Community nutrition is the'science related to practical application of the nutritional knowledge in the field to identify and solve nutritional problems of population groups in community. Before we go into the details of the identification of the specific nutritional problems, there is a need to learn about the concepts of community nutrition and health and their relation. Further it is also essential to know the basis for identifying the nutritional and health problems and basis of classification of nutritional problems. In this unit we will learn about these aspects.
Objectives
After studying this unit, you will be able to:
- explain the concept of health
- describe the interrelations between different dimensions of health
- discuss the relationship between nuqition and health
- explain the concepts of community nutrition and community health
- idenrify the nutrition and health problems of the community and their causative factors, and
- learn how to solve the problems of the community
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