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President's Message: Reflections from our Heritage
Journal of NUTRITION EDUCATION
AND
BEHAVIOR
VOLUME 37, NUMBER 6
NOVEMBER • DECEMBER 2005
F RO M JNEB
JNEB Volume 37 in Review Kudos to the many authors who shared their work in JNEB this year! They contributed to our body of knowledge in ways too numerous and diverse to capture in this short column. All the same, I will try by way of a brief summary of the highlights. The articles in this volume address personal beliefs, barriers, and motivators; perceived behavioral control; food choice capacity; and many other factors among a wide variety of audiences from children to teens to younger and older adults in rural or urban settings, low income or not. The authors hale from Costa Rica to Canada, the United States to Australia. Various authors explored the influence of social and physical environments at home and at school and in neighborhood health care centers, theaters, and other community settings.They also studied the virtual environment as it relates to food and nutrition through movies, television, and the World Wide Web. Authors explored philosophical issues,2 offered concrete tools for designing3 and evaluating4 programs and materials, and introduced a new lens through which to view food behavior.5 As always, Great Educational Materials (GEMs) and reviews of new resources for nutrition educators round out the volume. A special thanks and fond farewell go to our colleagues at BC Decker Inc, publisher of JNEB for the last 12 years. We appreciate their longstanding partnership with us and wish them all the best.
REFERENCES 1. Moser RP, Green V, Weber D, Doyle C. Psychosocial correlates of fruit and vegetable consumption among African American men. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2005;37:306-314. 2. Quintiliani, LM, Carbone ET. Impact of diet-related cancer prevention messages written with cognitive and affective arguments on message characteristics, stage of change, and self-efficacy. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2005;37:12-19. 3. Lytle LA. Nutrition education, behavioral theories, and the scientific method: another viewpoint. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2005;37:90-93. 4. Medeiros LC, Butkus SN, Chipman H, Cox RH, Jones L, Little D. A logic model framework for community nutrition education. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2005;37:197-202. 5. Townsend MS, Kaiser LL. Development of a tool to assess psychosocial indicators of fruit and vegetable intake for 2 federal programs. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2005;37:170-184. 6. Devine CM.A life course perspective: understanding food choices in time, social location, and history. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2005;37:121-128.
Sandra K. Shepherd, PhD, RD Editor
President’s Message: Reflections from our Heritage Through the years it has become the premier journal for the science and practice of nutrition education. For the past 12 years we have had the pleasure of working with Brian Decker and BC Decker Periodicals.This will be the last issue published with the familiar purple and blue cover.The January-February 2006 issue will have a new look and new publisher, Elsevier. Our thanks go out to all the staff at BC Decker for a great 12 years. At this year’s SNE conference we had the opportunity to recognize several students and professional members for their work and contributions to the Society. Special congratulations go to Linda Bobroff, who received the SNE Mid-Career Award, and to Sharon Hoerr, who received the 1st annual SNE/SNEF Helen Denning Ullrich Award for Excellence in Nutrition Education. Thanks for your outstanding service and contributions to SNE and to the science and practice of nutrition education. We are currently seeking nominations for next year’s awards. For more information on SNE’s Awards program or to nominate a mentor or colleague, go to SNE’s website at www.sne.org.
I have been reading Helen Denning Ullrich’s new book, the Nutritionists: Scientists and Practitioners,1 which Helen self-describes as “a personal and historical story about the men and women who shaped the profession.” It is a fascinating and inspiring book, one that is part history, part memoir, and full of reflective insight on how politics, gender bias and key players influenced the development of the fields of nutrition research and nutrition education. In it, Helen describes how Dr. George Briggs approached her in 1967 about starting a new journal for nutrition practitioners. Using samples of articles from existing journals and newsletters, Helen developed a prototype for such a journal, which she and Briggs presented to four other nutrition professionals. These six visionaries, George Briggs, Helen Ullrich, George Stewart, Helen Walsh, Ruth Huenemann and Gaylord Whitlock, became the founders of the Society for Nutrition Education. In this issue we pay tribute to one of these founders, Ruth Huenemann, who passed away in August, 2005. The prototype issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education, along with an evaluation form, was sent out in October of 1968 to about 1,500 persons.The response was overwhelmingly positive; nutrition education’s time had come. By 1970, SNE had become a membership organization, with the Journal as one of its flagship products. The Journal has continued to be the flagship product of the Society for Nutrition Education and a key member benefit.
