Community Nutrition

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Community nutrition deals with a variety of food and nutrition issues related to individuals, families, and special groupsthat have a common link in

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Community nutrition deals with a variety of food and nutrition issues related to individuals, families, and special groupsthat have a common link in terms of a particular region, language, culture or health-related issues. This segment coverspublic health nutrition, nutrition education and medical nutrition therapy. Community nutrition is gaining importance inhealth promotion and disease prevention, since an individual’s behavior is infl uenced by the living environment, localnorms and beliefs