Nutrition EducationThe Nuts and Bolts

Ann Svendsen-Sanchez

Director Outreach Services

What Our Clients Want

Study done by Baylor College of Medicine with sample of agencies showed us that:

1) Clients want to know what to eat and how to prepare it (face-to-face classes with food demonstrations)

2) Printed nutrition brochures/fliers for food sacks/box (in both Spanish and English)

What HFB Can Do

• Present 5-part series free of charge or special one time classes as needed

• Provide copies of recipes or nutrition education materials for a distribution with a week’s notice

• Provide nutrition education/demo at a distribution with 2 week notice

With Little Time or Staff

• Utilize your line up time

• Utilize your sign up/registration area

• Centralize the nutrition theme for the month

• Keep it simple

Utilize Your Line Time

• Walk Arounds Fast distribution of materials, sample

recipes and products, plus face-to-face with clients

Look for teenagers as volunteers through local high schools

Utilize Your Line Time

• Nutrition stations that clients pass on their way up the line Just a sign of encouragement with

a simple message: Did you do something nice

for yourself today? Skip the salt shaker.

Utilize Your Sign-up Area

• Centralize your nutrition theme

• Simple information as part of the registration

Save your heart.

Skip the salt.

Utilize your sign up area-

• Small demonstration with number of tsp of salt in various food items(5 or 6 items )

• Posters with a theme that Sunday school students create

Centralize a Theme

• February: National Heart Month Salt, weight and cholesterol

• March: National Nutrition Month MYPLATE or Portion Distortion

Keep It Simple

• One simple positive message or theme repeated in various ways More effective than a lot of information And easier to translate

Keep It Simple

• Don’t drink your sugar. Switch to calorie-free drinks.

• Do meatless Mondays. Eat only plant foods for 24 hours and save a heart.

• Fiber is easy when it comes from a fresh fruit or vegetable.

Get Their Attention