Why Extreme Environments Nutrition

Why Extreme Environments Nutrition?

Why is a Specialty Needed?

To allow extreme environments nutrition professionals an opportunity to communicate with one another
To provide opportunities to increase knowledge on extreme environments nutrition
To address nutritional, practice, public policy concerns or organizational changes regarding extreme environments nutrition
To contribute technical expertise to the American Dietetic Association
To market extreme environments nutrition professionals
To recognize dietitians who have or now do practice in the extreme environments for their outstanding body of work and experience within this field

Examples of Extreme Dietitians

Military dietitians who are called upon to enable soldiers to perform in the most difficult of terrains, from the heat of the Gulf to the cold of the arctic.
Dietitians who are in private practice who need to use dogsled to arrive to Indian villages to practice medical nutrition therapy in the midst of an Alaskan winter.
Dietitians who practice in a drought impacted area as in the African plains.
There are dietitians who study the area of nutrition in ancient cultures whom existed at the time of an extreme environmental change.
Dietitians exist, who study and practice the nutritional microgravity environment, whether off world or under the seas.
Dietitians who practice in the private business sectors of extreme environment vacations.

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