Whither goest nutrition?
Three aspects of nutrition are identified. They are food, its production and availability, eating, human metabolism. Nutrition is multifactorial. Medical men are not taught about nutrition. They are concerned with illness, not health. Science, caught up in a Cartesian dichotomy, is hampered by a reductionist approach. The World Health Organisation recommends that nutrition should be approached from the standpoint of health promotion. The implications of such an approach are expounded.
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