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2008 Faculty Support Grants
Body Fit
Carmen Babcock, Health and Exercise Science, College of Education and Human Ecology
Gail Kaye, Human Nutrition and OSU Extension
Donna Pastore, School of Physical Activity and Educational Services Department Chair, College of Education and Human Ecology
Jill Nolan, Assistant Director, Family & Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension
Sandy Stroot, Interim Dean, College of Education and Human Ecology
The OSU extension theme, Enhancing Food and Health, describes the focus of the collaboration effort between faculty members Carmen Babcock, Ph.D. (Health and Exercise Science) and Gail Kaye, Ph.D. (Human Nutrition & Extension). Kaye’s recent work has focused on a skills-based nutrition education program (Food Fit) to impact dietary intake and eating behaviors among the 5 leading zip codes of overweight residents in Columbus. It is Babcock’s intent to develop a complementary program (Body Fit) that focuses upon education and promotion of positive physical activity behaviors. Through the recent establishment of a unique partnership between OSU and COSI, Babcock and Kaye have formed a relationship with COSI as part of the Labs in Life @ COSI team. As such, development of the Body Fit program will be facilitated and implementation of the program will ultimately have a unique outreach venue.
Following the development of the Body Fit program the ambition is to combine both Food Fit & Body Fit as an interdisciplinary behavioral modification intervention. This model would be targeted to school children ages 6-11 and would be structured to meet Ohio’s academic content standards. It will also serve as a program for student visitors to COSI.
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