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Quality and standards--the dietitian's heritage. 16th Lenna Frances Cooper Memorial Lecture. 1979

B D David

Since 1917, when The American Dietetic Association was founded, dietitians have been charged with accountability for defining and maintaining quality and standards related to food. This heritage continues to be a challenge to the profession. With current methods of food production, processing, preparation, and distribution, and varied and changing consumer preferences and demands, the need for monitoring the effect of these changes on quality as it relates to improving the nutrition of people is critical. Quality must be defined with regard for values and goals for individual situations and under varying circumstances. Standards by which that specific quality can be measured need to be described. Tian's heritage" their "hallmark" of quality.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007397	Internship, Nonmedical	Advanced programs of training to meet certain professional requirements in fields other than medicine or dentistry, e.g., pharmacology, nutrition, nursing, etc.	Residency, Nonmedical,Internship, Non-Medical,Internships, Non-Medical,Internships, Nonmedical,Non-Medical Internship,Non-Medical Internships,Nonmedical Internship,Nonmedical Internships,Nonmedical Residencies,Nonmedical Residency,Residencies, Non-Medical,Residencies, Nonmedical,Residency, Non-Medical,Internship, Non Medical,Internships, Non Medical,Non Medical Internship,Non Medical Internships,Non-Medical Residencies,Non-Medical Residency,Residencies, Non Medical,Residency, Non Medical
D010506	Periodicals as Topic	Works about publications issued at stated, more or less regular, intervals.	Journals as Topic,Magazines,Newsletters,Magazine,Newsletter
D011787	Quality of Health Care	The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.	Pharmacy Audit,Quality of Care,Quality of Healthcare,Audit, Pharmacy,Care Quality,Health Care Quality,Healthcare Quality,Pharmacy Audits
D004046	Dietetics	The application of nutritional principles to regulation of the diet and feeding persons or groups of persons.
D005502	Food	Substances taken in by the body to provide nourishment.	Foods
D012958	Societies, Scientific	Societies whose membership is limited to scientists.	Scientific Societies,American Psychological Association,Scientific Society,Society, Scientific
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D049673	History, 20th Century	Time period from 1901 through 2000 of the common era.	20th Century History,20th Cent. History (Medicine),20th Cent. History of Medicine,20th Cent. Medicine,Historical Events, 20th Century,History of Medicine, 20th Cent.,History, Twentieth Century,Medical History, 20th Cent.,Medicine, 20th Cent.,20th Cent. Histories (Medicine),20th Century Histories,Cent. Histories, 20th (Medicine),Cent. History, 20th (Medicine),Century Histories, 20th,Century Histories, Twentieth,Century History, 20th,Century History, Twentieth,Histories, 20th Cent. (Medicine),Histories, 20th Century,Histories, Twentieth Century,History, 20th Cent. (Medicine),Twentieth Century Histories,Twentieth Century History
D052756	Nutritional Sciences	The study of NUTRITION PROCESSES as well as the components of food, their actions, interaction, and balance in relation to health and disease.	Nutrition Science,Nutrition Sciences,Nutritional Science,Science, Nutrition,Science, Nutritional,Sciences, Nutrition,Sciences, Nutritional