Progress and promise in women's nutritional health.

Abstract

839 WITH THIS, THE LAST INSTALLMENT OF Nutrition Communique for the year 2001, we decided to take a look back and a look forward at progress and promise in the area of women’s nutritional health. Our expert panel is composed of some of my fellow members of the Council for Women’s Nutrition Solutions (CWNS), a group of professional women in the fields of nutrition, medicine, health research and education, and psychology— all of whom share a passion for promoting and protecting women’s health. (See Helping women find “everyday solutions.” Journal of Women’s Health & Gender-Based Medicine 2000;9(9):951.) Their replies to our two questions seem to echo a common theme: We are in an era of remarkable scientific discovery in many areas, including nutrition and health, but all the science in the world means nothing if people do not change their unhealthy behaviors. The real frontier in women’s nutritional health is motivating behavior change— communicating the power of setting attainable goals and making realistic changes.