CHAPTER 15 | Use Nutrition Education Materials Table 15.7 SOURCE
Credible Nutrition Education Resources* URL
Health Associations Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics American Heart Association American Cancer Society
American Diabetes Association
Federal Agencies Food and Drug Administration
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition MyPlate
What’s Cooking? USDA Mixing Bowl
United States Department of Agriculture Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Others Institute of Food Technologists Food & Health Communications
National Cooperative Extension System *Note: This is a sample of evidence-based sources
behavior change. Dietary instruction generally involves a client- driven change.
Use Resource Materials and Equipment in Teaching
Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Education Session The final, but very important, component of any nutrition education program is evaluation. The key purpose of evaluation is to determine whether learning objectives have been met or not. This is one of the main reasons learning objectives must be measurable. A description of how to measure behavior, as written in an objective, gives a solid gauge for evaluating the results of education. For example, if the objective says, Client will choose 2 servings of
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