NJHKI Student Ambassadors Anjali Patel, Hannah Briggs, Helen Yanes, Jenna DeSimone, Rachel Ho, Alyssa Guidetti, Sheryn Jacinto, Holly Dorsett, and Lindsey Hardmeyer joined Dr. Peggy Policastro and Alison Brown in presenting abstracts at the 2024 New Jersey Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics conference at Rutgers University on April 25th, 2024.
NJHKI presented FranklinFit research at FNCE 2023
NJHKI’s Dr. Peggy Policastro and and IFNH Ambassadors Hannah Briggs, Alyssa Guidetti, and Rachel Ho presented at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ FNCE 2023 in Denver, CO this past October. FranklinFit research was presented to show that a whole child wellness program through community policing and public health can be used as a platform […]
Food Literacy: Empowering Students to Live Empowered, Healthy Lives Webinar
NJHKI’s Dr. Erin Comollo and Dr. Peggy Policastro and MPH student Abigail David presented in a live webinar on the importance of understanding food literacy. The emerging framework of food literacy is a comprehensive concept including nutrition knowledge, culinary skills, and behavior change and has been demonstrated to improve nutritional intake and health outcomes (Amin […]
Cooking with Kids: Building Lifelong Culinary Literacy Webinar
Research shows by teaching kids to cook they shop differently, fill their plates differently, and consider their impact on the environment differently. However, for various reasons, children are often absent when the family meal is being prepared. One way to “get kids back in the kitchen” is to teach them basic culinary practices. Culinary literacy […]
NJHKI Presents at Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior meeting
NJHKI Program Administrator Dr. Erin Comollo, EdD presented at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) on July 28, 2019 in Orlando, FL. Dr. Comollo presented NJHKI’s goals, objectives and most current activities.
