This summer I had the privilege of traveling to Italy with several other dietetic students in her dietetic program director, Carmen, to study the slow food movement, the seven species, and the Mediterranean diet. Slow food movement began in Italy in 1989 to counter the disappearance of local food traditions and people's dwindling interest in the food they ate in where it … [Read more...] about Trip Highlight: Italy
Instead of the usual spring break routine, several MSU dietetics students headed to El Salvador to observe nutrition firsthand in a third world country. Carmen Boyd, dietetics program director, traveled with a group of students to El Salvador to study anthropometrics, nutrition education and malnutrition. In health care, the term "disparities" refers to the unequal … [Read more...] about Spring Break Trips Offer Firsthand Look at Nutrition Disparity