What is Nutrition Education and why it important in the ... · no. r. 146 department of health 1...
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What is Nutrition Education? Why is it important in the context of
the South African public health nutrition profile?
Carol Browne
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Objectives
To introduce and establish: •The concept of nutrition education
•What is it ?
•What has changed in recent years?
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WHY NUTRITION EDUCATION?
• We want people to eat according to our recommendations!
• This may involve behaviour change• Food that is purchased or produced
• Preparation methods
• How food is served, places it is eaten
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Definition. Contento 1995 in 2011.
Any combination •of educational strategies, • environmental supports, • voluntary adoption of food choices
and other behaviours, •delivered through multiple venues,• activities at the individual,
institutional, community and policy levels.
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Combination of educational strategies
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Environmental supports
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Voluntary adoption of food choices
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Delivered through multiple venues
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Activities at the individual, institutional, community and policy levels.
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BEHAVIOUR FOCUSED
• Communication focuses on behaviours rather than information
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Why is NE important in SA? • Multiple burdens of malnutrition
• Limited finance available to treat and cure preventable conditions
• Healthy eating is the exception not the norm
• Knowledge of what constitutes a healthy diet is limited
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The Smiley Family• Survey to parents
• Interest table
• Story time
•Activities – take home items
• Songs
• Letter to parents