The agency has evaluated a range of nutrition education, health promotion, and social marketing programs intended to improve consumers' understanding of the importance of good nutrition. The agency reviewed more than 200 studies that evaluated education research and intervention programs. These studies found that successful programs typically had five common characteristics: ·  They set behavior change as a specific program goal.
·  They incorporated motivating communications into the program. ·  They taught strategies for behavior change. ·  They included active involvement of both the individual and the community. ·  They attempted to build health-enhancing environments. The review also highlighted the findings of one evaluation of a school health education program reaching about 30,000 students.