The role of nutrition education is to address the numerous personal and environmental influences on food choices and assist individuals in practicing healthy behaviors. Nutrition Education, Second Edition provides students with a simple, straightforward model to easily design effective nutrition education. Using a six-step process, it integrates theory, research, and practice, providing advice on designing, implementing, and evaluating theory-based nutrition education. The field of nutrition education has grown rapidly over the past few years, and have had the privilege of being a part of this exciting development. Many people have influenced thinking and contributed to my understanding of the field.