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Backgr ound: Nut rit

ioneducat iondeliveredbycl assr oom t eacher shasbecomeapopul ar
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nt ervent iondesi gnedt ocombatchi ldhoodobesi t
y .Howev er ,fewqual i
tati
v est udieshav e
explor ednut ri
tioneducat i
onwi thteachersPur pose: Thepur poseoft hisst udywast oexpl ore
howel ement ar yt eacher sdescr ibetheirexper iencewi thnut ri
ti
oneducat ion.Met hods: A
qual i
tativephenomenol ogical approachwasused.Semi struct uredi nterv i
ews, obser vat i
ons,and
documentanal ysiswer econduct edwi t
h10t eacher swhodel iverednut rit
ioneducat i
oni nthei
r
classr ooms.I nduct i
v ecodingwasusedt odet er mi neinv ariantconst ituents, reduceconst i
tuents
tocat egor i
es, andcl ustercat egoriesintothemes.Rel i
abili
tyandv aliditywer eaccompl ished
throughi ntercoderagr eement ,audiorecording, triangul ati
on, br acket i
ng, andmemberchecki ng.
Resul ts: Result sident i
fi
ed5cor ethemesr elatedt or olesteacher spl ayi nnut riti
oneducat i
on,
thei mpor tancepl aceduponnut ri
ti
on,mot i
v ationf orsuppl ement aryact i
viti
es, barriers, anda
tri
adicr el ati
onshi pbet weenst udents,teacher s, andcur ri
cul um.Di scussi on: Findingsr eveal
i
nt eract i
onswi thint henut riti
oneducat i
onexper i
encei nwhi cht eacher sbal ancebar rierswith
theirv alueofnut rit
ioneducat ionandmot ivationt ohel pst udent smakeheal t
hychoi ces.
Transl ationt oHeal t
hEducat ionPr acti
ce:Heal theducat orsshoul dwor kwi thcl assroom
teacher satt hepr ogr am design, implement ation, andev aluat i
onst agesofcur r
iculum
dev elopmentt obet teraddr essneedsandf acilitatet hedel iveryofhi gh-qual itynutrition
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orst
udent
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