Essays on Nutritionist

Dear USDA Food and Nutrition Service,

I am honored to submit the following proposal on behalf of our Community College where majority of our students are Hispanics. “Healthy Hispanics” was launched this year to deal with high incidence of overweight and obesity that has resulted in prevalence of disease-specific mortality rates for diabetes mellitus (USDHHS, 2011). In response to the School Wellness Policy Program of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, I am submitting my proposal for $200,000 grant fund. This will be for a 4-year period starting January 2017. The following is a detailed review of what the “Healthy Hispanics” program is about ...

Question 1: What are the Social Determinants of Health?

Based on the deduction of the World Health Organization (WHO), social determinants of health entail the conditions that individuals are born, live, grow, age, and work together with a vast set of systems and forces that determine their daily lives. The systems and forces include social norms, economic factors, political systems, social policies, and development agendas. The factors can influence the medical outcomes of people adversely or positively. Some of the social determinants of health include education, low incomes, insecurity, poverty, etc. (World Health Organization, par. 1). The definition depicts that health matters begin in our societies, homes, neighborhoods, ...

Nutrition is a field in health sciences that deals with an individual’s diet (Wilson 6). It involves sustaining life with the adequate and appropriate food. Many illnesses are preventable with good observance of nutrition. A nutrition consultant is a person that practices nutrition. This is a person trained in all areas of nutrition and qualified to advise people on ways of improving their health. A nutrition consultant will recommend the appropriate diet and lifestyle changes that aim at improving life (Wilson 34). A certified nutrition consultant assesses an individual’s nutrition needs by examining their eating habits and lifestyle. Through this ...