Aid for Implicit Learning of Food Groups Among Seniors

We will develop and pilot test an innovative approach to enhancing the dietary knowledge of peopleparticularly those who either have or are at risk for Type II diabetes, the type which affects peoploverweight and accounts for 90% of the 14,000,000 Americans who have diabetes. This project will deveducational tool, based on cognitive and neuropsychological research on memory: a deck of playing cato convey basic information about how foods are grouped and what are equivalent units within groups.information is drawn from the Diabetic Exchange Lists, it may have application to whatever meal planindividual on the advice of the nutrition counselor. Phase I will pilot test the development and accsenior centers. Phase II will field test the efficacy of this card system as an adjunct to nutrition