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Ideas and resources for practitioners, especially regard-ng obesity interventions, are folded into this issue of JNEBTable) with entries that present analytical measures fairlyew to nutrition education. Although appearing to beolely research oriented, these techniques power findingshat will certainly impact practitioners in the near future.ollahite, Kenkel, and Thompson8 utilized quality-adjusted

ife year (QALY) weights, which can range from 0 (death)o 1 (perfect health), to report that EFNEP saved 245ALYs and then assessed the cost-benefit ratio of EFNEP

articipation. Cousineau, Houle, Bromberg, et al9 and Bel-ran, Sepulveda, and Watson, et al10 demonstrated howoncept mapping (with an especially informative descrip-ion) and Robinson matrices, respectively, will engineerormative development of instruments and interventions.heories of visual information processing, such as the cog-itive theory of multimedia learning and the cue summa-ions theory are described by Townsend, Sylva, Martin, etl1 and applied to development of a food behavior checklisthat is easier to read and understand by low-income clients.ractitioner support and understanding for researchers’ovel application of theories and analytical methods toutrition education is the future of our discipline.

Cheers,Barbara

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1. Townsend MS, Sylva K, Martin A, Metz D, Wooten-Swanson P.Improving readability of an evaluation tool for low-income clientsusing visual information processing theories. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2008;40:181-186.

2. McKean H, Looker S, Hartmann LC, et al. Are cancer survivors/patients knowledgeable about osteoporosis? Results from a survey of285 chemotherapy-treated cancer patients and their companions. JNutr Educ Behav. 2008;144-148.

3. Abood DA, Black DR, Coster DC. Evaluation of a school-based teenobesity prevention minimal intervention. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2008;40:168-174.

4. Horodynski M, Olson B, Brophy-Herb H, Silk K, Shirer K. The infantfeeding series (TIFS) curriculum. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2008;40:187-189.

5. Connors P. Assessing written evidence of critical thinking using an

analytic rubric. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2008;40:193-194.

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6. Kidd T, Johannes E, Simonson L, Medeiros D. KNACK Online: anevidence-based web site developed to address adolescent obesity. JNutr Educ Behav. 2008;40:189-190.

7. Dayal A, Van Eerden P, Gillespie L, Rucker L, Rosett JW, Katz NT.Case-based nutrition teaching for medical students. J Nutr Educ Behav.2008;40:191-192.

8. Dollahite J, Kenkel D, Thompson CS. An economic evaluation of theexpanded food and nutrition education program. J Nutr Educ Behav.2008;40:134-143.

9. Cousineau T, Houle B, Bromberg J, Fernandez KC, Kling WC. A pilotstudy of an online workplace nutrition program: the value of participantinput in program development. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2008;40:160-167.

0. Beltran A, Sepulveda KK, Watson K, et al. Diverse food items aresimilarly categorized by 8- to 13-year-old children. J Nutr Educ Behav.2008;40:149-159.

able. In this issue of JNEB . . .

FirstAuthor Page Reach to Nutrition Educators

ownsend1 181 Discusses development and validationof a new food behavior checklist forclients in USDA nutrition educationprograms.

cKean2 144 Presents the OsteoporosisKnowledge Assessment Toolmodified for cancer survivors.

bood3 168 Identifies Present and Prevent, aschool-based teen obesityintervention at www.channing-bete.com.

orodynski4 187 Describes a 6-lesson infant feedingcurriculum, based on the Theoryof Planned Behavior.

onnors5 193 Critical thinking analytic scoringrubric for college students.

idd6 189 Describes an evidence-based Website (www.knackonline.org) toaddress adolescent obesityconcerns of multiplestakeholders.

ayal7 191 Web site for materials to teachmedical students about obesity-related nutrition.

2008 SOCIETY FOR NUTRITION EDUCATIONoi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.03.114