Nutrition Communication and Counseling (5cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Students become familiar with nutrition education as part of health promotion. Students improve their nutrition counseling skills and are able to use versatile teaching methods and materials. Students become familiar with the realm of the media with emphasis on the use of media as a communication channel for nutritional issues and they are competent in writing about field-related topics in the media. They are able to assess the reliability of nutrition information and apply it.

Content

- Nutrition education
- Nutrition communication and planning and producing a media article related to nutrition

Teaching methods

Face-to-face learning, exercises

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

5
Students know principles of the nutrition education and know how to promote nutrition issues in their working environment. Student knows reliable nutrition information sources and is able to use them. Students are able to analyze the realm of the media with emphasis on the use of media as a communication channel for nutritional issues. Students will be competent in writing professionally about field-related topics in the media.


3
Students know principles of the nutrition education. Student is able to search reliable nutrition information sources and to use them. Students will become familiar with the realm of the media with emphasis on the use of newspapers as a communication channel for nutritional issues. Students will be competent in writing about field-related topics in the media.

1
Student knows principles of the nutrition education. Student knows how to search reliable nutrition informaton sources occasionally. Students can name and give examples of the realm of the media with emphasis on the use of newspapers as a communication channel for nutritional issues.
Students knows some principles how to write field-related topics in the media.

Qualifications

Health aspects in food production (finished)
Advanced nutrition studies (finished)