As health educators involved in their profession, as members of their professional organizations, and as authors, reviewers, and members of various professional journal editorial boards, and along with involvement with professional preparation programs, the authors' interest was piqued by the journal article titled, "What About Health Educators?…

"What about Health Educators? Nutrition Education for Allied Health Professionals" describes an important issue in health care that is the provision of nutrition education. Obesity and chronic disease rates are rapidly increasing. Due to increase in the prevalence rates of obesity and nutrition-related chronic diseases, there is a growing need for…

There is a need to integrate nutrition and development education when dealing with developing countries to get at the root of hunger and malnutrition. The combination will provide greater possibility of success. (JOW)

Discusses research questions surrounding the central issues of nutrition education. Emphasizes that nutrition educators and researchers need to be aware of developments in related health and must be willing to utilize theoretical models derived from the social sciences. (Canadian Home Economics Association, 151 Slater Street, Ottawa, Canada K1P…

Presented are two rebuttals to a summary of an article which appeared in this journal: one by the original authors of the article (about food eating patterns) and a second by the journal's editor. (DC)

Discusses the findings of a survey on what foods should be given to toddlers. Concludes that there is a need for greater awareness among rural mothers about child feeding and nutrition education. (JOW)

Urges that nutrition educators have a crucial role to play in educating people to influence the economic processes of food production and marketing. Examines the relationship between food patterns, cultural values, and access to food. (SK)

A community-based approach to nutrition instruction involves developing awareness of community values and local knowledge systems in designing programs. Community participation is essential. (SK)

The status of nutrition programs in dental education and practice is reviewed, problems are analyzed, and solutions are offered. Problems include lack of well-defined policy guidelines, confusion over the state of scientific knowledge, and the scope of nutrition counseling. Among conclusions and recommendations are the need to emphasize clinical…

This paper addresses the need for and importance of integrating nutrition education into the existing preschool curriculum. Following a brief definition of nutrition education according to the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health, discussion focuses on determining who is responsible for nutrition education. It is argued that,…

Encourages parents, teachers, and other professionals to recognize and study the importance of nutrition for the development of handicapped children. (CM)

This set of documents consists of English, French, and Spanish translations of four pamphlets on breast-feeding. The pamphlets provide information designed for lay persons, academics and professionals, health personnel and educators, and policy-makers. The contents cover health-related differences between breast and bottle milk; patterns of…

The approach to nutrition education described here emphasizes communicating through analogy and metaphor derived from immediate experience. The analogic method fosters a participatory, problem-solving process that integrates, rather than compartmentalizes, the knowledge acquired. (SK)

Colleges of education and nutritionists must seek ways of working together so that the value skills each group possesses may be used productively to provide the kind of nutrition education needed for a healthy citizenry that can think wisely and responsibly about the complex issue of food. (Author)

The importance of nutrition education for adolescents is emphasized. (JD)