Critical Dietetics: A Declaration
journal contribution
posted on 2023-11-23, 17:32 authored by Lucy Aphramor, Yuka Asada, Jennifer Atkins, Shawna Berenbaum, Jenna Brady, Shauna Clarke, John Coveney, Marjorie DeVault, Lisa Forster-Coull, Ann Fox, Jacqui GingrasJacqui Gingras, Charna Gord, Mustafa KocMustafa Koc, Esther IgnagniEsther Ignagni, Daphne Lordly, Debbie MacLellan, Elizabeth Manafo, Catherine Morley, Dean Simmons, Karen Trainoff, Roula Tzianetas, Jennifer Welsh, Kristen Yarker-Edgar<p><strong>[para. 1]: "Dietetics is a diverse profession with a commitment to, and tradition of, enhancing health, broadly defined, through diet and food. </strong>We recognize the commitment and hard work undertaken by dietetic professionals of the past and present who continue to innovatively shape and reshape the profession from its roots in home economics to the incorporation of contemporary perspectives on health. While recognizing the multiple meanings of food and its power to nourish and heal, we acknowledge that food is more than the mere sum of its constituent nutrients. We recognize that human bodies in health and illness are complex and contextual. Moreover, we recognize that the knowledge that enables us to understand health is socially, culturally, historically, and environmentally constructed."</p>
