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Anding, Jenna

Jenna Anding

Professor and Extension Specialist
Office:  
119 Cater-Mattil, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, College Station, TX
Email:  
[email protected]
Phone:  
(979) 321-7075
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Areas of Expertise

Current research area includes evaluating the impact of Nutrition and Food Safety Education Programs among limited resource audiences

Professional Summary

Jenna Anding, PhD, RDN, LD is currently a Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Nutrition. A registered and licensed dietitian, Jenna has more than 25 years of experience in developing and evaluating Extension education programs on topics that include food preservation, food safety, and nutrition. Over her career, Jenna has secured more than $50 million dollars in contracts, grants, and gifts to support AgriLife Extension programming efforts; many of them targeting limited resource individuals and families. One of these programs is the Better Living for Texans SNAP-Ed program, which Jenna serves as PI.  For the past 13 years Jenna has worked collaboratively with faculty members in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to secure funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand her work into community development to address healthy food access and opportunities for increasing physical activity.

 

Recent Publications

  • Anding J. and Fry J.  Assessing Master Gardener Practices and Confidence in Responding to Clientele Questions about Home Food Preservation in Texas.  HortTechnology (in press).
  • Anding J.  An Assessment of Canning Practices among Food Preservation Workshop Participants during COVID-19 in Texas.  Journal of Human Sciences and Extension.  2022 10(3), 8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55533/2325-5226.1432
  • Anding J, Smith M, and Cummings S. Stress, Sleep, and Exercise Habits Among Extension Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Journal of Extension. 2022; 60(4), Article 1.
  • Walker JR, Anding Jŧ, Dudensing RM, Lavinghouze RS, Jauregui VL, Coates K.  From evidence-based implementation guides to meaningful action: Public health practitioners use readiness assessments to build bridges to successful community prevention implementation.  Health Promotion Practice. 2022; 23 (Suppl 1): 118S-127S.
  • Hendricks MB, Nolen TN, Thippareddi H, Anding Jŧ, Moore LL, Griffin D, and Taylor TM.  Sanitary Carcass Dressing and Food Safety Practices in South Central U.S. Small and Very Small Establishments Manufacturing Fresh and Not-Ready-to-Eat Pork Products.  Food Production Trends. 2018; 1:52-62.
  • Dittmar RS, Anding Jŧ, Green S.  Improving Food Safety Knowledge through an Online Training Program.  Journal of Extension. August 2014.
  • McIntosh A, Kubena KS, Tolle G, Dean W, Kim MJ, Jan JS & Anding J (2011) Determinants of children’s use of and time spent in fast-food and full-service restaurants. J Nutr Educ Behav 43: 142-9
  • McIntosh WA, Kubena KS, Tolle G, Dean WR, Jan JS & Anding J (2010) Mothers and meals. The effects of mothers’ meal planning and shopping motivations on children’s participation in family meals. Appetite 55: 623-8
  • Sisk C, Sharkey JR, McIntosh WA & Anding J (2010) Using multiple household food inventories to measure food availability in the home over 30 days: a pilot study. Nutr J 9: 19
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