Nutrition Promotion and Education

Running head: NUTRITION PROMOTION AND EDUCATION
NUTRITION PROMOTION AND EDUCATION
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Brief Overview................................................................................................................2
Session Plan.........................................................................................................................3
Influencers of Eating Behavior........................................................................................3
Activity and Creativity................................................................................................3
Parental Behavior.........................................................................................................4
Socioeconomic Status..................................................................................................5
Behavior Theory of Change: Lewin’s Change Management..........................................6
Learning Principles..........................................................................................................7
Goals and Objectives.......................................................................................................7
Session Plan Components................................................................................................8
Strategies and Elements...............................................................................................8
Resources (As designed by the Author)......................................................................9
Evaluation............................................................................................................................9
Analysis and Conclusion...................................................................................................10
References..........................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
For the performance of activities of daily living as well as sustenance of adequate
physiological functioning, adherence to appropriate nutrition is of utmost importance (Hingle
and Patrick 2016). The following session plan will aim to discuss and adequate nutritional
teaching interventions for the purpose of enhancing the health status of group of preschool
children.
Brief Overview
The target population for the prescribed session plan are preschool children attending day
care centers and kindergartens in a suburb in Victoria, Melbourne. Children categorized as
‘preschoolers’ generally comprise of the age group of 3 to 4 years and are encountering active
development in terms of enhancement in cognitive functioning, increased growth of tissues for
organ development, establishment of calcium reserves for improve bone strength in later life and
most importantly increased expansion blood volumes for enhanced oxygenation to compensate
for the active energy exhibited by preschoolers at this stage (Levy 2019). Successful
achievement of the above mentioned biological processes is heavily dependent on the
consumption of a diet rich in three elements of nutrition: macronutrients, micronutrients and
water. Further, the successful consumption of such a diet is determined by adherence to healthy
eating (DeJesus, Kinzler and Shutts 2018). A lack of adequate nutrition will result in hindrances
to these active processes of growth and development further resulting in: stunting, poor cognitive
development, reduced immune status, increased disease susceptibility and the development of a
community with poor nutritional and health status. Hence, the characteristic active physiological
and psychological developments and the risk of acquiring poor health outcomes form the