Nutrition Education: Linking Research, Theory, And Practice. This item is unavailable.Nutrition Education: Linking Research, Theory, And Practice

Nutrition Education: Linking Research, Theory, and Practice gives students the nuts and bolts of designing and providing nutrition education. This text focuses on theory and incorporates state-of-the-art research findings. Nutrition Education is divided into three parts. Part 1 discusses the foundations of nutrition education. Part 2 walks students through the steps necessary for designing effective nutrition education strategies. Part 3 teaches students how to put the information they have just learned into action, providing extensive information on how to implement nutrition education strategies effectively.

Contento (nutrition education, Teacher's College Columbia U.) provides an introduction to nutrition education, with emphasis on a six-step procedural model for designing education. She covers theories about people's dietary practices, how to translate theory and evidence into educational strategies, and how to select and present information and ski