Health: Boom nutritionists improvised white paper against securities easy - Focus

Rome, January 16 (Reuters) – From degrees in economics with applications in biology, cosmetology by passing exercise science: the attractiveness of the business of the diets seems to have no limits. So, after a course of study stranger to the world of nutrition and health area, just enroll in a master supply and health education, or gastronomic sciences and eating disorders, to become a ‘nutritionist’, a term which does not identify any specific professional. The title, however, allows to develop and prescribe diets, which may be ineffective or to endanger the health of patients. The warning is the National Association of Dietitians (ANDID), which in the book ‘The provision of training university in human nutrition’, a kind of white paper, he wanted to expose problems and issues in the world of nutrition, even in the absence of a regulatory states in that regard. “It serves absolutely an update of the regulatory framework – said Giovanna Cecchetto, president dell’Andid – The White Paper is an important task, especially for institutions, as it seeks to offer a reading of a highly fragmented landscape, explaining inconsistencies, forcing and problems. “ The book was presented today at the Ministry of Health, at the conference ‘Education and health needs’, in collaboration with the National Coordinator of Health Professions (Conaps).