School of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Research group

Spanish

Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nutrition and Health Education

Academic Unit: School of Nutrition and Dietetics

Colombian Ministry of Science

B

Call

894 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Social sciences

Subarea

Educational sciences

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Strategic Focus

GIIESEN aims to become a group formed by researchers committed to activities such as teaching and research on health and nutrition. Additionally, the group seeks to promote interaction with national and international peers to produce new applicable knowledge so as to contribute to solving issues related to its fields of application of interest.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Pedagogía y didácticas de la Información, Comunicación y Educación para la Salud, Alimentación y Nutrición (Pedagogy and information didactics, Health Communication and Education, Food and Nutrition–ICESAN).
Responsabilidad social empresarial y la Información, Comunicación y Educación en alimentación y Nutrición (Corporate social responsibility and information, communication and education in food and nutrition—ICEAN).

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Teresita Alzate Yepes, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in pedagogical actions and community development.

Universitat de València – Spain.

Coordinator's Email

teresa.alzate@udea.edu.co

Research Group Email

giiesen123@gmail.com

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

Nutritional epidemiology group Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo (Mexico).
CONINUT, Consortium of Researchers in Nutriology (México).
Research network on healthy lifestyles (Latin America).

REDCUPS, Colombian Network of Health Promoting Universities.
School of Nutrition and Dietetics Universidad de Chile.
School of Nutrition Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (Argentina).

Highlighted Projects

Colon cancer prevention (ECNT). Educational perspective against obesity from a food, nutrition, and physical activity approach, applied to a population of schoolchildren from Antioquia and Quindío.
Validation of a regulated game, named “Little Chefs," to promote healthy lifestyles and consumption of fruits and vegetables in children over seven years.
Cocinando la coca saludable en la U program (preparation of a healthy, tupper-packed lunch at the university).
Identity of professors from health-related schools at Universidad de Antioquia.

Key Research Findings

Undergraduate, master’s degree, and doctoral-level students.
Research product books: Cookbook, resulting from the "Cocinando Salud en la U” (Cooking Health at the University) project. 2016. ISBN: 9789585413030.
Scientific journal papers: Validation of the educational material for the “Niñ@s en Movimiento” (children in motion) program to Treat child Obesity ISSN: 2256-3334.
The nutritionist educator: conceptions of students from the Nutrition program of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina).

Services and/or Products Portfolio

Technical, scientific, and specific expert advice on social communication for health.
Expert advice on formulation and design of education projects on health and nutrition.
Expert advice on design and implementation of ICEAN-based methods, techniques, and technologies, adapted to the corresponding audiences and educational goals.
Expert advice on execution of radio programs on food and nutrition issues.
Validation of educational material on health and nutrition.
Consulting on health/nutrition educational projects and techniques.