J Am Diet Assoc. 1996 Nov;96(11):1183-7. doi: 10.1016/s0002-8223(96)00305-7.
In keeping with the ADA's mission, which is to be "the advocate of the dietetics professional serving the public through the promotion of optimal nutrition, health and well-being," ADA supports nutrition education delivered by qualified dietetics professionals as essential for the public to achieve and maintain optimal nutritional health. Nutrition education serves as a foundation for achieving notable advances in the nutritional status of the public. To be effective in creating actual behavior change, nutrition education programs must be developed on the basis of the needs, behaviors, motivations, and desires of target audiences. A wide variety of strategies have been identified as effective in helping to increase awareness, enhance motivation, and foster and sustain behavior change. A multiple reinforcing strategy, by which consumers are repeatedly reached with consistent messages, may support individual nutrition education efforts best. It is clear that more research is necessary to identify the needs, behaviors, motivations, and desires of target audiences. Developing and testing cost-effective methods for evaluating the effectiveness of nutrition education programs along with comparative models to investigate the effectiveness of alternative educational interventions are also needed. Practitioner involvement in nutrition education research is vital to gain maximum benefit.
为符合美国饮食协会的使命，即“通过促进最佳营养、健康和幸福来倡导为公众服务的饮食专业人员”，美国饮食协会支持由合格的饮食专业人员提供营养教育，认为这对公众实现和保持最佳营养健康至关重要。营养教育是在公众营养状况方面取得显著进步的基础。为有效促成实际行为改变，营养教育项目必须基于目标受众的需求、行为、动机和愿望来制定。已确定多种策略在帮助提高认识、增强动机以及促进和维持行为改变方面是有效的。一种多重强化策略，即通过向消费者反复传达一致的信息，可能最有助于个人营养教育努力。显然，需要进行更多研究来确定目标受众的需求、行为、动机和愿望。还需要开发和测试评估营养教育项目有效性的经济有效方法以及用于研究替代教育干预措施有效性的比较模型。从业者参与营养教育研究对于获得最大益处至关重要。
