Nutritional Sciences Program
Master of Public Health
May 17, 2023
Trauma and Food, Notes for Meals
Created a handout outlining food texture, taste, spice, and digestion aids to consider during meals with Teen Feed clients who have experienced trauma. This handout was informed by the documented association between trauma and eating behaviors or GI intolerance both in literature and through qualitative interviews with Teen Feed and local meal programs. Community Partner:…
May 4, 2023
Teen Feed Meal Evaluation Tool
Created a meal evaluation tool (“Meal Checklist”) for Teen Feed volunteers to use before or after building their meals. Google Form questions both gather information on and help guide volunteers into making healthy, balanced food choices. Meal-level and high-level metrics are aggregated in an easy-to-understand Google spreadsheet (“Teen Feed Metrics”).
Nutritious & Tasty Teen Feed Volunteer Guide: Tips for Feeding Adolescents
Using Teen Feed client feedback and behavioral research, created a guide to help volunteers create satisfying, nutritional meals for the organization’s teen clients. Provides easy options for adding flavor to foods, simple ways to increase nutrient density, and a few recipes and meal examples.
A Visual Adaptation of the HER Guidelines Table
Developed an “at-a-glance” version of the HER Guidelines Table with example images of foods within the categories of “often”, “sometimes”, or “rarely” to help Teen Feed volunteers offer balanced meal options for their guests.
Teen Feed Meal Evaluation Tool
Created a meal evaluation tool (“Meal Checklist”) for Teen Feed volunteers to use before or after building their meals. Google Form questions both gather information on and help guide volunteers into making healthy, balanced food choices. Meal-level and high-level metrics are aggregated in an easy-to-understand Google spreadsheet (“Teen Feed Metrics”).
Build Your Own Meal Healthy Challenge
Prepared a guide with a list of healthy or “choose often” options for each food category so clients can combine items they like and build their own version of a healthy, balanced meal.
Teen Feed: Population and Impact
Designed a handout for Teen Feed to utilize when soliciting donors and volunteers, which provides an overview of their adolescent client population and their unique nutrition needs and the impact the organization’s social and nutrition justice work provides to the community.
Teen Feed: Population and Impact
Designed a handout for Teen Feed to utilize when soliciting donors and volunteers, which provides an overview of their adolescent client population and their unique nutrition needs and the impact the organization’s social and nutrition justice work provides to the community.
Ensuring Physical and Emotional Safety at Mealtimes
Used the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) model to create a fact sheet and guide for Teen Feed volunteers to use when building their client meals. Focuses on supporting both the emotional and nutritional health of the organization’s youth clientele.
February 27, 2023
Khang Ho
What influenced you to pursue a graduate degree in nutritional sciences? My undergraduate degree in clinical nutrition from UC Davis was heavily concentrated on improving health outcomes in a clinical setting. During that time, I was involved in some public health nutrition part-time jobs and internships that set the course for my interest in improving…
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