title: Improving Nutritional Health of the Public through Social Change: Finding Our Roles in Collective Action.
abstract: Improving the nutritional health of the public continues to be a major challenge. Our mission of advancing health through food and nutrition has become increasingly complex, particularly as food environments shape the availability, affordability, and social acceptability of food and nutrition "choices". Promoting nutritional health requires that dietitians expand our knowledge in understanding the determinants of healthy eating and of social change strategies that advocates for and acts on improving food environments. While no single strategy can solve the challenges of public health nutrition, we can each identify unique strengths and opportunities. If we practice in complementary ways, using those strengths for collective action will make us stronger together toward social change supporting improved nutritional health of the public.
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Health Promotion Studies, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
authors.forename: Kim D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Raine
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004046:Dietetics / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D009752:Nutritional Status; D064686:Nutritionists; D010349:Patient Compliance; D024382:Professional Role; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods; D012922:Social Change; D012958:Societies, Scientific; D000078329:Workforce