DIET3050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: World Health Organization, Health Promotion, Intrapreneurship
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Objectives: describe the three arenas of community nutrition practice. Community a group of people who are in a particular space, have shared values, and interact within a social system. Community nutrition a discipline that strives to improve the health, nutrition, and well-being of individuals and groups within communities. Policy a course of action chosen by public authorities to address given problems. Public health promotes and protects people"s health, plus the communities where they live, learn, work, and play. Ecology the interrelations between individuals and their environments. Health according to the world health organization, a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Health promotion the process of enabling people to achieve their maximum potential for good health. Intervention a health promotion activity aimed at changing the behavior of target audience. Risk factors factors associated with an increased probability of acquiring a disease.
