Weight-inclusive nutrition education: Creating and implementing new high school curriculum
Abstract
Although nutrition education has historically been taught from a weight-normative perspective, increasing rates of disordered eating and weight-based bullying among adolescents in North America would suggest the need for an alternative approach. Utilizing a weight-inclusive perspective is one way to improve both physical and mental health outcomes in individuals. However, there is an absence of research on effective weight-inclusive curriculum at the high school level. The aim of this work is to identify challenges and opportunities associated with developing and implementing a weightinclusive nutrition education curriculum for Vermont high schools.
Primary Faculty Mentor Name
Lizzy Pope
Status
Graduate
Student College
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Program/Major
Food Systems
Primary Research Category
Social Science
Weight-inclusive nutrition education: Creating and implementing new high school curriculum
Although nutrition education has historically been taught from a weight-normative perspective, increasing rates of disordered eating and weight-based bullying among adolescents in North America would suggest the need for an alternative approach. Utilizing a weight-inclusive perspective is one way to improve both physical and mental health outcomes in individuals. However, there is an absence of research on effective weight-inclusive curriculum at the high school level. The aim of this work is to identify challenges and opportunities associated with developing and implementing a weightinclusive nutrition education curriculum for Vermont high schools.