This brochure is from Food and Health Communications, Inc. This brochure attracts me with its colorful background and concise design. The target readers of this brochure are diabetes patient, their family members and other people who concern about this chronic disease. The front page introduces three concepts briefly: how to read the nutrition label, how much is one serving carbohydrate and how to build a healthy plate for diabetes. The content in the back page goes into depth about each of the three concepts. The most interesting part I found in this brochure is the design. The front page is concise and the color is bright which attracts people to read it. The back page gives more detailed tips for people who want to know more. The design of step 1, 2, 3 is good as well which make readers feel easier to have a healthy diet.
As a nutrition educator, I would like to use this brochure to build up a basic understanding of carbohydrate intake for diabetes patients and their families. This brochure shows the food label and gives example as well. For this part, the brochure does not only talk about the carbohydrate in nutrition labels but also other nutrients needs that needs to be noticed for the readers. By learning this part, readers can interpret simply with the nutrition labels. For the second part, the brochure contains many examples of one serving of carbohydrate in several food categories. These examples give the reader an idea of how much is one serving of carbohydrate and can help them regulate their diets. The third part is a sample meal for diabetes. These three parts teach the readers how to buy food, how to determine the portion size and how to have a healthy meal for diabetes. This brochure can be used in diabetes education session or in the hospital or medical center. What’s more, this brochure can be used to educate both diabetes patients and the public. Most of the concepts can apply to the public. For example, reading nutrition labels is vital for all people.
The readability of this brochure is 6.6 grade level which fits in the requirements of 6 to 8 grade level. Therefore, this brochure is easy for most of people to read and understand.
Overall, this is a great nutrition education brochure for diabetes. But there are still some things that can be improved. First, the back page is black and white which is kind of boring and not attractive to readers. Adding a colored background or some vivid pictures may be better for the brochure. Secondly, there are some contents that presented repeatedly in both the front and back pages such as the examples of one serving carbohydrates. Once the reader find that they have read these information before they would more likely to stop reading the content below. Lastly, it is better to highlight in somewhere of the brochure that not only carbohydrate need to be considered, protein, fat and other micronutrients are also important for a healthy diet.