[NIFL-HEALTH:3703] Nutrition Materials

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Hi Mary,

I'm responding to your post-

>>>>I am revising some nutrition education materials to seventh grade level 
and 
looking to the LISTSERV for practical assistance.  As many of you know, 
detailed nutrition education involves lists of foods to "choose" and to 
"limit."

The way that seems most readable and visually organized is bulleted lists 
that have been chunked into food categories.  The layout and design 
consultant hates this and my boss "doesn't like the way it looks."  <<<<


I wonder if you can show your design to a group of individuals from your 
target audience?  What you describe sounds perfectly reasonable to me, but 
your intended audience is the best judge.  Also, if you want to email your 
rough draft to me, I'd be happy to make some design suggestions.  I am not 
"expert" but I have designed many workshop materials and curriculum guides 
for adult education.

Also, there are many nutrition materials published by various organizations- 
American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, etc.  You might want to 
gather some of those and show examples to your supervisors and ask them to 
point out what they do like.

Finally there is a project out of UMASS Amherst called NIBBLE.  I think they 
would have a lot of good materials for you to refer to.
Check out this website for more info:

http://www.umass.edu/nibble/

Good luck!

Alisa Povenmire
System for Adult Basic Education Support



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