Describe the similarities and differences between nutrition education and nutrition counseling.
What will be an ideal response?
Nutrition education focuses on providing patients/clients with information that improves nutrition knowledge and/or helps develop nutrition-related skills, such as label reading or menu planning. Nutrition counseling generally involves more in-depth behavior change strategies. Both nutrition education and nutrition counseling are intended to maintain or improve health.
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