Week 2

Question 1

What is public health nutrition

Answer 1

concern for public health (population health) and nutrition combined (nutrition in public health)
- promote optimal diets and nutritional intakes

Question 2

what do dietitians do in population and public health?

Answer 2

1.ASSESS food and nutrition related issues facing groups
2. develop nutrition and health programs/policies- part of population health PLAN
3. IMPLEMENT population health plan to obtain outcomes
4. EVALUATE and modify plans as needed, to promote, protect, and enhance health

Question 3

what are the key aspects included in public health nutrition?

Answer 3

1. transparent mechanism for provision of scientific nutrition advice to government
2. reliable means for monitoring diet and nutritional status among population
3. effective means of developing and evaluation policies to assure quality and quantity of food supply, nutritional health of population