Introduction
How does a dietitian know what to recommend for all the various needs of his/her clients?
- One person may suffer from celiac disease and needs to avoid gluten.
- Another may be trying to manage diabetes to avoid being insulin dependent.
- One may be a newborn who vomits everything he gets from a bottle but needs calories to grow.
- Someone wants to know how to do a Keto diet but still stay healthy.
- An endurance athlete needs a special diet before completing a triathlon.
- One is undergoing cancer treatments and cannot keep food or supplements down.
Nutritional technology can help with all the decisions that need to be made on behalf of clients.
Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...
- Evaluate types of technology used in delivering dietary planning and nutritional services
- Evaluate guidelines for an effective slide show presentation
Essential Questions
- What types of technology is available to nutrition professionals to improve the quality of dietary planning and nutritional services?
Enduring Understandings
- • Technology is changing the way nutrition services are offered.
The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Dietetics standards: 19.