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Category: Health & Nutrition

Public Health Sciences Professor Jamie Zoellner, PhD, and Team Awarded $3.4 Million to Reduce Sugary Drink Consumption

-[…]am-awarded-3-4-million-to-reduce-sugary-drink-consumption/ Public Health Sciences Professor Jamie Zoellner, PhD, RDN, and her multidisciplinary team were awarded a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to engage Head Start families…

iSipsmarter in the news: UVA studies new program in southwest Virginia to reduce consumption of sugary drinks

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - The University of Virginia and community groups in southwest Virginia are testing a web-based program that could help adults in the region reduce their consumption of…

Maryam Yuhas won “Best Video Poster” at UConn Digital Conference for Kids SIPSmarter video!

Congratulations to Maryam Yuhas for winning Best Video Poster Overall at #uconndigital20 for her video “Response patterns and effects of a text message based sugar-sweetened beverage intervention for rural caregivers…

UCanPoopToo: An Internet Intervention for Pediatric Encopresis

U-Can-Poop-Too is an Internet Intervention developed to help children with encopresis. The program is based on Enhanced Toilet Training, and emphasizes both the medical and behavioral aspects of treatment. Children…

BGATHome: Blood Glucose Awareness Training

BGATHome is designed to help people improve their ability to recognize, anticipate, and prevent extreme fluctuations in blood glucose (BG) levels. The training program is based on the self-regulation theory…

iSHIFTup: An Internet Intervention to Prevent Pressure Ulcers in Adults with Spinal Cord Injury

iSHIFTup is an Internet Intervention to help adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) prevent pressure ulcers (PrUs) and to promote protective health behaviors.

Identifying Driving Risk Factors in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes and their Reduction via a Behavioral Intervention

A national NIH-NIDDK study investigating risk and prevention of hypoglycemia-related driving collisions for drivers with Type 1 diabetes