Behavioral Research and Eating Competence: USDA–CSREES

• Published in: Journal of nutrition education and behavior Vol. 39; no. 5; p. S141
• Main Authors: Welsh, Susan, PhD, RD, Saltos, Etta, PhD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01-09-2007; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: attitudes and opinions; Behavioral Research - methods; body image; Diet; Diet - methods; Diet - psychology; Diet - standards; eating attitudes; eating disorders; eating habits; Feeding Behavior - psychology; food acceptability; food choices; food groups; food guides; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Government agencies; Health Education - methods; Health Promotion - methods; healthy diet; Humans; Internal Medicine; Models, Educational; Models, Theoretical; MyPyramid; National Institute of Food and Agriculture; Nutrition education; Nutrition Policy; Obesity; Recommended Dietary Allowances; Satter Eating Competence Model; United States; United States Department of Agriculture; United States
• ISSN: 1499-4046; 1878-2620; 1708-8259
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.07.008

Welsh presents compelling evidence for the reliability, validity, and potential utility of the Eating Competence Model developed by Ellyn Satter. She views this model as compatible with Federal nutrition policy and sees opportunities for synergy. The Model provides the skills and resources for managing the food context and a path for healthy diet and healthy relationship with food and perhaps a real chance for preventing escalating obesity with less of the emotional trauma. She believes that all the projects under the United States Department of Agriculture-Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program are good examples of translational research and are ahead of the curve in moving nutrition education research from an idyllic setting into what will work in the community.