My teaching and research activities focus on the psycho-social aspects of human eating behaviors.
It deals with the contribution of the Social and Behavioral Sciences to the acquisition and maintenance of proper eating habits - among individuals, families, small and large groups sharing common characteristics, such as:
Gender, ethnic origin, age group, developmentally delay.
An additional field of teaching & research is lifelong learning - in Israel and internationally
The third field of teaching is Teacher Education.
Undergraduate
Training Nutrition students in Inter-Personal Communication.
Introduction to Psychology.
Community Nutrition.
Planning and Evaluating Nutrition Education programs.
Graduate
Evaluation of Community Nutrition Education Programs
The Psychology of the Adult Learner.
The Social Psychology of Extension.
Introduction to Educational Psychology.
Inter-Personal Communication for Secondary School Teachers.
M.S Alina Segal - Parental intrusiveness of the ur adolescent children and its relationship to the children's Bulimia Nervosa.
Chorchelina Viglianko - Construction of a nutrition education instrument to assess the comprehension of Dietary Guidelines among adult groups in israel.