Implementation of an education program to improve Smith Island, Maryland residents' knowledge and attributes of healthier eating practices and benefits of physical activity

• Main Author: Windemuth, Brenda
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: food habits; health knowledge; socio-demographics; cultural sensitivity; Nutrition; Health Behavior; Life Style; Diabetes Mellitus; Obesity; Physical Fitness; Exercise > physiology; Education; Nursing; Program Evaluation; Patient Education as Topic; Maryland; Smith Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10713/2227

University of Maryland, Baltimore. Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Project Introduction: Obesity rates in the United States have drastically increased over the past twenty years. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the obesity rate for adults has nearly doubled since 199...