DIE 3310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Day Care, Economic Indicator, Saturated Fat

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Food Science and Human Nutrition
• Course: DIE 3310
• Professor: Beth Gankofskie

Document Summary

Community- a group of people residing in a specific locality who interact and connect through a definite social structure to fulfill a wide range of daily needs: people, a location in space, social interaction, shared values. Community nutrition strives to improve: health, nutrition, well-being of individuals and groups in community. Practitioners develop policies and programs to help people improve. 3 major areas of community nutrition eating patterns and health: people- individuals who benefit from programs and services, policy- chosen by public authorities to address a given problem. Programs: programs- instruments used to seek behavior changes to improve nutritional status and health. Public health and community interventions: public health. Uses application of science, practical skills, collective actions. Emphasis on preventative health measures has increased. Leading causes of death: coronary heart disease, stroke, chronic lung disease, lower respiratory infection. The concept of health: feeling good, absence of disease pain, a continuum along which the total living experience can be places.