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HCA 699 Topic 4: Nutritional education focuses on educating people on foods which should be consumed and those which should be avoided. It also focuses on teaching about risk factors of obesity and ways of prevention. Further, it focuses on benefits of increased physical activity and reduction of harmful food consumption (Chan & Woo, 2010). Lifestyle changes also form a part of the nutrition education. Whereby specific changes, such as adopting healthy eating habits and increased physical activity are….. Being active physically enables one to burn the extra calories that contribute to weight gain (Swift, Johannsen, Lavie, Earnest, & Church, 2014). Therefore, not only does nutritional education focuses on healthy eatin. But also emphasize an increased physical activity which enhances weight loss……………….continued