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Nutritional Education and Behavior Change

Nutritional education and behavior change encompasses interventions and research aimed at improving dietary practices and health outcomes through knowledge dissemination, skill-building, and strategies that modify eating behaviors across diverse populations. Research published in the International Journal of Nutriti…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 32× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Nutritional education and behavior change encompasses interventions and research aimed at improving dietary practices and health outcomes through knowledge dissemination, skill-building, and strategies that modify eating behaviors across diverse populations. Research published in the International Journal of Nutrition on this topic addresses multiple dimensions of nutritional intervention and behavioral factors. Studies have examined school-based approaches, including the effects of combining nutrition education with active choice methods on fruit and vegetable consumption in elementary students, and the impact of breakfast cereal provision alongside education on body mass index and diet quality in children. The journal has published work on context-specific feeding recommendations derived from national surveys, barriers to implementing food regulations in school settings, and parental perceptions of obstacles to healthy eating and physical activity in low-income families. Additional research explores cultural and socioeconomic factors influencing nutritional behaviors, such as beliefs about exclusive breastfeeding among low-income women, employment effects on nutritional status in rural populations, and specialized feeding protocols for clinical populations. This body of work underscores the importance of tailoring educational interventions to specific contexts, populations, and developmental stages to effectively promote lasting dietary improvements and address nutritional challenges across the lifespan.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2015

Epigenetics and Nutrition

Lundstrom KennethCorresponding author
PanTherapeuitcs, Rue des Remparts 4, CH1095 Lutry, Switzerland
International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-603
2016

Obesity and Asthma: Nutrition Risk Factors In Adolescents

Jobim Benedetti FrancelianeCorresponding author
Nutritionist, Master’s Graduate Program in Health child and adolescent in Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and Professor Graduate in Centro Univeritário Franciscano.
International Journal of Nutrition doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-15-770

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 32 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Nutritional Education and Behavior Change, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Kadri Koppel · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Luigia Pazzagli · Italy

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