A U.N. agency for nutrition?
United Nations delegates met last week for the Committee on World Food Security, and rumors were swirling about a proposed agency to promote nutrition worldwide.
Turns out, they really were just rumors, and right now, the plan is to work on creating a more established and connected nutrition network out of the committees that already exist, rather than forming a new agency entirely.
Despite this story ultimately turning out to be false, I think it raises some interesting points for us in the field. Should there be an agency dedicated solely to nutrition? And if so, who would serve as members? I would hope that dietitians and clinical nutrition managers would be adequately represented, as well as public health officials and other healthcare professionals.
We always talk about how important it is to be advocates for what we do, and certainly no agency that would position itself as a leader in nutrition information would be complete without the input of dietitians across the world.
- AP
Turns out, they really were just rumors, and right now, the plan is to work on creating a more established and connected nutrition network out of the committees that already exist, rather than forming a new agency entirely.
Despite this story ultimately turning out to be false, I think it raises some interesting points for us in the field. Should there be an agency dedicated solely to nutrition? And if so, who would serve as members? I would hope that dietitians and clinical nutrition managers would be adequately represented, as well as public health officials and other healthcare professionals.
We always talk about how important it is to be advocates for what we do, and certainly no agency that would position itself as a leader in nutrition information would be complete without the input of dietitians across the world.
- AP
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