​​​​​Community Interaction

Lecturers from Human Nutrition are involved with training within government structures and also serve the industry and government in an advisory capacity, on request.

• Service Delivery
• Service Learning

Service Delivery

The lecturers and students from Human render the following services at our accredited training hospitals, NPOs and ECD centres upon request:

• Staff training according to the needs of the food service unit.
• Conduct food wastage studies as requested by the food service unit.
• Conduct meal follow-ups to provide the food service unit with information that can be utilised to improve the quality of the meals served
• Final year students consult patients on a daily basis to determine nutrition status, plan their nutritional requirements and education patients on relevant dietary matters.