Community Nutrition

Question 1

What is Nutrition?

Answer 1

The Study of food and how the body uses it

Question 2

What is a community?

Answer 2

A group of people living in the same place or have similar interest.

Question 3

What is community nutrition?

Answer 3

combines the study of diet with the effort to promote healthy eating and to give community resources to learn about health eating and have access to healthy eating meals.

Question 4

What does a community nutritionist do?

Answer 4

Speaks with groups about nutrition and health.
Create educational programs for public about nutrition.
Develop programs for specific demographics elderly, babies etc

Question 5

Importance of Community nutrition

Answer 5

Promotes good health and hygiene behaviour.
Promotes nutrition education
Promotes dietary guidelines
ptovides nutrition and dietary counselling

Question 6

Organizations involved in community nutrition

Answer 6

Health care providers
Voluntary Agencies
Social services
Food Industry

Question 7

Specific organizations

Answer 7

UNICEF- United nation children fund
WHO- World health oganization

Question 8

What is another word for community nutrition?

Answer 8

Public health nutrition