Department of Community Nutrition

Manpower is the basic element to increase the speed of social development and keep it at a high level. It is of great importance to protect and develop the health of all individuals, to increase the quality of life and to adopt healthy lifestyles (healthy nutrition and physical activity habits and forms. As it is known, health is defined as the state of complete physical, mental, mental and social well-being of the individual. Public health problems due to inadequate and unbalanced nutrition in developed countries are seen together with chronic diseases observed as a result of excessive and unbalanced nutrition in developed countries.Therefore, today's preventive health services include public nutrition; Developing strategies to improve the nutritional status of special groups (babies and children, pregnant and lactating women, the elderly, workers, athletes) living in different cultures and social structures and affecting food consumption It is necessary to define the factors and to plan the nutrition education scientifically. In order to achieve this goal, it is of great importance to determine the nutritional status of the society, to determine and evaluate the problems, to determine the priorities, to seek solutions for the improvement of the general nutritional level of the country, to propose, implement and raise the awareness of the society, and to determine the national food and nutrition plans and policies. People have the right to buy and consume foods that are reliable, affordable and of good quality that will develop healthy eating habits. In order to ensure food security and safety, prevent diseases, protect and improve health, protect the environment and ensure socio-economic development, the concepts of food, nutrition and health should be considered together, and science and technology strategies should be created. For all these reasons, raising community nutritionists who have the characteristics of researcher, consultancy and management, who can take part in solving the nutrition problems of the society, who can plan and direct nutrition education, who can take part in determining and directing the country's food and nutrition plans and policies, and ensuring sustainable food security, and skills and skills in this regard. Education to be given is of great importance.