DocumentCode :
2613601
Title :
Multiple Nutrition Education Strategies as an Approach to Reduce Risks of Unhealthy Diets towards the Reduction of Non-Communicable Diseases
Author :
Paiva, Lakshika J. ; Krishnarajah, Naomi C.
fYear :
2012
fDate :
21-24 Oct. 2012
Firstpage :
363
Lastpage :
368
Abstract :
The global burden of non communicable diseases is rising on the edge. Increasingly, globalization has given rise to unhealthy diets which is one major cause for non communicable disease. Lack of adequate information and nutritional knowledge has largely lead to unhealthy diets in populations. Most nutrition education theories and models lack the adequate matching to individual characteristics to effective behavioral change. An innovative nutrition education model comprising of multiple nutrition education strategies was designed and developed, as an initiative to induce behavioral change towards healthy diets, to reduce risks of non communicable diseases. The model takes an incremental approach towards nutrition education through the use of different learning techniques and perceptive influences to change dietary behavior of diverse populations.
Keywords :
Biological system modeling; Communities; Diabetes; Diseases; Education; Sociology; Statistics; non-communicable diseases; nutrition education; unhealthy diets;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3016-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4849-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/GHTC.2012.54
Filename :
6387077
Link To Document :
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