Are There Any Nutrition Education Strategies that Help Women with Weight Loss?
Nutrition education should be directed to help female clients understand the macronutrient composition of foods (i.e. carbohydrate, protein, fat), how to select healthy foods and how to control portion sizes. In The LEARN Program for Weight Management, K.D. Brownell emphasizes that helping clients create their own individualized dietary pattern is most critical in the weight loss program intervention2. Other strategies Brownell suggests for weight loss include using smaller plates, eating slowly, creating a pleasant mealtime ambience and focusing on eating for health. In addition, nutrition education strategies Brownell recommends are careful watching and recording the type and quantity of food that is consumed, weighing oneself regularly (usually once per week), maintaining a weight change chart, and recording one’s emotions with their meals (to become aware of how certain foods may be associated with specific emotions). What About Physical Activity and Exercise? Increasing physical a
