Nutrition education aims to improve nutritional status and overall well-being through three approaches: information dissemination, facilitating healthy behaviors, and environmental change. It works to influence policies, develop personal skills and motivation for healthy eating, provide advisory services, and improve nutritional status through coordinated community programs. Nutrition educators increase awareness, enhance motivation, facilitate action, and improve supports through growth-centered education and collaboration with other professionals and agencies. The goal is to promote healthy options like fruits/veggies while limiting fast food, sweets, large portions, and unhealthy fats/sodium.

2. Is the key….……
Healthy Body and
Mind.
 The study of various nutrients, their functions,
food sources and their effects in human well
being is called NUTRITION.
 Nutrition science is the area of knowledge
regarding the role of food in maintenance of
health.

4.  Nutrition Education is a systematically planned
set of activities.
 Nutrition Education is an essential component
to improve the nutritional status of a population
and is crucial for the well being of people in
general.

5. Nutrition Education, Based on different views:
 One View:
Information dissemination approach
 Second View:
Facilitating behaviours conducive to health
 Third View:
Focus on environmental change

6.  Influence public policies and promote access
to a variety of nutritious food.
 To develop personal skills and motivation to
adopt healthy eating practices.
 To develop nutrition advisory services and
nutrition education of the public.
 To participate in coordinated community
nutrition programme.
 To improve nutritional status/ level in the
community.

8. Major functions of nutrition education
activities
 Increase awareness
 Enhancing peoples motivation
 Facilitating the ability to take action
 Improving environmental supports

9.  Nutrition Educators can also use a growth
centered educational approach.
 Nutrition educators can also work in coalitions
with
 Other professionals Major
 Organizational and Operational
 Governmental Agencies Sectors………

10. All the Basic Foods in
abundance
• Fast Food high in fat
sugar and salt
• Sweetened Beverages
• Large Portions
• More fruits
and Vegetables
• Familiar • More whole
• Easy (To buy, and less
prepare and eat) processed grains
• Tasty Food • Variety
• Good value for • Less Fat,
Money (Cheap) Sugar and
• Healthy Sodium
• Balanced food
and Physical
activity

11. Public Health Nutrition
EDUCATION
Nutritional
Health
Concern
Nutrition Education Health Promotion

12. Advantage
s

14. Limitatio
ns

16.  Nutrition education can help people understand
that diet is related to their health and can
provide information on what food to eat for
health.
 Increase awareness

17. Thanks