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Organization |
Description |
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Center for Lifelong Learning
Target population: women(midlife) |
- Nutrition Education Class on "Food Label Reading" when both cooking at home and eating outside of the home
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Activity was undertaken as Lead Partner for "Take Action: Healthy People, Places, and Practices in Communities" Project funded by U.S. Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion and the Regional Health Administration. |
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East Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club
Target population: parents / guardians and their children |
4-weeks( 1.5 hrs per week) on:
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Healthy eating choices-including cultural foods
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"Food Label Reading" when cooking at home and when eating outside of the home
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Modification of recipes and taste testing of traditional cultural foods
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Practical physical activity |
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Great Beginnings for Black Babies, Inc.
Target population: pregnant women and their families |
Journal article published: Everette, Mable. Investigation of the Correlates of Iron Deficiency among Non-Pregnant Child-Bearing Age Females, (18-49 years) using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III National Data Set (NHANES III-1988-1994). Ecology of Food and Nutrition (Publisher: Taylor Francis) April 16, 2008.
The background for the article was informed by a history of nutrition education classes with the organization's clientele |
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Healthy African American Families II Target population: Los Angeles community at large |
Journal article published: Everette, Mable. Gestatational Weight and Dietary Intake During Pregnancy: Perspectives of African American Women. Maternal and Child Health Journal (Publisher: Springer Netherlands) November 7, 2007
The article s based on analysis of Ethnographic data collected and maintained at the nonprofit organization. |
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Jenesse Center, Inc
Target population: domestic violence intervention program |
Nutrition Education Class:
"Healthy eating choices-including cultural foods
"Food Label Reading"when both cooking at home and eating outside of the home |
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Los Angeles County/Nutrition Section
Target Population: Farmers¡¯ Market attendees |
- Nutrition education and food demonstrations at a local Farmers Market. Mable Everette, RD was named as one of the "County of Los Angeles 2008 Volunteer of the Year."
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United American Indian Involvement
Target population: Native American families and their children |
- Nutrition and physical activity classes 4 weeks (@ 2.5 hours each) for families with children under 12 years of age focused on childhood obesity prevention.
- A poster session was prepared as a result of this class for the "First California Native Youth Diabetes Prevention and Treatment" Conference held April 2008 in Sacramento, CA
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