem, R., Ciecierski, C., Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2011) Anthropometric, Biochemical, And Clinical Assessments of Rutgers Students Enrolled in Project Y.E.A.H.. New Jersey Dietetic Association Annual Meeting Proceedings.
  • Quick, V. and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2011) Eating Behavior Characteristics in Young Adults with and without Diet-Related Chronic Health Conditions (DRCHCs): A Case-Control Study. New Jersey Dietetic Association Annual Meeting Proceedings.


Progress 01/01/10 to 12/31/10

Outputs
OUTPUTS: PROGRESS: 2010/1 TO 2010/12 This project is built upon an integrated set of research activities designed to form the basis of a community-based participatory research intervention to prevent unhealthy weight gain in young adults. This project is part of the multi-state project NC1028 that includes 15 other universities, which is in its fourth year. The long-term project goal is to develop a sustainable intervention to reduce the risk of obesity in young adults using community based participatory research guided by the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. Involving the community directly in the research process helps the community gain awareness of and interest in the issues that must be addressed to successfully prevent obesity in young adults. NJ activities completed during the timeframe noted above that contributed to the long-term goals of this project include the following. -Data collection and pilot test of 10-week online intervention (Young Adults Eating and Active for Health [Y.E.A.H] project along with 12 other universities. -Formative evaluation and cognitive testing of Y.E.A.H. online lessons to refine the intervention for a full scale implementation. -Trained 10 undergraduate research assistants to conduct anthropometric (height, weight, waist circumference), blood pressure, and biochemical measurements (blood glucose and lipids). -Drafting of manuscripts and research presentation to describe the obesigenic nature of college campuses (e.g., bikeability, walkability, food environment, vending options, and health promotion). -Validation of an instrument we created to assess health-related advertising on campus and nearby areas. Creation of training materials used to conduct online training to 12 other universities who will use this instrument to assess their campuses. -Cognitive testing interviews regarding the acceptability and appropriateness of motivational messages related to physical activity. -Periodic meetings with the Rutgers community and student leaders on campus to ensure that the direction and products of this project are responsive to the target audience's needs and interests and in line with the tenets of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. -Participation in multistate teleconferences and the annual meeting. -Requested and received IRB continuing review approval for this study. -Continued work on subcontract from South Dakota State University for participation in the USDA/CSREES/NRI funded proposal that will support subsequent phases of the project. PARTICIPANTS: Individuals: faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduate students Partner Organizations: U Wisconsin-Madison, U Maine, Tuskeegee U, East Carolina U, U Rhode Island, U Florida, U New Hampshire, Kansas State U, Michigan State U, South Dakota U, Purdue U, Syracuse U, U Nebraska, West Virginia University, U of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ Collaborators and Contacts: Nutrition Advocates (undergraduate student organization), Healthy Dining Team (undergraduate student organization), Cook Leadership (undergraduate student leader organization), Kappa Omicron Nu (nutrition honor society), Rutgers faculty and staff. Training or Professional Development: trained undergraduate and graduate students to conduct environmental assessment audits, conduct focus groups, assist with cognitive interviewing, recruit study participants, conduct anthropometric, blood pressure, and blood biochemistry measurements. TARGET AUDIENCES: Young adults PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: None

Impacts
The Y.E.A.H. project is the first to systematically develop and test a tailored, web-based program to prevent excessive weight gain in the 18-24 year old population using the community based research process of PRECEDE-PROCEED. Results of the pilot test indicate that this intervention is on track to promote healthy weights in the target population. Involving the community directly in the assessment of the physical environment in terms of how it advocates and supports physical activity, consumption of healthful foods, and overall health helps the community gain awareness of and interest in the issues that must be addressed to prevent obesity in young adults.

