Penn State University

The College of Health and Human Development

Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty Profiles

Select a faculty member Birch, Leann Blair, Dorothy Clark, Kristine Coleman Kelly, Mary Dean Corr, Anne Corwin, Rebecca Eissenstat, Brenda Fosmire, Gary Green, Michael Hajnal, Andras Han, Okhee Hartman, Terry Jensen, Gordon Kamp, Marie Kelleher, Shannon Klees, Lynn Kordas, Katarzyna (Kasia) Kris-Etherton, Penny Lohse, Barbara Nickols-Richardson, Shelly Patterson, Jill Probart, Claudia Rolls, Barbara Ross, Catharine Smiciklas-Wright, Helen

Dr Claudia K Probart, PhD

Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1987
Penn State University
103 Chandlee Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802

Office Phone: 814-865-7054
Office Fax: 814-863-6103
E-mail Address: ckp1@psu.edu
Homepage: nutr88.hhdev.psu.edu/probart/

Courses Taught

Nutrition 100 Contemporary Nutrition Concerns

NUTR 360 Disseminating Nutrition Information

Nutrition 399 Historical, Cultural, and Scientific Aspects of the Mediterranean Diet

NUTR 490W Nutrition Seminar

Nutrition 499 International Nutrition Education and Program Planning

Nutrition 560 Planning and Evaluating Nutrition Programs

Research Interests

Psychosocial aspects of food decision making behavior

Nutrition and health marketing theory and practice

Gender issues in consumer nutrition behavior

Nutrition and health communication for special population groups, including the aged, athletes, children, adolescents

Worksite nutrition intervention for cancer risk reduction

International Nutrition Education

Cultural, social and scientific aspects of the Mediterranean Diet.

Click here for more information about Dr. Probart's projects and the iTEL laboratory.

Selected Publications

McDonnell ET, Probart CK. Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Local Wellness Policies, Implementation Status, and Barriers to Implementation. Submitted to the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, March, 2008. (Pending).

McDonnell ET, Probart CK. School Employees’ Description of the Local Wellness Policy Development Process and their Impressions of the Wellness Policies. Accepted by the Journal of Child Nutrition and Management, January, 2008.

Probart CK, McDonnell ET, Weirich JE, Schilling L, Fekete V. Statewide Assessment of Local Wellness Policies in Pennsylvania Public School Districts. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. (In Press, 2008)

Probart CK, McDonnell ET, Weirich JE, Birkenshaw P, Fekete V. Addressing Childhood Overweight through Schools. Collegium Anthropologicum. 2007; 31(1): 29-32.

Probart CK, McDonnell ET, Bailey-Davis L, Weirich JE. Existence and Predictors of Soda Advertisements in Pennsylvania High Schools. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2006; 106: 2052-2056.

Probart CK, Telfer-Snow H, McDonnell ET. Use of Stakeholder Theory to Examine Groups Salient in Decisions Related to A La Carte Offerings. Journal of Child Nutrition and Management. 2006:30 (2). Available at: http://docs.schoolnutrition.org/newsroom/jcnm/06fall/probart/index.asp.

McDonnell ET, Probart CK, Weirich JE. School Foodservice Directors’ Perceptions and Concerns About Local Wellness Policy Development, Implementation, and Enforcement. The Journal of Child Nutrition and Management. 2006;30. Available at: http://docs.schoolnutrition.org/newsroom/jcnm/06spring/mcdonnell/index.asp.

Probart CK, McDonnell ET, Hartman T, Weirich JE, Baily-Davis L. Factors Associated With the Offering and Sale of Competitive Foods and School Lunch Participation. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2006;106:242-247.

McDonnell ET, Probart CK, Weirich JE, Hartman T. School Competitive Food Policies: Perceptions of Pennsylvania Public High School Foodservice Directors and Principals. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2006; 106:271-276.