The site will build on AMBI s expertise in developing unique nutrition products as dietary supplements and prescription products as well as Columbia s expertise in nutrition research and education. Courses Columbia University s Institute of Human Nutrition will provide its expertise in nutrition education to the development of the online course contents. Courses will be designed to make practical and understandable nutrition information accessible to a broad audience, including but not limited to clients of registered dietitians and other healthcare professionals. Richard Deckelbaum, MD, Robert R. Williams Professor of Nutrition and Director of Columbia University s Institute of Human Nutrition, said, NutritionU fills a void in the armamentarium that physicians and other healthcare professionals need to help educate our patients and the public about the role that they can play in enjoying a healthier lifestyle. As a physician, an advocate for improved public healthcare, and as the head of a leading nutrition institute, I have first-hand experience with the complexities and overwhelming number of choices that patients and consumers have in dealing with how best to understand a disease or condition and subsequently deciding how to best treat it from a nutrition point of view.
Nutrition is a key lifestyle tool to improve health and reduce disease risk.
NutritionU provides an ideal way to empower individuals to take charge of their health in a proactive, economical, informative and provocative way. Joseph P. Rizzo, a director at Arthur Andersen, said, Interactive, online, multi-media programs will be among the most important educational developments of the 21st century. Arthur Andersen recognizes that Web-based learning is emerging as an effective and exciting medium for delivering informative content to consumers. NutritionU s market opportunity lies in the intersection of this medium with the rapidly expanding online health information sector and the growing market for Internet commerce. Ms. Anne Dattilo, PhD, a well-known author, teacher, and researcher who is both a registered dietitian and diabetes educator, commented, Registered dietitians and diabetes educators are constantly in search of new tools that we can put in our kits that will result in clients complying with our recommendations that can lead them to better health outcomes.