A nutrition education program should include a nutritional needs assessment, education counseling, and referral as necessary.
Nutrition education sessions and materials should include the following information
- The relationship of nutrition and chronic conditions
- Improving eating patterns
- Relationship of nutrition and proper weight maintenance
- Exercise
- Stress
- Blood pressure (BP)
- Cholesterol
- Diabetes and other chronic diseases.
- Nutritionally accurate information regarding the relationship of health to diet, including cholesterol, fats, fiber, alcohol, carbohydrates, salt, sugar, and vitamin/mineral supplementation.
Methods for identifying healthier foods and incorporating
low-calorie, high nutrient foods into consuming habits. Guidelines for
improving consuming habits should be based on or in line with national
recommendations such as the Food Guide Pyramid.
Nutrition instructor ought to be a registered dietitian, registered
nurse, or have a baccalaureate degree or higher in health education with
training in nutrition.
When an allied health specialist instructs the program, a
consultation and review of the program design by a registered dietitian
is recommended.
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