Whats the difference between community nutrition and public health nutrition?
The term community nutrition is often used to reflect the wide range of delivery settings and sponsoring organizations for nutrition-related programs and services. Community nutrition services tend to be directed to individuals and groups in the community. The term public health nutrition has historically been used for the responsibilities carried out by health departments at local, state and federal levels. The programs offered by public health agencies are usually directed to communities, organizations and systems and have as their goal health promotion and disease prevention. Additionally, public health nutrition is often involved in policy development. In practice the terms public health nutrition and community nutrition tend to be used interchangeably.
