Dear Sirs,
This is just a general comment. In my opinion it is very important to introduce a formal and structured nutrition program in the agriculture curricula. Apart from the logical advantages it could avoid important biases. These occur in some medical pre-graduate medical studies: Pediatric nutrition (first year of life); Endocrinological nutrition (diabetes, obesity); Cardiovascular nutrition (hyper LDL cholesterolemia); Gastroenterological nutrition ( intestinal malabsorption), etc. The problem is that real bases and guidance about correct nutrition is missing for the moment and there seems to be no firm possibilities of including this in the medical studies.
As only unsafe food causes 2 million people to die per year (WHO) a general approach, in this case at food production level is more than welcome.
Manuel Moya
Catedrático E/ E Professor & Head
Chair of the Technical Advisory Group on Nutrition of International Pediatric Association (IPA)
Editor in Chief of IPA Newsletter
Board of Directors of IPA Foundation
Vice-President of European Pediatric Association
Academician of the Real Academia de Medicna
Manuel Moya