Nuevos retos de la nutrición comunitaria

The main practical functions that are developed in a community nutrition unit are to identify and assess nutritional problems of the community and to design, organize, implement, and evaluate nutrition intervention programs including occupational environment-oriented strategies, school-based interventions and programs targeted to high risk groups or to the general population. The community interventions aim to gradually adequate the nutritional pattern towards a healthier profile. Community nutrition programs require to combine different strategies in a multidisciplinary team approach.