Developing Skills in Clinical Nutrition III: Nutritional Counseling in Health Promotion and Treatment

1 Credit.

Introduces the topic of nutritional counseling (considering behavior change theories, communication theory, motivational interviewing) and provide exposure to experiences and best practices through lecture and discussion with practitioners working in different contexts and with different patients/clients. Follows the sequence of Nutrition and Life Stages to the extent possible in order to integrate the physiological, social, and behavioral transitions of life stages with nutrition and health concerns and the role of nutrition counseling in prevention and/or treatment.