Diet & Nutrition

Two models defining nutrition education presented

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 16th, 2004

A researcher presents two models for defining the relation between theory and practice in nutrition education in a recent issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

According to a study from the United States, "This article describes two models for linking theory and practice in nutrition education and traces how concerns about the validity of different types of research drive the choice of models. In the scientific model, theory is defined in terms of statements from which one can deduce hypotheses, which can then be tested in experimental research designs. In the scientific model, practitioners are expected to replicate the methods used by...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2004-08-16)

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