Elsevier

Public Health

Volume 140, November 2016, Pages 3-6
Public Health

Guest Editorial
Nutrition education for public health

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The Need for Nutrition Education/Innovation Programme

The three Guest Editors of this Special Section are core members of the Need for Nutrition Education/Innovation Programme (NNEdPro). NNEdPro is an award-winning and independent collaborative group based in Cambridge in the UK. NNEdPro focuses on nutrition knowledge generation, translation and evaluation, via a strategic partnership between doctors, dietitians, nutritionists, nurses, other healthcare professionals, researchers and educators.4 In 2014, the Founding Chair of the UK NNEdPro Group,

Knowledge exchange and global action

The GIP is founded on the concepts of knowledge exchange and global action. In line with this focus, this Special Section brings together both of these concepts as well as a life course approach to nutrition and public health. The papers focus on the importance of diverse professionals all working together to improve nutrition education, thus influencing public health, including GPs,5, 6, 7 personal trainers8, 9 and childhood managers,10 among others.11, 12, 13 These papers also showcase

Dissemination and uptake of nutrition education initiatives

We hope that this Special Section showcases innovative advances in nutrition with a focus on the education of health professionals. The NNEdPro Group continues to extend support to partners from within and across borders, welcoming contact from those exploring potential collaboration. Nutrition is relevant across all domains of public health and health care, representing opportunities for interdisciplinary partnerships and knowledge exchange. However, without concerted efforts to focus on

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