Describe the individual and group methods of nutrition education with their advantages and disadvantages.

1. 1 · Open in two lines. Methods of nutrition education are grouped as individual, group and mass. The choice depends on the audience, the message and the resources.
2. 2 · Draw the classification chart. [Chart: Methods → Individual (home visit, counselling, letters) / Group (lecture, demonstration, discussion, role play, puppet show, workshop) / Mass (radio, TV, print, posters, social media)]
3. 3 · Individual methods.
   • Home visit.
   • Counselling.
   • Letters, calls and phone messages.
4. 4 · Group methods.
   • Lecture.
   • Method and result demonstrations.
   • Group discussion, role play, puppet show.
   • Panel, symposium, workshop.
5. 5 · Method vs result demonstration. How to do it versus proof that it works; steps of a method demonstration.
6. 6 · Advantages and disadvantages. One line each: personal but slow; participatory but needs skill; lecture quick but one-way.
7. 7 · In the community. A weaning-food demonstration at the anganwadi followed by a home visit.
8. 8 · Close in one line. Combining methods (tell, show, let people do, then follow up) gives the best results.

Scoring tip: Two tables (individual and group) with advantage and disadvantage columns make this answer easy to mark.