Pat Kendall, PhD, RD 2005-2006 SNE President
REFERENCES 1. Ullrich HD. the Nutritionists: Scientists and Practitioners. Berkeley,
CA: Helen Denning Ullrich; 2005. 283
AND
BEHAVIOR
VOLUME 37, NUMBER 6
NOVEMBER • DECEMBER 2005
F RO M JNEB
JNEB Volume 37 in Review Kudos to the many authors who shared their work in JNEB this year! They contributed to our body of knowledge in ways too numerous and diverse to capture in this short column. All the same, I will try by way of a brief summary of the highlights. The articles in this volume address personal beliefs, barriers, and motivators; perceived behavioral control; food choice capacity; and many other factors among a wide variety of audiences from children to teens to younger and older adults in rural or urban settings, low income or not. The authors hale from Costa Rica to Canada, the United States to Australia. Various authors explored the influence of social and physical environments at home and at school and in neighborhood health care centers, theaters, and other community settings.They also studied the virtual environment as it relates to food and nutrition through movies, television, and the World Wide Web. Authors explored philosophical issues,2 offered concrete tools for designing3 and evaluating4 programs and materials, and introduced a new lens through which to view food behavior.5 As always, Great Educational Materials (GEMs) and reviews of new resources for nutrition educators round out the volume. A special thanks and fond farewell go to our colleagues at BC Decker Inc, publisher of JNEB for the last 12 years. We appreciate their longstanding partnership with us and wish them all the best.
REFERENCES 1. Moser RP, Green V, Weber D, Doyle C. Psychosocial correlates of fruit and vegetable consumption among African American men. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2005;37:306-314. 2. Quintiliani, LM, Carbone ET. Impact of diet-related cancer prevention messages written with cognitive and affective arguments on message characteristics, stage of change, and self-efficacy. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2005;37:12-19. 3. Lytle LA. Nutrition education, behavioral theories, and the scientific method: another viewpoint. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2005;37:90-93. 4. Medeiros LC, Butkus SN, Chipman H, Cox RH, Jones L, Little D. A logic model framework for community nutrition education. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2005;37:197-202. 5. Townsend MS, Kaiser LL. Development of a tool to assess psychosocial indicators of fruit and vegetable intake for 2 federal programs. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2005;37:170-184. 6. Devine CM.A life course perspective: understanding food choices in time, social location, and history. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2005;37:121-128.
Sandra K. Shepherd, PhD, RD Editor
President’s Message: Reflections from our Heritage Through the years it has become the premier journal for the science and practice of nutrition education. For the past 12 years we have had the pleasure of working with Brian Decker and BC Decker Periodicals.This will be the last issue published with the familiar purple and blue cover.The January-February 2006 issue will have a new look and new publisher, Elsevier. Our thanks go out to all the staff at BC Decker for a great 12 years. At this year’s SNE conference we had the opportunity to recognize several students and professional members for their work and contributions to the Society. Special congratulations go to Linda Bobroff, who received the SNE Mid-Career Award, and to Sharon Hoerr, who received the 1st annual SNE/SNEF Helen Denning Ullrich Award for Excellence in Nutrition Education. Thanks for your outstanding service and contributions to SNE and to the science and practice of nutrition education. We are currently seeking nominations for next year’s awards. For more information on SNE’s Awards program or to nominate a mentor or colleague, go to SNE’s website at www.sne.org.
I have been reading Helen Denning Ullrich’s new book, the Nutritionists: Scientists and Practitioners,1 which Helen self-describes as “a personal and historical story about the men and women who shaped the profession.” It is a fascinating and inspiring book, one that is part history, part memoir, and full of reflective insight on how politics, gender bias and key players influenced the development of the fields of nutrition research and nutrition education. In it, Helen describes how Dr. George Briggs approached her in 1967 about starting a new journal for nutrition practitioners. Using samples of articles from existing journals and newsletters, Helen developed a prototype for such a journal, which she and Briggs presented to four other nutrition professionals. These six visionaries, George Briggs, Helen Ullrich, George Stewart, Helen Walsh, Ruth Huenemann and Gaylord Whitlock, became the founders of the Society for Nutrition Education. In this issue we pay tribute to one of these founders, Ruth Huenemann, who passed away in August, 2005. The prototype issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education, along with an evaluation form, was sent out in October of 1968 to about 1,500 persons.The response was overwhelmingly positive; nutrition education’s time had come. By 1970, SNE had become a membership organization, with the Journal as one of its flagship products. The Journal has continued to be the flagship product of the Society for Nutrition Education and a key member benefit.
Pat Kendall, PhD, RD 2005-2006 SNE President
REFERENCES 1. Ullrich HD. the Nutritionists: Scientists and Practitioners. Berkeley,
CA: Helen Denning Ullrich; 2005. 283