Publications

  • Quick V. and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2010) Behavioral Factors Affecting Young Adults' Health and Body Weight: A PRECEDE-PROCEED Framework Approach. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 110: A76.
  • Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Quick V., Weiner A., Shu, E., and Horacek, T. (2010) University Food Environment: An Assessment of the Nutrient-Density of Vending Machine Foods. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 110:A52.
  • Dissen, A., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., and Policastro, P. (2010) Young Adults' Nutrition Knowledge, Healthy Eating Attitudes, Dietary Intake, and Body Image Satisfaction. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 110:A97.
  • Quick, V. and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2010) Fatty, Fatty Two-by-Four: Weight Teasing History Is Associated with Disordered Eating Behaviors in Healthy Young Adult Women. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 110:A43.
  • Szymona, K., Quick, V., and Byrd-Bredbenner, C. (2010) Assessment of Health-Related Advertising on a University Campus. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 110: A79.
  • Walsh, J., White, A., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Colby, S., Esters, O., Greene, G., Hoerr, S., Horacek, T., Kattelmann, K., Kidd, T., Nitzke, S., Phillips, B. (2010) Use of a Multi-Phase Community Assessment Model to Identify Behavioral and Environmental Influences of Obesity for Young Adults. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 110:A30.
  • M. Erdman, T. Horacek, B. Phillips, W. Guo, S. Colby, A. White, T. Kidd, M. Koening, J. Walsh, V. Quick, G. Greene. (2010) Assessment of the Food and Eating Environment on College Campuses Using a Modified Version of the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for Restaurants (NEMS-R). Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 110): A-24.
  • T. Horacek, B. Phillips, M. Herrick, A. White, A. Person, G. Greene, V. Quick, K. Kattelmann, K. Shellnut, J. Morrell. (2010) Obesity Prevention: An Assessment and Comparison of 14 Campuses' Walk-Ability and Bike-Ability. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 110: A-89.
  • Walsh, J., Byrd-Bredbenner ,C., Carey, G., Greene, G., Hoerr, S., Esters, O., Kattelmann, K., Morrell, J., Nitzke, S., Phillips, B., Shelnutt, K., and White, A. (2010) Eating behavior, perceptions, and Body Mass Index of college students in two stage of readiness to eat fruit and vegetables. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 42:P50.
  • Horacek, T., Byrd-Bredbenner, C. Marco, A., Hoerr, S. Walsh, J., Colby, S.E., Kidd, T., Johnson, M., and Phillips, B. (2010) Healthy Vending Snacks on 10 College Campuses: A comparison of nutrient density scores. FASEB Journal, 24:736.7.


