Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3278172 | Revista Española de Nutrición Comunitaria | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
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.
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Authors
J. Aranceta-Bartrina,