In this activity, you will propose promotion health strategies for a community that has an unhealthy eating/drinking habit.

Step 1: Identify

Identify a traditional or common meal eaten or an eating/drinking habit in your country or region that is considered unhealthy due to unbalanced or harmful effects. For example, a community with a high alcohol intake or a high intake of carbohydrates and low proteins.  

Step 2: Develop

Write a 300-500 word proposal of health promotion strategies to help improve the nutrition and health status of the community. Consider the following:

• Which actions lead to this unhealthy habit
• Stage of life of the population
• Cultural and religious links
• General lifestyle of the population 
• Food systems and food security
• Social and community influence

Step 3: Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure that you have addressed all the required information. Please ensure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts)

4: Interact

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “post to forum.”

OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”