哥伦比亚大学人类营养研究所通过Nutritionu.com开发在线互联网营养教育

纽约，纽约，2000年7月6日——哥伦比亚大学人类营养研究所将为NutritionU.com的在线课程内容的开发提供其营养教育专业知识。课程的设计将使广泛的受众，包括但不限于注册营养师和其他保健专业人员的客户，能够获得实用和可理解的营养信息。课程将以测试的方式提供，并将于明年初全面投入使用。“NutritionU填补了医生和其他医疗保健专业人员需要帮助教育我们的病人和公众，他们在享受更健康的生活方式中可以扮演的角色，”Richard Deckelbaum，医学博士，Robert R. Williams营养学教授和哥伦比亚大学人类营养研究所主任说。“作为一名医生，一名改善公共医疗保健的倡导者，以及一家领先营养研究所的负责人，患者和消费者在处理如何最好地理解一种疾病或状况，并随后决定如何从营养的角度最好地治疗这种疾病时，面对的复杂性和大量选择，我有第一手的经验。”NutritionU.com。是由AMBI创建的一个新的在线营养教育网络，AMBI是一家开发和销售专有营养产品的公司。该网站将为患者和消费者提供独特的互动课程，旨在增加他们的营养知识，以改善或保持他们的健康。该公司将首先为注册营养师和其他医疗专业人员的客户提供机会，让他们更多地了解自己的疾病或状况。 There are more than 70,000 registered dietitians, diabetes educators, and other healthcare professionals in the United States. These highly trained, certified healthcare professionals see more than two million patients and clients annually with, for example, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, and digestive and eating disorders. Many patients are referred by physicians. It is well established that proper adherence to diet and lifestyle modifications is a critical factor in disease management and the prevention of worsening health conditions. "Our market research indicated that there is a substantial knowledge gap both among patients with diagnosed diseases and consumers in general with regard to the difference between what they think they know and what they actually know about the role of nutrition in assisting in disease management and prevention,” said Fredric D. Price, AMBI's president and chief executive officer, founder of NutritionU and its acting CEO. “Despite the proliferation of Internet Web sites that have a significant amount of data available, we now understand that patients and consumers have a great deal of difficulty extracting information from data and turning it into knowledge. And having knowledge is the key to taking action that can be beneficial for patients and consumers in general. NutritionU will make this knowledge available in an easy-to-use, exciting, low-cost format." Dietetics has a venerable history in medicine that stretches back at least to Hippocrates, who regarded it as virtually inseparable from medicine. In fact, four of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States are diet-related conditions -- diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancer. “Nutrition is a key lifestyle tool to improve health and reduce disease risk,” says Dr. Deckelbaum. “NutritionU provides an ideal way to empower individuals to take charge of their health in a proactive, economical, informative, and provocative way.” Visitors to NutritionU’s website –www.nutritionu.com.-can获取信息并留下他们的姓名和电子邮件地址，以便在公司完全运行时可以联系。