Best practices in community nutrition: Challenges and commitments

Abstract

Best practices in community nutrition: challenges and commitments. Community Nutrition is a science in continuous evolution that needs to be adapted to changing nutritional problems and to geographical, cultural and socieconomical diversity. Best practices in community nutrition is a concept that facilitates enhanced diffusion and application of knowledge through the analysis of properly designed, executed and evaluated experiences, The conclusions of the five presentations in the session organized by the Spanish Society of Community Nutrition at the XIII Latin American Conference on Nutrition are analyzed. Also, the major challenges and commitments are described: planning and forecasting, intersectorial collaboration, international cooperation, evaluation and monitoring, empowerment, training, fostering institutional support, community participation, leadership, sustainability, continuity, transparency and dissemination. The needs to further develop cooperation and sharing of experiences in the area of community nutrition between Latin America and Spain is highlighted.