1Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1 2Western Human Nutrition Research Center, ARS, USDA, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA 3Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, ARS, USDA, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9034, USA 4Department of Physical Education, Exercise Science and Wellness, The University of North Dakota, ...

Dominika GUZEK*, Dominika GŁĄBSKA, Ewa LANGE, Krzysztof GŁĄBSKI, Agnieszka WIERZBICKA Division of Engineering in Nutrition, Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Chair of Dietetics, Department of Dietetics, Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Department of Microbial Bi...

The Jean Mayer United States Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University, although quite a mouthful, is aptly named because it has contributed substantially to the legacy of Jean Mayer, to the scientific stature of the USDA, and, in Atwater’s tradition, to the Department’s contributions to human nutrition. At the same time, the Center has pione...

2013;26(4) S Afr J Clin Nutr Mokori A, PhD Candidate, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Well-being, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Hendriks SL, PhD, Director, Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, University of Pretoria Oriskushaba P, MSc, Programme Coordinator, Lutheran World Federa...

This article was written by Sharon R. Akabas, PhD, director of the Master of Science in nutrition and associate director for educational initiatives, Columbia University, Institute of Human Nutrition, New York, NY; Gretchen Vannice, MS, RDN, consultant, Applied Nutrition Consulting, Santa Cruz, CA; John B. Atwater, PhD, senior director, USP Verification Programs, United States Pharmacopeial Con...

2013;26(4) S Afr J Clin Nutr Mokori A, PhD Candidate, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Well-being, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Hendriks SL, PhD, Director, Institute for Food, Nutrition and Well-being Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, University of Pretoria Oriskushaba P, MSc, Programme Coordinator, Lutheran World Federa...

The roles of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and micronutrients in animal and human nutrition were broadly described during the late 18th and 19th centuries, and knowledge in protein nutrition evolved from work with all species. Although much of the fundamental and theoretical research in protein metabolism during the 20th century was conducted with laboratory animals, basic protein nutrition re...

For the past 40 y the scientific community has decried the inadequacy of the training of physicians and other health professionals in the subject of human nutrition. In 1997 the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute developed the Nutrition Academic Award (NAA) Program, an initiative to improve nutrition training across a network of US medical schools. The purpose of this funding, which bega...

1The Third Department of International Medicine, Tokyo Medical University 2Division of Health and Nutrition Monitoring, National Institute of Health and Nutrition 3Division of Human Nutrition, National Institute of Health and Nutrition 4Department of Geriatric Disease Medicine, University of Tokyo 5International Diabetes Institute (Australia) 6Department of Nutrition and Physiology, Kyoritsu Wo...

BACKGROUND There is consensus among stakeholders in Cameroon on the need to develop and strengthen human resource capacity for nutrition. This study was conducted to provide a comprehensive mapping of the current capacity for tertiary-level human nutrition training in Cameroon. DESIGN Participating institutions included university-level institutions offering dedicated nutrition degree program...