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Charlene Said:

I want to have an education in nutrition and phyiscal health?

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Well to pursue in nutrition you definitely need to have a masters degree...specializing in nutrition .There are also specialized exams for nutrition which make you qualify for the niche.Check out more about health care and services in this wonderful site.

Stanley Said:

how important is the mental health as compared to physical health and education nutrition and why?

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Someone waited too late to do their homework....

Perry Said:

i'm interested in public health but what should I get my undergrad in?

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You can study darn close to ANYTHING and get into a public health masters program. I have a MPH in epi/biostats. Now I work as an infectious disease epidemiologist. It's a pretty nice gig.

When I was in grad school, my colleagues were from a variety of fields. Some of their majors included: nursing, anthropology, psychology, sociology, statistics, English, history, and yes, there were a few biology majors like me in the mix.

The joke is, epidemiologists are just a bunch of fallen pre-meds ;)

When I was looking at public health programs, I was interested in a lot of things, too, mainly epi, infectious disease, adolescent health, and international health. When you check out a MPH program, make sure you look at the curricula they offer. In my case, infectious disease isn't offered at a lot of schools (it's a dying art), so I had to go with epi/biostat when choosing among the schools I got into. You can usually get the info off their website, but I highly encourage you to call the program director's office directly and talk with them. Tell them you're a prospective student.

And visit the campuses if you can. I flew from California to DC to check out Georgetown and GWU because I got into GWU and was waitlisted at GU. I talked to as many faculty as I could. I wandered around the campuses of the school. I looked at the posters on the walls to get an idea of what kind of research they were doing.

Theresa Said:

What issue-nutrition, housing, health care, education-should get the highest priority to fight poverty & why?

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This is a very hard question to answer. We know that all these issues are important. Education is often the way out of poverty, but children have a hard time learning if they are hungry, ill, or live in unsafe conditions. Yet, it is not enough just to give people health care, food, and shelter. Somehow we have to give them these things, but also give them hope for the future. Somehow we have to do it all. Head Start and Even Start are great programs and they do help. They give children nutrition, health care, and education. Hopefully their families are getting adequate housing at the same time. Workforce job training is a good program if people can be trained in jobs that are in demand and if they can be transitioned into jobs and not just have the rug pulled out from under them as soon as they get a paycheck. Somehow, I still feel that education and training is what is going to give the biggest bang for the buck, but only with the necessary support services to see individuals in poverty through to the end. I have heard it said that many of the education/training programs attempt to give a hand up, not a hand out. I think that is probably true. Nothing can raise a person's self-esteem like feeling like they are successful. Education can do that, whether it is completing pre-school, high school, or college. For that reason, I still feel education is the best way to fight poverty.

Jean Said:

If you had to do a paper about nutrition or health education with students what would you do?

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what grade level are you teaching?

This is a chapter that I just read for my class. It has an extensive lesson plan on teaching nutrition for elem. and middle school age students. You could use it as a guide...
good luck...

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It's called " You are what you eat" a unit planned in backward design

Samantha Said:

Why was my education and health sacrificed for the sake of someone elses religion?

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What gets me is how they think the bible is "moral" when fathers are having sex with their daughters, and men give their wives away to kings etc etc.......

The bible is probably one of the most immoral books I have ever read.

Barry Said:

How do I pursue a career in health and nutrition?...?

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G'day,

Definitely not too late mate! 24? You're just a spring chicken ;)

Depending on your current employment and highest education level, you MIGHT able to study in a uni via distance learning/online education as a mature age students. Some TAFE colleges do have these study methods as well. As long as you have internet connection (as I believe you do, since you are able to post this question), you are set to learn. Unfortunately you did not mention which town you are in now. However it doesn't really matter, since with distance learning method, you can actually be anywhere in the world.

A quick look on some Uni courses that offers nutrition courses as follows:
Deakin Uni (www.deakin.edu.au)
Uni of SA (www.unisa.edu.au)
Uni of Western Sydney (www.uws.edu.au)
QUT (www.qut.edu.au)
Charles Sturt Uni (www.csu.edu.au)
Uni of Canberra (www.canberra.edu.au)
Uni of Newcastle (www.newcastle.edu.au)
Uni of Wollongong (www.wollongong.edu.au)
Monash Uni (www.monash.edu.au)
Flinders Uni (www.flinders.edu.au)
La Trobe Uni (www.latrobe.edu.au)
Curtin Uni (www.cut.edu.au)
Uni of Sydney (www.usyd.edu.au)

You can try to check if the course is available via distance learning. I know that Deakin Uni has a good reputation for distance learning study.

Good luck for your study :)