For an audience to attend to, engage with, and act upon a message, they must trust the communicator. Strong audience connections build and strengthen trust. When communicating about science, those audience connections matter. Now more than ever.

This is the question everyone dreads. Nutrition communicators will never know the answer to every question, but they should know how to answer most questions related to the content within the presentation or article the communicator is being asked about. Preparing ahead of time and anticipating potential questions should eliminate the potential for having to say “I don’t know” very often. In this post, we will explore how to effectively respond to questions when we don’t know

Nutrition is key to optimal health from birth throughout the lifespan. At every age and stage of life, nutrition matters.

This week's theme for National Nutrition Month is to Explore the Connection Between Food and Culture.

The theme of National Nutrition Month is Food Connects Us and for week two is Connect with a Nutrition Expert.

It’s March, and that means it’s National Nutrition Month®! This year's theme is Food Connects Us. This week's theme is Connect with Food.

Explore why categorizing food as naughty or nice is so common and 5 reasons food is NOT naughty or nice.

Misinformation is wrong or misleading information. In this post, we will explore a helpful strategy for managing misinformation.

In the ever-evolving landscape of nutrition, effective communication plays a critical role in shaping health. This post explores 10 trends.

Many messages regarding nutrition and health come across as negative but positive framing is often preferred and possibly more effective.

When you are deciding on an action to take, are you aware of the decision-making process you go through? Why do you do what you do? In a...

When you hear the word “influencer,” what comes to mind? In today’s social media-saturated world, the word influencer has come to mean...

National Nutrition Month® is a campaign of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, held each year in March, when “everyone is invited to...

How often is everything served at a meal in your home made 100% from scratch? What does that term even mean today? We certainly don’t...

In last week’s post, we explored the importance of communication skills in elevating the nutrition expert to a nutrition authority . ...

A nutrition topic that has gone through a major transformation in recent years is our understanding of the disease of obesity. When I was...

Context can take many forms, depending on the message and the audience. Some of the ways nutrition is best put into context is by making sure the audience understands it in the context of their body, their lifestyle, and their environment.

You’re scrolling social media or looking at magazine covers in the grocery check-out line… which of these ads have you seen? “Doctors...

A common complaint about scientists in general and nutrition scientists, in particular, is that they can’t agree. One day they say coffee...

Do you, or others you know or work with, have a fear of a particular food or food component? If so, why? Is there truly danger lurking?...