Multiple Nutrition Education Strategies as an Approach to Reduce Risks of Unhealthy Diets towards the Reduction of Non-Communicable Diseases

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.