The Government has established the fight against obesity as a priority, but in the National Health Service there is only one nutritionist for every 20 thousand inhabitants.
The head of the Order of Nutritionists says there is a shortage of 500 professionals in the National Health Service (SNS). In other words, you need to double the number that currently exists.
The Government has established the fight against obesity as a priority, but Liliana Sousa remembers that without resources, results cannot be achieved in the prevention and treatment of various diet-related diseases.
The president asks the government to hire at least 500 more professionals.
“What we want is to also review the rates that are determined” for primary health care, by number of inhabitants, appeals Liliana Sousa. The ideal, she points out, would be “to be able to have at least one nutritionist for every 10 thousand inhabitants”.
Currently, there are 461 in the NHS, which means that there is only one nutritionist for every 20 thousand inhabitants.
A meeting with the minister is also requested, where the order also hopes to talk about career development.
