Survey on attitudes to nutrition planning
1984
Schuftan, Claudio | Bertrand, William
The results of a worldwide survey of the attitudes of nutrition planning professionals toward nutrition policy are presented. The survey was intended to generate a profile of professionals working in the field of applied nutrition and to obtain a better understanding of the nature of the profession. The respondents felt that the Western approach to development was satisfactory and that nutrition intervention and the production of more food could solve the hunger problem. They viewed ignorance as the major cause of malnutrition. The political concepts generated by the survey were: (1) structural changes are needed to overcome hunger and malnutrition; (2) a redistribution of control over productive resources is needed; and (3) international food aid decreases the motivation of local farmers. The results showed that the self-classification of political beliefs was the most clear-cut correlate in predicting attitudes toward food and nutrition policy. (emc)
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