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  5. The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior selects DFPM-RED submission as “Best of 2018”!

The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior selects DFPM-RED submission as “Best of 2018”!

“Congratulations on your manuscript “GEM NO. 570:
Together We Inspire Smart Eating: A Preschool Curriculum for Obesity Prevention in Low-Income Families” being selected as the 2018 Best GEM (Great Educational Materials). All GEMs published in a volume of the journal are evaluated by our Journal Committee, who selects the top articles to be voted on by our Board of Editors.
GEMs are evaluated based on the following criteria:
  • Innovativeness/creativity
  • Quality of design
  • Quality of the writing and presentation of the report
  • Quality of evaluation “

Posted by Chris Lesher on March 29, 2018

Filed Under: Research and Evaluation Division

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