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Enabling Conceptual Learning To Prepare Students For The New World Of Nutrition Communication, Sabine Zempleni
Enabling Conceptual Learning To Prepare Students For The New World Of Nutrition Communication, Sabine Zempleni
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During the last decades, the flow of nutrition information between nutrition professionals and consumer has changed profoundly. Newest scientific findings are freely available from public data bases and often make it prematurely into the media and social media. Therefore, students need to require a precise knowledge of nutrition concepts, be able to explain the concepts to the consumer, and apply those concepts to eating decisions. Many students have not made the transition from memorizing individual facts to conceptual learning. Students will need appropriate learning tools and instructions to help them make this transition successfully. The goal of this Peer Review …