Dietetic practice

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Dietetic Practice
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Dietetic Practice
Question 1
The contemporary aspects of humanity do not exist in isolation. Most of these aspects prevail in integrated environments where diverse factors influence each other in an intricate approach. Equally, this phenomenon is observed in the field of dietetics, where it is comprised of many elements influencing each other. Thus, the discipline of dietetics requires integrated learning. The meaning of food and nutrition security demands integrated learning and understanding of food production, sustainability, land use, distribution, access, the relationship between people and food, utilization, and stability. For actualizing the optimized role of food in the community, there is a need to learn about integrated dietetics where various aspects or concepts of food, nutrition, or diet are understood at multiple levels, including local, regional and international. For example, integrated learning can explore the relationship between people and food, food and culture, or food and disease.
Question 2
(a) From Kelly Gordon’s blog, some critical dietetics messages and implications can be deduced. First, the majority of dieticians emphasize the role of food in health and human wellbeing. However, there are gaps in addressing social, emotional, mental, and spiritual connections that people have with food. For example, when individuals are advised to choose healthy fats and eat smaller carbohydrate portions, the recommendations may not bear the individual's or clients' desired outcomes, or clients are affected by food insecurity. Thus, it is crucial to understand the existing relationship between people and food. Second, there is a need to shift from contemporary perceptions around dieticians' and healthcare providers' role and dominant western biomedical care practices by establishing a model of care rooted within Indigenous practices and food.  It is becoming more critical to recognize and appreciate indigenous wisdom as a reliable and trustworthy source of information. Western biomedical care practices like healthy foods should be challenged because it is causing shame about what people should eat or not eat. Instead, more focus should be channeled towards a holistic understanding of nourishing food while considering culture, spiritual connections with food, people's emotions and perceptions towards food, and a greater land use concept.
(b) Kelly Gordon’s blog show an increased need for dietetics professionalism transformation. There is a need to move away from dominant western biomedical practice to practices that encourage indigenous foods' contextualization.
Question 3
Dietitians are expected to behave in an ethical approach in various situations when interacting with clients. Professional behaviors are anchored on the code of ethics. The code of ethics is guided by fundamental principles, including autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice for all persons (College of Dietitians of Ontario, 2019). First, the dietitians are expected to treat clients as self-governing and autonomous individuals. Dietitians should acknowledge clients' choices and seek consent while collecting and disclosing personal healt...