General Information

Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Neslişah Rakıcıoğlu

Manpower is the basic element in order to increase and maintain the speed of social development. It is of great importance to preserve the health of all individuals throughout life, to improve the quality of life, and to adopt the habit of healthy living (healthy eating and physical activity habits). health problems due to insufficient and unbalanced nutrition and chronic diseases observed in developed countries as a result of excessive and unbalanced nutrition are therefore seen together with community nutrition in preventive health services; of special groups (infants and children, pregnant and pacifiers, the elderly, workers, athletes) living in different cultural and social structures. s) developing strategies to improve nutritional status and identifying factors affecting nutrient consumption; and nutritional education should be planned in scientific ways. In order to achieve this goal, determining the nutritional status of the society and determining and evaluating the problems, determining the priorities, seeking solutions for the improvement of the general nutritional level of the country, suggesting, implementing and raising the awareness of the society, determining the national food and nutrition plans and policies are of great importance. People have the right to buy and consume foods that will develop the habit of reliable, affordable, quality healthy eating. Food and nutritional and health concepts should be taken together and science and technology strategies should be taken together in order to provide food security and safety, prevention of diseases, protection and development of health, protection of environment and socio-economic development. For all these reasons, research, consulting and management features, can take part in solving the nutritional problems of the community, planning and directing nutritional education, identifying and directing the country's food and nutrition plans and policies, providing the ability to provide sustainable nutrient assurance The training to be given in order to gain great importance.

Mission

To improve and improve the health and quality of life of the society; To educate and educate Community Health Nutritionists at international standards, to create research opportunities and to develop and implement these national nutritional plans and policies

Vision

To be a leading unit in the adoption of the habit of healthy nutrition and physical activity in order to protect, improve and improve the quality of life of Turkish society and to develop continuously.