NATIONAL-DAIRY-COUNCIL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MEDICAL DENTAL NUTRITION EDUCATION LECTURE, 1993 - SOME EARLY BEGINNINGS AND WHAT NOW

In 1942 the Department of Nutrition was established at Harvard Univers ity jointly in the schools of public health and medicine. It continues to stimulate and expand the teaching of nutrition in these schools, a s well as in the school of dental medicine and similar schools in othe r universities. Nutrition is so broadly involved in health and disease that it should be woven, in an organized fashion, into many of the st andard courses in these and other health professional schools. A separ ate, more detailed course in nutrition may be made available for those who wish to learn more about nutrition. Exposing nutrition quackery a nd other types of nutrition misinformation should be part of any progr am in nutrition education, particularly in schools of medicine, public health, and dentistry. Stimulating the teaching of nutrition in schoo ls for health professionals requires the enthusiastic support of the d ean and faculty as well as adequate financial support.