"Vox Humana" > wrote in message
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>
> "Dee Randall" <deedoveyatshenteldotnet> wrote in message
> ...
> > A lot of graduates in the field of nutrition work in the hospitals,
don't
> > they?
> > Taking into consideration the state of affairs of the nutritional
quality
> of
> > hospital food, shouldn't one connect the dots?
> > Dee
>
> You assume that hospitals run their own food services, but the fact is,
most
> don't. Companies like ARA (http://www.aramark.com/) run the food
services
> (and sometimes the ER) in many hospitals along with the food services and
> medical operations in county jails and state prisons and mental
> institutions. These operations go to the lowest bidder and ARA supplies
> everything from the food to the employees for a set fee for the length of
> the contract. I worked for one of their institutional medical services
and
> believe me, what counts is the almighty dollar. That said, I'm not sure
that
> the food in hospitals is uniformly unhealthy as much as it is unpalatable.
> Besides, the graduates that I know who are professionals in the field of
> nutrition have a very good understanding of the subject matter. They know
> far more than MDs or chiropractors when it comes to nutrition.
>
As someone who studied to be a dietician, and who has friends who are
doctors, I would agree. (not that Im an expert on nutrition ,btw)
Most MDs dont know that much about nutrition, not beyond the basics.
Dieticians have to know nutrition, food safety, how to cook, etc.