Post on 29-Mar-2015
Nutrition EducationThe Nuts and Bolts
Ann Svendsen-Sanchez
Director Outreach Services
What Our Clients Want
Study done by Baylor College of Medicine with sample of agencies showed us that:
1) Clients want to know what to eat and how to prepare it (face-to-face classes with food demonstrations)
2) Printed nutrition brochures/fliers for food sacks/box (in both Spanish and English)
What HFB Can Do
• Present 5-part series free of charge or special one time classes as needed
• Provide copies of recipes or nutrition education materials for a distribution with a week’s notice
• Provide nutrition education/demo at a distribution with 2 week notice
With Little Time or Staff
• Utilize your line up time
• Utilize your sign up/registration area
• Centralize the nutrition theme for the month
• Keep it simple
Utilize Your Line Time
• Walk Arounds Fast distribution of materials, sample
recipes and products, plus face-to-face with clients
Look for teenagers as volunteers through local high schools
Utilize Your Line Time
• Nutrition stations that clients pass on their way up the line Just a sign of encouragement with
a simple message: Did you do something nice
for yourself today? Skip the salt shaker.
Utilize Your Sign-up Area
• Centralize your nutrition theme
• Simple information as part of the registration
Save your heart.
Skip the salt.
Utilize your sign up area-
• Small demonstration with number of tsp of salt in various food items(5 or 6 items )
• Posters with a theme that Sunday school students create
Centralize a Theme
• February: National Heart Month Salt, weight and cholesterol
• March: National Nutrition Month MYPLATE or Portion Distortion
Keep It Simple
• One simple positive message or theme repeated in various ways More effective than a lot of information And easier to translate
Keep It Simple
• Don’t drink your sugar. Switch to calorie-free drinks.
• Do meatless Mondays. Eat only plant foods for 24 hours and save a heart.
• Fiber is easy when it comes from a fresh fruit or vegetable.
Get Their Attention