Nutrition Counseling and Education Skills: A Practical Guide

Written by a collaborative group of Nutrition Educators of Practitioner (NDEP) educators, Nutrition Counseling and Education Skills: A Practice Guide helps students and dietetic practitioners develop the communications, counseling, interviewing, motivational, and professional skills they’ll need as Registered Dietitian professionals. Throughout the book, the authors focus on effective nutrition interventions, evidence-based theories and models, clinical nutrition principles, and knowledge of behavioral science and educational approaches. Key features: Fully updated and revised by experts in nutrition counseling to reflect current practice areas; enhanced case studies and hands-on activities allow students to put concepts into practice, and relate specifically to real world situations RDNs will face; review questions and practice test questions provide helpful review and reinforce understanding of concepts; updated focus on digital technology in nutrition education and counseling including an expanded discussion on technology-supported simulation learning in Chapter 12.