Nutrition Education: Linking Research, Theory, And Practice

Isobel R. Contento, PhD has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland and an MA and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently the Mary Swartz Rose Professor of Nutrition Education and Coordinator of the Program in Nutrition, Department of Health Behavior Studies, Teachers College Columbia University, New York City. Her research has focused on the behavioral aspects of nutrition, particularly psychosocial factors influencing food choice and behavior change in children and adolescents. Dr. Contento has been involved in the development and evaluation of many nutrition education curricula and programs. She has also served on advisory committees for the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Institute of Medicine. Pamela A. Koch, EdD has a bachelor’s degree and MS from Rutgers University and a Med and EdD from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is currently a Research Associate Professor in the Program in Nutrition, Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University. She works at the intersection of sustainable food systems and nutrition education. She has considerable experience in both research and practice. She has published numerous articles and abstracts in peer-reviewed journals from her work on many research grants from the US National Institutes of Health, US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and others. She teaches an online professional development short-course for teachers, Teaching Food and Nutrition for All as well as work with nutrition education graduate students.