NSD 511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nutrition Education, Childhood Obesity, Food Security
10 Oct 2016
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All nutrition education involves information but why and how food and nutrition information is communicated makes a difference. Viewpoints: role is limited solely to inform, role is to enhance motivation and facilitate behaviors and community practices conducive to health, role is to promote environmental supports for change. Food and nutrition communication and education (fnce) First- select the behavior you want to change. Second- enhance motivation to act (why to take action) Facilitate motivation to act (how to take action) Difficult to measure: can do follow-ups (intention surveys) We are after behavior change in individuals. Behaviorally based nutrition education tends to be modestly effective overall in improving eating and physical activity (e. g. fruits and vegetables, childhood obesity, food security, breastfeeding) Not effective in all studies on all behaviors and with all groups, but. The benefits of nutrition education tend to outweigh the costs. Nutrition education is provided in a variety of settings:
