Nutrition & Dietetics
Purpose
- To improve the nutritional status and overall health of Batswana.
- To conduct research on Human Nutrition and factors that influence dietary habits with aim to improve prevention and treatment of diet related diseases.
- Nutrition Advocacy
Main Activities
Nutrition Information Systems
To generate baseline data on the overview of the nutritional status of Batswana through regular surveys and to evaluate the nutritional adequacy of Batswana diets e.g. Food Consumption Survey and Food Composition Data Base.
Food & Nutrition Security
To contribute to the improvement of household food security e.g. Fortification
Diet and Diseases
To establish the relationship between nutrition and diet-related diseases of lifestyle at population level e.g. Hypertension Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases
Nutrition, Promotion, Education and Communication
To improve nutrition knowledge, practices, perceptions and attitudes
Nutrition and Product Development
To facilitate the development of Safe Nutritious and Palatable (SNP) food products.