Progress 01/01/09 to 12/31/09

Outputs
OUTPUTS: This project is built upon an integrated set of research activities designed to form the basis of a community-based participatory research intervention to prevent unhealthy weight gain in young adults. This project is part of the multi-state project NC1028 that includes 12 other universities, which is in its third year. The long-term project goal is to develop a sustainable intervention to reduce the risk of obesity in young adults using community based participatory research guided by the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. Involving the community directly in the research process helps the community gain awareness of and interest in the issues that must be addressed to successfully prevent obesity in young adults. NJ activities completed during the timeframe noted above that contributed to the long-term goals of this project include the following. -Completion and analysis of an online quality of life/behavioral survey designed to assess students' sleeping habits, eating attitudes and behaviors, and physical activity patterns was conducted. -Completion and analysis of the Health Behavior and Knowledge Survey of young adults. Currently, involved in a validation study of this survey. -Completion and analysis of an environmental evaluation of the campus and surrounding areas to determine the characteristics of the environment that support or deter obesity prevention efforts including bikeability, walkability, food environment, vending options, and health promotion. Currently participating in a second environmental evaluation to validate a streamlined instrument to assess the obesigenic nature of college campuses. -Development of instrument and assessment of the health-related advertising on campus and nearby areas. -Cognitive testing interviews regarding the acceptability and appropriateness of motivational messages related to physical activity are underway. -Periodic meetings with the Rutgers community and student leaders on campus to ensure that the direction and products of this project are responsive to the target audience's needs and interests and in line with the tenets of the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. -Participation in multistate teleconferences and the annual meeting. -The IRB continuing review for this study was completed. -A subcontract was executed to South Dakota State University for participation in the USDA/CSREES/NRI funded proposal that will support subsequent phases of the project. -Rutgers is actively involved in the development of the physical activity part of the intervention and the development of the intervention assessment. -Submitted NIH grant proposal (One Size Doesn't Fit All: The Role of Personality in Developing Tailored Recommendations for Weight Management Interventions) as collaborator with East Carolina University (in review). -Submitted USDA, AFRI grant proposal (Preventing Weight Gain in Young Adults via a Social Networking Health Game) as collaborator with University of New Hampshire (in review). PARTICIPANTS: Individuals: faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduate students Partner Organizations: U Wisconsin-Madison, U Maine, Tuskeegee U, East Carolina U, U Rhode Island, U Florida, U New Hampshire, Kansas State U, Michigan State U, South Dakota U, Purdue U, Syracuse U, U of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ Collaborators and Contacts: Nutrition Advocates (undergraduate student organization), Healthy Dining Team (undergraduate student organization), Cook Leadership (undergraduate student leader organization), Kappa Omicron Nu (nutrition honor society). Training or Professional Development: trained undergraduate and graduate students to conduct environmental assessment audits, conduct focus groups, recruit study participants. TARGET AUDIENCES: Young adults (Rutgers students) PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
Involving the community directly in the assessment of the physical environment in terms of how it advocates and supports physical activity, consumption of healthful foods, and overall health helps the community gain awareness of and interest in the issues that must be addressed to successfully prevent obesity in young adults.

Publications

  • Publications: Abbot, J.M., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Schaffner, D., Bruhn, C., Blalock, L. (2009) Comparison of Food Safety Cognitions and Self-Reported Food Handling Behaviors with Observed Food Safety Behaviors of Young Adults. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 63: 572-579.


Progress 01/01/08 to 12/31/08

Outputs
OUTPUTS: NC1028 PROGRESS: 2008/1 TO 2008/12 This project is built upon an integrated set of research activities designed to form the basis of a community-based participatory research intervention to prevent unhealthy weight gain in young adults. This project is part of the multi-state project NC1028 that includes 10 other universities across the nation. During the past year, we conducted two online focus groups to investigate quality of life issues faced by college students. Our NC1028 research partners combined these findings with those from other universities and presented them at the NC1028 annual meeting held in March. We also began an online quality of life/behavioral survey designed to assess students' sleeping habits, eating attitudes and behaviors, and physical activity patterns. In addition, an environmental evaluation of the Rutgers campus and surrounding areas is currently underway to determine the characteristics of the environment that support or deter obesity prevention efforts. This evaluation will provide data that indicates the extent to which the campus promotes physical activity, consumption of healthful foods, and practice of other healthful behaviors. The evaluation includes audits of the walk-ability/bike-ability of the campus; usability and visibility of stairs; health promotion signage and policies; vending food and beverage options; and recreation services, facilities, equipment, amenities, and activities. To assess the availability of healthful food options, an audit of restaurants, supermarkets, and dining services on and near campus will be conducted using the Nutrition Environment Measurement Survey (NEMS-R) instrument. Meetings with the Rutgers community and student leaders on campus are held periodically to ensure that the direction and products of this project are responsive to the target audience's needs and interests. PARTICIPANTS: Individuals: faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students Partner Organizations: Nutrition Advocates (undergraduate student organization), Healthy Dining Team (undergraduate student organization), Cook Leadership (undergraduate student organization). Training or Professional Development: trained undergraduate and graduate students to conduct environmental assessment audits TARGET AUDIENCES: Young adults/college students PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
IMPACT: 2008/1 TO 2008/12 Involving the community directly in the assessment of the physical environment in terms of how it advocates and supports physical activity, consumption of healthful foods, and overall health helps the community gain awareness of and interest in the issues that must be addressed to successfully prevent obesity in young adults.

Publications

  • No publications reported this period