By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Investigators publish new report on Diet and Nutrition. According to news reporting out of Victoria, Australia, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “To identify and profile training courses available to dietitians and nutritionists in the area of nutritional genomics. Genetic technology is progressing quickly, leading to increased public interest and requests from the public for personalised nutrition advice based on genetic background.”
Financial support for this research came from Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Monash University.
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Monash University, “Tertiary courses often lack specific curriculum in nutritional genomics, preventing graduates from discussing confidently with their clients the relationships between genetics, nutrition and health. This has increased the demand for professional development in this field. The search strategy was intended to replicate real-life practice. Google and snowball searches were conducted using terms related to education and nutritional genomics. Results included online or face-to-face courses in any country providing content on nutritional genomics. One-off courses and those courses no longer accessible were excluded. A descriptive analysis of characteristics of courses was undertaken, reporting on mode of delivery, cost, duration, content, qualification awarded, target audience and affiliations. In total, 37 courses varying in duration, content and cost were identified: 4 postgraduate university degrees, 5 university course units, 4 recurring face-to-face workshops, 15 online short courses, 8 pre-recorded presentations and 1 service offering regular live webinars. Affiliations with food and pharmaceutical industry (e.g. genetic testing companies), professional organisations and research/education institutes were observed. Training courses identified were predominantly delivered online, enabling nutrition professionals worldwide to upskill in nutritional genomics and personalised nutrition. Additional courses exist.”
According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Those seeking training should scrutinise and compare cost, duration, mode, content and affiliations of course providers to ensure learning needs are met.”
For more information on this research see: Opportunities for training for nutritional professionals in nutritional genomics: What is out there? Nutrition & Dietetics , 2017;():. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Nutrition & Dietetics - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1747-0080)
Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting J. Collins, Dept. of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, Monash University, Notting Hill, Victoria, Australia. Additional authors for this research include M.M. Adamski, C. Twohig and C. Murgia.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12398. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-01-05), Findings from Monash University Broadens Understanding of Diet and Nutrition (Opportunities for training for nutritional professionals in nutritional genomics: What is out there?), Health & Medicine Week, 162, ISSN: 1532-4605, BUTTER® ID: 014916052
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