Undergraduates become prepared for positions in medicine, sports nutrition, clinical nutrition, dietetics, nutritional biochemistry, nutrition education, and food manufacturing and processing. The top-ranked graduate program prepares students for specialization in nutritional biochemistry, experimental human or animal nutrition, international nutrition, community nutrition, nutrition intervention and policies, and food and clinical nutrition. DNS at work around the world. DNS faculty members and students have worked in more than 100 nations around the world. They study the micronutrient deficiencies and parasitism that rob many developing nations of their human capital.
Economists examine the effects of economic reform policies on child growth.
Surveillance programs help determine the nutritional needs of populations. The benefits of nutritional supplements are studied, and the dietary habits of nations and their effects on health are also studied in an effort to learn more about the relationship between diet and disease. The Program in International Nutrition examines the factors affecting child growth and development and adult productivity in developing nations. The Cornell Food and Nutritional Policy Program helps Third World countries develop effective nutrition policies and programs. As part of Cornell University, the land grant institution for the State of New York, the Division of Nutritional Sciences is charged with using nutrition knowledge to improve the health and well-being of people.