Dietary guidance and nutrition promotion: USDA's renewed vision of nutrition education

The United States has a proven process for continually developing national dietary guidance. This guidance, as reflected in the bulletin Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, represents the Federal Government's policy on nutrition. Over the last 15 years, a consensus on d...

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Published in:Family economics and nutrition review 1996-03, Vol.9 (2), p.14
Main Authors: Sutton, S.M, Layden, W, Haven, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
COMMUNICATION
COMPORTAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR
COMPORTEMENT DU CONSOMMATEUR
CONSOMMATEUR
Consumer behavior
CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
CONSUMER PANELS
CONSUMERS
CONSUMIDORES
Diet
DIETARY GUIDELINES
DIRECTIVE ALIMENTAIRE
DIRECTRICES DIETETICAS
EDUCACION
EDUCATION
ETUDE DE MARCHE
Food habits
Guidelines
Health
HEALTH PROMOTION
HEALTH SERVICES
HUMAN NUTRITION
Information services
Information services industry
INVESTIGACION DE MERCADOS
NUTRICION HUMANA
Nutrition
Nutrition education
NUTRITION HUMAINE
NUTRITION INFORMATION
Nutrition policy
PERCEPTION
SERVICE DE SANTE PUBLIQUE
SERVICIOS DE SALUD
United States
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Summary:The United States has a proven process for continually developing national dietary guidance. This guidance, as reflected in the bulletin Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, represents the Federal Government's policy on nutrition. Over the last 15 years, a consensus on diet and its effect on health has developed among U.S. nutrition and health experts. This paper addresses the relationship between the expert consensus on "nutrition, diet, and health" and the consumer. It distinguishes between dietary guidance and nutrition promotion: nutrition promotion uses the Consumer-Based Health Communications process to translate the science-based dietary guidance into consumer-oriented messages that facilitate behavior change. The implications for USDAs dietary guidance and nutrition education efforts are discussed
ISSN:1085-9985
1554-897X