OBJECTIVE Nutritionists in the UK are at the start of an exciting time of professional development. The establishment of the Association for Nutrition in 2010 has presented an opportunity to review, revitalize and expand the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists. In the UK and elsewhere, there is a need for a specialist register of nutritionists with title protection as a public safeguard. D...

OBJECTIVE To explore the nature, role and utility of mentoring in the development of competence in advanced-level Australian public health nutritionists. DESIGN Qualitative study using in-depth interviews. SUBJECTS AND SETTING Eighteen advanced-level public health nutritionists working in academic and practice settings in Australia. RESULTS The attributes and career pathways of the subjec...

This paper describes change in local food production in British Columbia with a focus on changes in the production of foods recommended for increased consumption by nutritionists. We determine, in one of the most productive agricultural provinces in Canada, whether secular trends in agricultural land use and food production, over the past quarter century, have resulted in increased production o...

This survey aimed to provide a current outlook of nutritional recommendations and management practices adopted by feedlot nutritionists in Brazil. The questionnaire consisted 96 questions that included general information on nutritionists, animals, ingredients utilized finishing diets, formulation practices, feeding management, challenges associated with applying practice. Thirty-six responsibl...

Is the information currently available to adjust nutritional recommendations and develop individualized nutrition? No. There is not even the information needed for setting dietary recommendations with confidence now at the group level. Will it be available soon? The answer to this question depends on the drive and will of the nutritional community, the success in recruiting funding to the area,...

To address the subject of women and nutrition, it is necessary to work across disciplines. There is a long tradition of nutritionists and anthropologists working together in the United States, thanks to the pioneering work of Margaret Mead in this area. In Britain, the collaboration began even earlier with Audrey Richards (1932) in the 1930s. This collaboration continues today in the Economic a...

This document is a clinical guideline on malnutrition in elderly and senile patients, developed by experts from the Russian Association of Gerontologists Geriatricians, National Clinical Nutrition Metabolism, Union Nutritionists, Food Industry Specialists. The Scientific Practical Council Ministry Health Federation approved December 2020. recommendations are aimed at geriatricians who provide a...