A problem solving approach to nutrition education and counseling.
This report applies problem-solving principles to the design and implementation of nutrition education and counseling programs. A framework is proposed that builds on an extensive body of research in mental health and health education that has demonstrated the efficacy of a problem-solving approach to helping people cope with stressful life events. Our framework uses problem-solving principles in helping participants in nutrition education or counseling programs to overcome obstacles they experience in changing their nutrition behaviors. Both research and clinical experience suggest that incorporating problem-solving techniques in nutrition education and counseling will increase long term change in nutrition behaviors.
Peter
Houts
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Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Shankar
Sharada
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Sharada
Shankar
S
Klassen
Ann C
AC
Robinson
Ellen B
EB
McCarthy
Marline
M
D001294:Attitude to Health; D003376:Counseling; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D011340:Problem Solving; D014481:United States