Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Hello there! A little about myself..


Hello there,

My name is Rebecca Fuller and currently enrolled in my 2nd year in Bsc Nutrition and Food. However, this is my third year of post-secondary. I did two years at Red Deer College in the BSc pre-med program, and currently attending U of A. I plan on applying to the nutrition major and becoming a dietitian. Communication in general is very important, because daily I would be interacting with patients, other dietitians, and co-workers. Online communication is also very significant t in the dietary field. Email is important when a patients information is needed to be transferred to another dietitian or psychologist. Graphs, charts, and tables are important when wanting to look at a patient's progress.

Dietitians of Canada is a website where the public can find a dietitian in their area, nutrition information, as well as an easy way for dietitians all over the country to connect with one another. Learning little 'tid bits' about food nutrition everyday is fascinating to me, thus I find having Dr.Oz on Twitter a great perk to my day. Communication is a very valuable tool in the dietary field.

Here is the link for dietitians of Canada. I find it useful for nutrition information, learning where you can get your own personal registered dietitian (RD), post-secondary schools that offer programs for those wanting to become a RD, and information about duties of a RD.

http://www.dietitians.ca/

Communication such as youtube, and tv is also a useful tool in the dietary field. Official commercials informing others what an eating disorder is whether it's obesity, anorexia, bulimia, ect. It is important to know the facts so family and friends can help those who are suffering.
Here are a few vidoes from "Looking Glass Foundation" and "ED Bosques" who's focus are to inform others about eating disorders, mostly focused on anorexia.
Also, here is a link to Laura's blog, who I met in my first day of labs for Ales 204. Although she's not in nutrition and food like me, she's in agriculture I found her blog to be very enlightening especially since I'm from a small town and a proud daughter of a farmer!  


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR-ERoftfVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjwZhEnSWvg&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL1261A1EE3960F23F